The Democratic nominee Lauren Staley-Ferry has committed a felony and also hasn't even taken the time to pay back the organization she had stolen from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I am sure you are as worried as we are and ask you to vote for another candidate. For those who do not have the awareness 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 brought to light, Ferry said she was sorry, but not to the victim, and there was no attempt to pay off this debt, no intention to fix her wrongdoing, rather she apologized and openly complained how difficult it was to be confronted with her own crimes.
This shows a total lack of responsibility for her behavior let alone the way she may run the county clerks office, if she even can!
4 things to think about before you vote:
1. Lauren has perpetrated felony theft while the current Clerk's office has been clean of such corruption.
2. Lauren has not repaid her stolen gains to the victim.
3. Ferry might not even be bondable to be the clerk because of her felony criminalrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to support Ferry only demonstrating this could bring more problems for Will County
More news.
A Will County Board member running for the County Clerk was charged with felony forgery in 2003 but never appeared 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.
According to court documents, the charge alleged in July of 2002, Staley-Ferry removed 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 this without the knowledge or permission of her employer.
A 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 claimed she had already fled the state and useful link was back in the Midwest, eventually going back to her hometown, Joliet.
.Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case predates the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention time,†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 on a forgery conviction might probably be restitution and probation.
Staley-Ferry said she was unaware of the charges until she had already left Arizona, although she said she could not remember the exact time she departed.
The charges were dropped in 2012, according to court documents. Jacinto said, in March of 2012, the Continued Maricopa County Attorney’s Office called Independent Capital Group to notify them of the change in the status of the case.
When The Herald-News reached out to Staley-Ferry on Thursday, Lauren said, while she cannot recall the exact details, she denies the charge.
“I am conscious of that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, that was in the past.â€
Staley-Ferris said the particular criminal charges had been “misdirected†and that there were “nothing there†in regard to description the charge.