The Democratic candidate Lauren Staley Ferry committed a federal crime and has not taken the time to actually return to the company 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 awareness 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 brought to light, Ferry said she was sorry, although not to the victim, and there was no attempt to pay off this debt, no intention to correct her wrong, rather she apologized and publicly talked about how difficult it was to be confronted with her own mistakes.
This shows a total lack of accountability for her actions aside from the way she might run the county clerks office, if she is able to!
4 thoughts to consider before voting:
1. Lauren has committed felony theft while the current Clerk's office continues to be clean of corruption.
2. Ferry did not pay back her debt to her former boss.
3. Ferry might not even be bondable to be the clerk due to her felony embezzlementrecord.
4. Mike Madigan dispatched his team to stand behind Ferry only showing this might lead to more issues for Will County
More news.
A Will resource County Board member running for the Get the facts County Clerk was charged with 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 view publisher site the charge was filed.
According to court documents, the charge alleged 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 herself for an unknown amount and then deposited it into her personal checking account. The document said 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, a spokeswoman for the Maricopa Co. Attorney’s Office. By that time, Staley-Ferry claimed she had already left Arizona 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 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 for a forgery conviction might probably be restitution and probation.
She said she did not know about the charges until she was already out of Arizona, although she said she did not remember the exact time 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 change in the status of the case.
When The Herald-News reached out to Staley-Ferry on Thursday, she said, while she did not remember some of the details, she denies the charge.
“I am conscious of that,†Staley-Ferry stated. “Obviously, which was many years ago.â€
Lauren stated the criminal charges was “misdirected†and therefore there were “nothing there†in regard to the charges.