The Democratic candidate Lauren Staley Ferry has committed a felony and also has not the time to pay back the company she stole money from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I believe you are as worried as we are and ask you to vote for the other candidate. For those who do not have the awareness that Ferry had taken a check from a former employer and forged his signature. When caught she moved out of state and she went on to continue moving. When these issue was finally revealed, Ferry said she was sorry, although not to the victim, and there was no attempt to repay this debt, no intention to correct her wrongdoing, rather she apologized and publicly complained how difficult it was to be confronted with her own crimes.
This shows a total lack of accountability for her own actions let alone the way she may run the Will County clerks office, if she even can!
4 things to think about before voting:
1. Lauren has perpetrated felony forgery while the current County Clerk's office continues to be without such corruption.
2. Ferry has not repaid her debt to her former boss.
3. Ferry might not even be bondable to be the clerk due to her felony embezzlementrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to stand behind Ferry only demonstrating this might lead to more issues for Will County
Detailed news.
A Will County Board member running for the County Clerk was brought up on charges for More Info felony forgery in 2003 but never appeared in the courtroom 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 Resources filed.
From the court documents, the charge alleged in July of 2002, Staley-Ferry stole a check from her employer 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 document said she did so without the knowledge or permission of her employer.
A warrant was issued for Staley-Ferry’s arrest in April 2003, according to Amanda Jacinto, the spokesperson for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. By then, Staley-Ferry claimed she had already fled the state and had returned to the Midwest, eventually going back to Joliet, her hometown.
.Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case predates the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention period,†but it seems Staley-Ferry was never incarcerated. Instead, Jacinto Visit This Link 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 restitution and probation.
Lauren said she did not know about the charges until she was already out of Arizona, although she said she could not recall the exact time she left.
The criminal charges were dismissed in 2012, according to court documents. Jacinto said, in March of 2012, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office reached out to Independent Capital Group to let them know the change in the status in the case.
When The Herald-News called Staley-Ferry on Thursday, she said, while she cannot recall the exact details, she rejects the charge.
“I am conscious of that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, that was many years ago.â€
Staley-Ferris said the criminal charges was “misdirected†and therefore there was “nothing there†regarding the charges.