North Carolina Democrat Resigns After Being Arrested on Tax Charges
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BY: Washington Free Beacon Staff
December 13, 2013 12:36 pm

North Carolina State Rep. Deb McManus was arrested on felony tax charges Wednesday and has subsequently resigned, after posting a $150,000 bond.

McManus, is a first-term Democrat and a longtime member of the Chatham County School board, where she served her term.

She was charged with three felony counts of embezzlement of state money.

The Department of Revenue reports that McManus embezzled $47,000 in state individual income tax withheld between January 2011 and July 2013 at her husband’s medical office, Carolina Family Practice in Siler City.

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