The Democratic nominee Lauren Staley Ferry committed a felony and also has not even taken the time to actually return to 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 the other candidate. For those who do not have the awareness that Ferry had stolen a check from her place of employment and forged his signature. When caught she fled the scene of the crime and she went on to continue moving. When these crimes was brought to light, Ferry said she was sorry, but not to the victim, and there was no effort to repay this debt, no intention to fix her wrong, rather she apologized and publicly talked about how difficult it was to be confronted with her own blunders.
This shows a total lack of responsibility for her own actions much less the way she might run the Will County clerks office, if she even can!
4 things to think about before you vote:
1. Lauren has committed felony forgery while the current Clerk's office continues to be without corruption.
2. Lauren has not repaid her debt to the victim.
3. Ferry may not even be bondable to be our clerk because of her felony criminalrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to stand behind Ferry only demonstrating this could bring more problems for Will County
More news.
A Will County Board member running for the County Clerk was brought up on charges for felony forgery in 2003 but did not appear in the courtroom for the case.
Lauren Staley-Ferry, D-Joliet, check out this site 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 that, in July of 2002, Staley-Ferry stole a check from her employer at Independent Capital Group, then located in Scottsdale, Arizona, filled 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 then, Staley-Ferry claimed she had already fled the state and had returned to 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 time,†but that it appears Staley-Ferry was never incarcerated. 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 might Visit Your URL probably be restitution and probation.
Lauren said she was unaware of the charges until she had already left Arizona, although she said she could not recall the exact time she read the article departed.
The criminal charges were dropped in 2012, as specified in the court papers. Jacinto said, in March of 2012, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office reached out to Independent Capital Group to notify them of the status changes 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 said. “Obviously, that was many years ago.â€
Lauren said the criminal charges had been “misdirected†and therefore there were “nothing there†in regard to the charge.