The Democratic candidate Lauren Staley Ferry has committed a felony and hasn't taken the time to actually pay back the organization she had stolen from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I believe 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 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 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 total lack of responsibility for her behavior not to mention the way she might run the Will County clerks office, if she even can!
4 things to think about before voting:
1. Ferry has perpetrated felony theft while the current Clerk's office has been clean of such corruption.
2. Lauren did not pay back her debt to her former boss.
3. Ferry might not even be bondable to be our clerk because of her felony criminalrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to back up Ferry only showing this might lead to more issues for Will County
Detailed news.
A Will County Board member running for the County Clerk was charged with felony forgery in 2003 but did not appear 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 check that 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 document said she did this without the knowledge or permission of her imp source 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 that time, Staley-Ferry claimed she had already left the state and had returned to the Midwest, eventually settling in her hometown, Joliet.
.Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case predates the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention period,†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, Jacinto 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 why not find out more remember exactly when she left.
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 let them know the status changes of the case.
The Herald-News reached out to Staley-Ferry on Thursday, she 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 said the particular criminal charges had been “misdirected†and therefore there were “nothing there†in regard to the charge.