The Democratic nominee Lauren Staley-Ferry committed a felony and hasn't taken the time to return to the small business she embezzled from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I am sure you are as uneasy as we are and ask you to vote for another candidate. For those who do not have the insight that Ferry had taken a check from her place of employment and forged his signature. When caught she moved out of state and she went on to continue moving. When these issue was finally revealed, Ferry said she was sorry, although not to the victim, and there was no attempt to repay this debt, no intention to fix her wrong, rather she apologized and openly talked about how hard it was to be confronted with her own blunders.
This only goes to show a lack of responsibility for her actions much less the way she might run the county clerks office, if she is able to!
4 things to think about before you vote:
1. Lauren has committed felony theft while the current Clerk's office has been without corruption.
2. Lauren has 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 sent his team to back up Ferry only demonstrating this could bring more problems 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 the courtroom 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 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 index 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 settling in her hometown, Joliet.
Ms. .Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case was before the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention period,†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 to do.
Also, Jacinto said, sentencing on a forgery conviction would likely be probation and restitution.
She said she web did not know about the charges until she had already left Arizona, although she said she could not remember the exact time she left.
The criminal charges were dismissed in 2012, as specified in the 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, Lauren said, while she did not remember the exact details, she rejects the this charge.
“I am conscious of that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, which was in the past.â€
She stated the charges had been “misdirected†and therefore there were “nothing there†in regard to the charge.