The Democratic candidate Lauren Staley-Ferry committed a felony and hasn't the time to pay back the company she stole money from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I believe you are as uneasy as we are and ask you to vote for another candidate. For those who do not have the insight that Ferry had taken a check from her place of employment and forged his signature. When caught she moved out of state and she went on to continue moving. When these crimes was finally revealed, Ferry said she was sorry, although not to the injured person, and there was no effort to repay this debt, no attempt to fix her wrong, rather she apologized and publicly complained how difficult it was to be blasted with her own crimes.
This only goes to show a lack of accountability for her behavior much less just how she might run the county clerks office, if she is able to!
4 things to think about before voting:
1. Lauren has perpetrated felony forgery and the current Clerk's office continues to be without such corruption.
2. Ferry did not pay back her stolen gains to the victim.
3. Ferry might not even be bondable to be our clerk due to her felony embezzlementrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to stand behind Ferry only demonstrating this might bring more problems for Will County
Detailed news.
A Will County Board member running for the County Clerk was brought up on charges for felony forgery in 2003 but did not appear in court for the case.
Lauren Staley-Ferry, D-Joliet, was charged with the felony forgery in Maricopa County, Arizona. Staley-Ferry had lived and worked in Maricopa County but moved from there to Wisconsin before the charge was filed.
From the court documents, the charge alleged that, in July of 2002, Staley-Ferry removed a check from her place of employment at Independent Capital Group, then located in Scottsdale, Arizona, made it out to herself for an unknown amount and then deposited it into her personal checking account. The documents reported she did check my source this without the knowledge or permission of her employer.
A warrant was issued for Staley-Ferry’s arrest in April 2003, according to Amanda Jacinto, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa Co. Attorney’s Office. By that time, Staley-Ferry claimed she had already fled Arizona and had returned to the Midwest, eventually going back to Joliet, her hometown.
.Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case was before the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention period,†but it seems Staley-Ferry was never arrested. Instead, Jacinto said, it appears Staley-Ferry was sent a summons to appear in court, which she failed to do.
Also, the Sheriff said, sentencing for a forgery conviction would likely be probation and restitution.
She said she was unaware of the charges until she had already left Arizona, although she said she could not recall exactly when she left.
The criminal charges were dropped in 2012, according to court documents. Jacinto said, in March of 2012, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office reached out to Felony Ferry Independent Capital Group to let them know the status changes in the case.
When The Herald-News called Staley-Ferry on Thursday, she said, while she did not remember several of the details, she rejects the charge.
“I am alerted to that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, that was in the past.â€
Staley-Ferris stated the charges had been “misdirected†and that there was “nothing there†in regard click site to the charge.