Your Democratic nominee Lauren Staley-Ferry has committed a felony and also hasn't even taken 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 knowledge 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 pay off this debt, no intention to fix her wrongdoing, rather she apologized and publicly complained how difficult it was to be blasted with her own crimes.
This shows a lack of responsibility for her own behavior aside from just how she may run the county clerks office, if she is able to!
4 things to think about before you vote:
1. Lauren has perpetrated felony forgery and our current Clerk's office has been clean of corruption.
2. Ferry did not pay back her stolen gains to the victim.
3. Lauren might not be bondable to be the clerk due to her felony criminalrecord.
4. Mike Madigan dispatched his team to back up Ferry only showing this could bring more problems for Will County
More news.
A Will County Board link member running for county clerk was brought up on charges for felony forgery in 2003 but never appeared 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.
According to court documents, the charge alleged in July of 2002, Staley-Ferry removed 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 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 read this that time, Staley-Ferry claimed she had already fled the state and had returned to the Midwest, eventually going back to Joliet, her hometown.
Ms. .Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case predates the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention time,†but it seems 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, the Sheriff said, sentencing for a forgery conviction would likely be restitution and probation.
She said she was unaware of the charges until she had already left Arizona, although she said she could not remember the exact time she departed.
The 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 status changes in the case.
The Herald-News reached out to Staley-Ferry on read more Thursday, she said, while she did not remember the exact details, she rejects the charge.
“I am conscious of that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, that was many years ago.â€
She stated the criminal charges had been “misdirected†and that there was “nothing there†regarding the charges.