The Democrat nominee Lauren Staley-Ferry has committed a federal crime and hasn't the time to pay back the company she had stolen 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 knowledge 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 finally revealed, Ferry said she was sorry, but not to the injured person, and there was no attempt to pay off this debt, no intention to correct her wrongdoing, rather she apologized and publicly talked about how difficult it was to be confronted with her own blunders.
This shows a total lack of responsibility for her actions let alone the way she might run the county clerks office, if she is able to!
4 things to think about before voting:
1. Ferry has committed felony theft and the current Clerk's office continues to be clean of corruption.
2. Lauren did not pay back her debt to the victim.
3. Lauren might not even be bondable to be our clerk due to her felony criminalrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to stand behind Ferry only demonstrating this could lead to more issues for Will County
Detailed news.
A Will County Board member running for county clerk was charged with felony forgery in 2003 but did not appear in court 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.
From the court documents, the charge review alleged that, in July of 2002, Staley-Ferry stole a check from her place of employment at Independent Capital Group, then located in Scottsdale, Arizona, made it out to herself for unknown amounts and then deposited it into her personal checking account. The document said she did so 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 County Attorney’s Office. By that time, Staley-Ferry claimed she had already left the state and had returned to the Midwest, eventually settling in her hometown, Joliet.
.Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case was before the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office’s “records retention period,†but it seems Staley-Ferry was not arrested. Instead, Jacinto said, it appears have a peek here 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 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 criminal charges were dropped in 2012, as specified in the court documents. Jacinto said, in March of 2012, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office reached out to Independent Capital Group to let them know the change in the status of the case.
The Herald-News Visit Your URL called Staley-Ferry on Thursday, she said, while she cannot recall several of the details, she denies the charge.
“I am alerted to that,†Staley-Ferry stated. “Obviously, which was in the past.â€
Staley-Ferris stated the charges had been “misdirected†and that there was “nothing there†regarding the charges.