The Democrat nominee Lauren Staley-Ferry has committed a felony and also hasn't even taken the time to pay back the small business she stole money from.
As a voter and concerned citizen, I am sure you are as worried as we are and ask you to vote for the other candidate. For those who do not have the awareness that Ferry had taken 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 crimes was brought to light, Ferry said she was sorry, but not to the injured person, and there was no effort to repay this debt, no intention to correct her wrong, rather she apologized and openly lamented how hard it was to be confronted with her own blunders.
This shows a total lack of accountability for her own actions much less the way she may run the county clerks office, if she is able to!
4 things to think about before you vote:
1. Lauren has perpetrated felony forgery and our current County Clerk's office has been clean of such corruption.
2. Ferry did not repaid her stolen gains to her former boss.
3. Lauren might not be bondable to be the clerk due to her felony criminalrecord.
4. Mike Madigan dispatched his team to stand behind Ferry only demonstrating this might lead to more issues for Will County
More news.
A Will County Board member running for the County Clerk was charged with felony forgery in 2003 but never appeared in court for the case.
Lauren Staley-Ferry, why not find out more 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 that, 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 an unknown amount and then deposited it into her personal checking account. The documents reported she did this 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 Co. Attorney’s Office. By then, Staley-Ferry claimed she had already fled the state 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 period,†but click here for more it seems 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.
Staley-Ferry said she was unaware of the charges until she was already out of Arizona, although she said she could not remember the exact time she left.
The criminal charges were dropped in 2012, according to court documents. Jacinto said, in March of 2012, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office called Independent Capital Group to notify them of investigate this site the change in the status in the case.
The Herald-News reached out to Staley-Ferry on Thursday, Lauren said, while she did not remember the exact details, she rejects the charge.
“I am aware of that,†Staley-Ferry said. “Obviously, that was in the past.â€
Lauren stated the charges was “misdirected†and therefore there was “nothing there†regarding the charge.