The Democratic nominee Lauren Staley-Ferry committed a felony and has not taken the time to return to the organization she stole money 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 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 pay off this debt, no intention to remedy her wrongdoing, rather she apologized and publicly talked about how difficult it was to be blasted with her own blunders.
This shows a total lack of responsibility for her actions let alone just how she might run the county clerks office, if she is able to!
4 things to think about before voting:
1. Ferry has committed felony forgery while the current County Clerk's office has been clean of corruption.
2. Ferry did not repaid her stolen gains to her former boss.
3. Lauren might not be bondable to be our clerk due to her felony embezzlementrecord.
4. Mike Madigan sent his team to stand behind Ferry only demonstrating this might lead to more issues for Will County
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A Will County Board member running for the County Clerk was brought up on charges for felony forgery in 2003 but never appeared 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.
According to court documents, the charge alleged in July of 2002, Staley-Ferry stole a check from her employer at Independent Capital Group, then located in Scottsdale, Arizona, filled it out to herself for unknown amounts and address 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 had returned to 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 that it appears Staley-Ferry was not 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 for a forgery conviction would likely be probation and restitution.
She said she did not know about the charges until she had already left Arizona, although she said she did not recall exactly when 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 change in the status in the case.
The Herald-News called Staley-Ferry on Thursday, she said, while she cannot recall the exact details, she rejects the charge.
“I am conscious of that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, which was many site here years ago.â€
She stated the particular charges had been “misdirected†and that there were “nothing there†regarding the charge.