The Democratic nominee Lauren Staley Ferry has committed a felony and also hasn't the time to actually pay back the organization she had stolen from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I am sure you are as concerned as we are and ask you to vote for another candidate. For those who do not have the awareness that Ferry had stolen a check from a former employer and forged his signature. When caught she fled the scene of the crime and she went on to continue moving. When these crimes was finally revealed, Ferry apologized, but not to the victim, and there was no effort to pay off this debt, no intention to remedy her wrongdoing, rather she apologized and publicly complained how hard it was to be blasted with her own crimes.
This only goes to show a lack of accountability for her behavior much less the way she may run the Will County clerks office, if she is able to!
4 things to think about before you vote:
1. Ferry has committed felony forgery and the current Clerk's office continues to be clean of such corruption.
2. Ferry did not pay back her stolen gains to the victim.
3. Lauren may not be bondable to be our clerk because of her felony embezzlementrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to back up Ferry only demonstrating this could lead to more issues for Will County
More news.
A Will County Board member running for county clerk was charged with felony forgery in 2003 but never appeared in the courtroom for the summons.
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 employer at Independent Capital Group, then located in Scottsdale, view it now Arizona, made it out to herself for an unknown amount and then deposited it into her personal checking account. The documents reported she did this without the knowledge or permission of her employer.
An arrest 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 left the state and was back in the Midwest, eventually settling in her hometown, Joliet.
Ms. .Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s over at this website 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, Jacinto said, sentencing on a forgery conviction might probably be restitution and probation.
Staley-Ferry said she was unaware of the charges until she was already out of Arizona, although she said she could not recall exactly when she departed.
The criminal charges were dismissed in 2012, according to court papers. Jacinto said, in March of 2012, the Maricopa County Attorney’s content Office reached out to Independent Capital Group to let them know the status changes in the case.
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 conscious of that,†Staley-Ferry stated. “Obviously, which was many years ago.â€
Staley-Ferris stated the particular criminal charges was “misdirected†and therefore there were “nothing there†regarding the charge.