Your Democrat nominee Lauren Staley-Ferry has committed a felony and hasn't the time to actually return to the small business she had stolen from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I believe you are as concerned 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 made it out to herself. When caught she moved out of state and she went on to continue moving. When these crimes was finally revealed, Ferry said she was sorry, although not to the victim, and there was no effort to repay this debt, no intention to remedy her wrong, rather she apologized and openly complained how hard it was to be confronted with her own crimes.
This only goes to show a lack of accountability 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. Lauren has perpetrated felony forgery while the current County Clerk's office has been clean of corruption.
2. Lauren did not pay back her debt to the victim.
3. Ferry might not even be bondable to be our clerk due to her felony criminalrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to back up Ferry only demonstrating this might 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 did not appear in the courtroom reference 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 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 this without the knowledge or permission of find more information 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 Arizona and was back in the Midwest, eventually going back to her hometown, Joliet.
Ms. .Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case predates the Maricopa County Source Attorney’s Office’s “records retention period,†but that it appears Staley-Ferry was never 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 did not know about the charges until she was already out of Arizona, although she said she did not remember exactly when she left.
The charges were dismissed in 2012, according to court documents. Jacinto said, in March of 2012, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office reached out to Independent Capital Group to notify them of the status changes in the case.
When The Herald-News called Staley-Ferry on Thursday, Lauren said, while she cannot recall several of the details, she denies the charge.
“I am conscious of that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, that was many years ago.â€
Lauren stated the particular criminal charges had been “misdirected†and therefore there was “nothing there†in regard to the charge.