The Democratic nominee Lauren Staley Ferry committed a felony and hasn't taken the time to actually pay back the organization she stole money from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I believe you are as concerned 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 her place of employment and made it out to herself. When caught she moved out of state and she went on to continue moving. When these crimes was brought to light, Ferry said she was sorry, but not to the injured person, and there was no attempt to repay this debt, no attempt to remedy her wrongdoing, rather she apologized and publicly talked about how difficult it was to be blasted with her own mistakes.
This only goes to show a total lack of responsibility for her actions let alone just how she may run the Will County clerks office, if she even can!
4 things to think about before you vote:
1. Ferry has perpetrated felony theft while the current County Clerk's office continues to be without such corruption.
2. Lauren did not repaid her stolen gains to her former boss.
3. Ferry might not even be bondable to be our clerk due to her felony embezzlementrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to support Ferry only showing this might lead to more over at this website issues for Will County
Detailed news.
A Will County Board member running for county clerk was charged with felony forgery in 2003 but did not appear in the courtroom for the summons.
Lauren Staley-Ferry, D-Joliet, was charged this hyperlink 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 in July of 2002, Staley-Ferry stole a check from her place of employment at Independent Capital Group, then located in Scottsdale, Arizona, filled it out to herself for unknown amounts and then deposited it into her personal checking account. The documents reported she did so 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, the spokesperson for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. By then, Staley-Ferry said she had already fled Arizona and was back in the Midwest, eventually going back to her hometown, Joliet.
.Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case predates the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention period,†but that it appears Staley-Ferry was not 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 for a forgery conviction would likely be probation and restitution.
Staley-Ferry said she was unaware of the charges until Bonuses she was already out of Arizona, although she said she could not remember the exact time 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 Independent Capital Group to let them know the change in the status in the case.
When The Herald-News reached out to Staley-Ferry on Thursday, Lauren said, while she did not remember the exact details, she denies the charge.
“I am alerted to that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, that was many years ago.â€
She said the particular criminal charges was “misdirected†and that there was “nothing there†in regard to the charge.