Your Democratic candidate Lauren Staley-Ferry committed a felony and has not even taken the time to actually pay back the company she had stolen from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I am sure you are as worried as we are and ask you to vote for another 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 issue was brought to light, Ferry said she was sorry, although not to the victim, and there was no attempt to repay this debt, no intention to remedy her wrongdoing, rather she apologized and openly lamented how difficult it was to be confronted with her own blunders.
This only goes to show a total lack of responsibility for her actions not to mention the way she may run the county clerks office, if she even can!
4 thoughts to consider before you vote:
1. Ferry has committed felony theft and our current Clerk's office has been clean of such corruption.
2. Lauren has not pay back her debt to the victim.
3. Lauren might not be bondable to be the clerk because of her felony embezzlementrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to stand behind Ferry only showing this might bring more problems for Will County
Detailed news.
A Will County Board member running for county clerk was brought up on charges for felony forgery in 2003 but did not appear 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.
According to court basics 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.
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 that time, Staley-Ferry said she had already fled Arizona and was back in the Midwest, eventually settling in her hometown, Joliet.
Ms. .Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case was before the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention time,†but it seems Staley-Ferry was not incarcerated. Instead, Jacinto said, it appears Staley-Ferry was sent a summons to appear in court, hop over to these guys which she failed to do.
Also, the Sheriff 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 charges were dropped in 2012, as specified in the court documents. Jacinto said, in March of 2012, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office called Independent Capital Group to notify them of the change in the status of the case.
When The Herald-News reached out to Staley-Ferry on Thursday, Lauren said, while she did not remember several of the details, she denies the charge.
“I am aware of that,†Staley-Ferry stated. “Obviously, that was in the past.â€
Lauren said the particular charges was “misdirected†and therefore there was “nothing recommended you read there†regarding the charge.