Your Democratic candidate Lauren Staley-Ferry committed a criminal offense and also hasn't taken the time to actually return to the organization she stole money 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 moved out of state and she went on to continue moving. When these crimes was finally revealed, Ferry said she was sorry, but not to the injured person, and there was no effort to repay this debt, no intention to correct her wrong, rather she apologized and publicly lamented how hard it was to be blasted with her own crimes.
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 things to think about before you vote:
1. Lauren has perpetrated felony forgery and our current Clerk's office continues to be without corruption.
2. Lauren did not repaid her stolen gains to the victim.
3. Lauren might not be bondable to be the clerk due to her felony embezzlementrecord.
4. Mike Madigan dispatched his team to stand behind Ferry only demonstrating this could lead to more issues for Will County
More 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 case.
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.
From the court documents, the charge alleged 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 unknown amounts and then deposited it into her personal checking their explanation account. The document said she did this 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 going back to Joliet, her hometown.
Ms. .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 our website Staley-Ferry was sent a summons to appear in court, which she failed to do.
Also, the Sheriff said, sentencing on 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 dismissed in 2012, according to court papers. Jacinto said, in March of 2012, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office called Independent Capital Group to notify them of the status changes in the case.
When The Herald-News called Staley-Ferry on Thursday, go to the website Lauren said, while she cannot recall some of the details, she rejects the charge.
“I am alerted to that,†Staley-Ferry stated. “Obviously, which was in the past.â€
Lauren stated the particular charges had been “misdirected†and that there were “nothing there†in regard to the charges.