The Democratic nominee Lauren Staley Ferry has committed a federal crime and has not the time to pay back the organization she had stolen from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I believe you are as worried as we are and ask you to vote for the other candidate. For those who do not have the knowledge that Ferry had taken a check from her place of employment and forged his signature. When caught she moved out of state and she went on to continue moving. When these crimes was finally revealed, Ferry apologized, although not to the victim, and there was no attempt to repay this debt, no intention to correct her wrong, rather she apologized and publicly talked about how difficult it was to be blasted with her own crimes.
This shows a lack of accountability for her own behavior not to mention just how she might run the Will County clerks office, if she even can!
4 things to think about before voting:
1. Lauren has committed felony theft while our current Clerk's office has been without corruption.
2. Ferry did not repaid her stolen gains to the victim.
3. Ferry might not even be bondable to be the clerk because of her felony criminalrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to stand behind Ferry only demonstrating this might bring more problems for Will County
Detailed 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 case.
Lauren Staley-Ferry, D-Joliet, this post 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 stole a check from her place of employment 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, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa Co. Attorney’s Office. By then, Staley-Ferry said she had already left Arizona and had returned to the Midwest, eventually going back to her hometown, Joliet.
.Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case was before 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 probably be probation and restitution.
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 departed.
The criminal charges were dropped in 2012, as specified in the court papers. Jacinto Your Domain Name said, in March of 2012, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office called Independent Capital Group to let them know the status changes in the case.
When The Herald-News reached out to check out here Staley-Ferry on Thursday, Lauren said, while she cannot recall several of the details, she rejects the charge.
“I am aware of that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, that was in the past.â€
She stated the particular criminal charges was “misdirected†and that there was “nothing there†regarding the charges.