The Democratic nominee Lauren Staley Ferry has committed a felony and also hasn't the time to actually pay back the organization she embezzled 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 insight that Ferry had taken 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 issue was brought to light, Ferry apologized, but not to the injured person, and there was no attempt to repay this debt, no intention to correct her wrong, rather she apologized and openly talked about how hard it was to be confronted with her own blunders.
This shows a total lack of accountability for her own actions much less just how she may run the county clerks office, if she is able to!
4 things to think about before you vote:
1. Lauren has committed felony forgery and our current Clerk's office has been clean of such corruption.
2. Lauren did not pay back her debt 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 back up 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 court Full Article 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 removed a check from her place of employment at Independent Capital Group, then located in Scottsdale, Arizona, made 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, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa Co. Attorney’s Office. By then, Staley-Ferry claimed she had already left Arizona and was back in the Midwest, eventually going back to Joliet, her hometown.
.Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case was before the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention time,†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 i thought about this to do.
Also, the Sheriff said, sentencing for a forgery conviction would likely be restitution and probation.
Staley-Ferry said she was unaware of the charges until she was already out of Arizona, although she said she could not remember the exact time she left.
The criminal charges were dismissed 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.
When The Herald-News called Staley-Ferry on Thursday, she said, while she cannot recall the exact details, she denies the charge.
“I am aware of that,†Staley-Ferry stated. “Obviously, you could try here that was in the past.â€
Lauren stated the criminal charges had been “misdirected†and that there were “nothing there†in regard to the charges.