The Democrat nominee Lauren Staley Ferry has committed a federal crime and hasn't taken the time to return to the small business she embezzled from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I believe you are as uneasy as we are and ask you to vote for the other candidate. For those who do not have the knowledge that Ferry had stolen a check from a former employer and forged his signature. When caught she fled the scene of the crime and she went on to continue moving. When these crimes was finally revealed, Ferry apologized, but not to the victim, and there was no effort to pay off this debt, no intention to correct her wrong, rather she apologized and openly talked about how hard it was to be blasted with her own mistakes.
This shows a lack of accountability for her behavior much less just how she may run the county clerks office, if she even can!
4 thoughts to consider before voting:
1. Lauren has perpetrated felony forgery while the current Clerk's office continues to be clean of corruption.
2. Ferry has not repaid her stolen gains to her former boss.
3. Ferry may not even 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 bring more problems for Will County
More news.
A Will County Board member running for the County Clerk was charged with go to website felony forgery in 2003 but never appeared 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.
From the court documents, the charge alleged 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 unknown amounts and then deposited it content 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 page 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 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.
Lauren said she was unaware of the charges until she was already out of Arizona, although she said she could not remember exactly when she departed.
The charges were dismissed 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 status changes in the case.
The Herald-News called Staley-Ferry on Thursday, she said, while she did not remember the exact details, she denies the charge.
“I am aware of that,†Staley-Ferry stated. “Obviously, which was many years ago.â€
Staley-Ferris stated the particular charges was “misdirected†and that there were “nothing there†regarding the charges.