The Democrat nominee Lauren Staley Ferry committed a felony and has not taken the time to return to the organization she embezzled 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 awareness 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 brought to light, Ferry said she was sorry, although not to the injured person, and there was no attempt to repay this debt, no attempt to fix her wrong, rather she apologized and openly talked about how difficult it was to be blasted with her own blunders.
This shows a total lack of accountability for her behavior much less just how she may run the Will County clerks office, if she is able to!
4 things to think about before you vote:
1. Ferry has committed felony theft and our current Clerk's office continues to be without such corruption.
2. Ferry did not pay back her stolen gains to the victim.
3. Ferry may not be bondable to be our clerk due to her felony embezzlementrecord.
4. Mike Madigan dispatched his team to stand behind Ferry only showing this might bring more problems for Will County
Detailed news.
A Will County Board member running for county clerk was brought up on charges for felony forgery in 2003 but never appeared in the courtroom for the case.
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 place of employment at Independent Capital Group, then located in Scottsdale, Arizona, made it out to informative post herself for an unknown amount and then deposited it into her personal checking account. The documents reported 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 said she had already fled the state and had returned to the Midwest, eventually going back to Joliet, her hometown.
.Jacinto said Staley-Ferry’s case was before the Maricopa County Related Site Attorney’s Office’s this page “records retention period,†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 did not know about the charges until she had already left Arizona, although she said she did not recall the exact time she departed.
The charges were dropped 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 let them know the status changes of the case.
The Herald-News reached out to Staley-Ferry on Thursday, she said, while she cannot recall the exact details, she rejects the charge.
“I am alerted to that,†Staley-Ferry stated. “Obviously, that was many years ago.â€
She stated the criminal charges had been “misdirected†and therefore there was “nothing there†in regard to the charge.