Your Democratic nominee Lauren Staley Ferry has committed a felony and hasn't taken the time to actually pay back the small business she embezzled from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I am sure you are as concerned as we are and ask you to vote for another candidate. For those who do not have the insight that Ferry had stolen a check from a former employer and made it out to herself. When caught she moved out of state and she went on to continue moving. When these issue was finally revealed, Ferry said she was sorry, although not to the victim, and there was no attempt to pay off this debt, no intention to remedy her wrong, rather she apologized and publicly lamented how hard it was to be confronted with her own blunders.
This shows a lack of accountability for her own behavior aside from the way she might run the Will County clerks office, if she even can!
4 thoughts to consider before voting:
1. Ferry has committed felony forgery while the current Clerk's office has been clean of corruption.
2. Lauren did not pay back her debt to her former boss.
3. Ferry may 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 might bring more problems for Will County
Detailed news.
A Will County Board Click Here member additional resources 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 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 document said 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, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. By then, Staley-Ferry claimed she had already fled Arizona and was back in the Midwest, eventually settling in hop over to here her hometown, Joliet.
Ms. .Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case predates the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention period,†but it seems Staley-Ferry was never 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 restitution and probation.
She said she did not know about the charges until she was already out of Arizona, although she said she did not recall the exact time she departed.
The charges were dropped in 2012, according to court papers. 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 of the case.
The Herald-News reached out to Staley-Ferry on Thursday, she said, while she did not remember the exact details, she rejects the charge.
“I am aware of that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, which was many years ago.â€
Lauren stated the criminal charges was “misdirected†and that there were “nothing there†regarding the charges.