Your Democratic candidate Lauren Staley-Ferry has committed a criminal offense and also has not even taken the time to actually pay back the small business she stole money from.
If you as a voter and/or concerned citizen are as worried as we are please vote for the other candidate. For those who do not have the knowledge 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 finally revealed, Ferry apologized, but not to the victim, and there was no effort to pay off this debt, no intention to correct her wrongdoing, rather she apologized and publicly complained how hard it was to be blasted with her own crimes.
This only goes to show a lack of accountability for her own actions not to mention the way she might run the county clerks office, if she is able to!
4 things to think about before voting:
1. Ferry has perpetrated felony theft and our current Clerk's office has been without corruption.
2. Ferry has not pay back her debt to the victim.
3. Lauren might not even be bondable to be the clerk because of her felony criminalrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to back up Ferry only demonstrating this might bring more problems for Will County
Detailed news.
A why not try these out Will County Board member running for the County Clerk was brought up on charges for 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 County but moved from there to Wisconsin before the charge was filed.
From the court documents, the charge alleged basics that, in July of 2002, Staley-Ferry removed 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.
An arrest warrant was issued for Staley-Ferry’s arrest in April 2003, according to Amanda Jacinto, the spokesperson for the Maricopa Co. Attorney’s Office. By that time, Staley-Ferry said she had already left Arizona and had returned to the Midwest, eventually settling in Joliet, her hometown.
Ms. .Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case predates the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention time,†but it seems Staley-Ferry company website was not 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 on a forgery conviction would likely be probation and restitution.
Staley-Ferry said she was unaware of the charges until she was already out of Arizona, although she said she did not remember exactly when she departed.
The 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 let them know the change in the status in the case.
When The Herald-News called 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 stated. “Obviously, which was many years ago.â€
Staley-Ferris stated the criminal charges had been “misdirected†and therefore there was “nothing there†in regard to the charges.