PRESS RELEASE-TWO JACKSON MEN PLEAD GUILTY TO THEFT BY UNLAWFUL TAKING FROM HOLBROOKE LITTLE LEAGUE
Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer announced today that Anthony Del Vecchio, age 64, and John Lehman, age 56, both of Jackson, pled guilty this afternoon to Theft by Unlawful Taking in violation of N.J.S.A. 2C:20-3a, a crime of the third degree before the Honorable Judge Rochelle Gizinski, J.S.C. The State will be recommending a term of non-custodial probation for both defendants, conditioned upon each paying $63,085.41 in restitution to Holbrooke Little League and performing 100 hours of community service. Del Vecchio is scheduled to be sentenced on January 24, 2020 and Lehman is scheduled to be sentenced on March 13, 2020, both before Judge Gizinski.
“Both defendants will be required to pay restitution in full on or before their respective sentencing date(s), pursuant to the terms of the plea agreement. If they don’t come up with the restitution in full, we will be seeking a custodial sentence,” Prosecutor Billhimer stated. “This plea agreement was extended with the advice and consent of the Holbrooke Little League Executive Board,” Prosecutor Billhimer added.
On November 27, 2017, the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office received information detailing the alleged theft of funds from the Holbrook Little League by League President Anthony Del Vecchio. Subsequent investigation revealed that Del Vecchio and Treasurer John Lehman had converted over approximately $126,000 for their benefit. Del Vecchio and Lehman were the only signatories on the account and both signatures were required on all checks.
Prosecutor Billhimer would like to acknowledge Assistant Prosecutor Christopher Heisler for prosecuting this case on behalf of the State and the diligent efforts of the Ocean County Prosecutor’s Office Economic Crime Squad and High Tech Crime Unit for bringing the two defendants to justice.
And their reprieve sets an example to children…thieve away.
Scumbags
Somebody should slap the shit out of the dude on the right.
Jason A. McKillop right??!his face is super annoying
Slap him for what? Smiling in his license pic?
Slap the shit out of both of them. They’re supposed to lead by example. Scumbags.
Sharon Lynn Huber your not allowed to smile in your license picture
Andrew Michael okay… but obviously he is, so…..
She must know him. Seems defensive.
Sharon Lynn Huber hes smiling for his mugshot
Andrew Michael JC the smiling law went into effect in 2012.
Licenses have blue backgrounds, arrest pictures don’t
Ok… but he still needs the shit slapped out of him.
Sharon Lynn Huber who cares I’d still slap the shit out of him
Andrew Michael lol. Can’t just say “my bad, I was wrong” ????
Anywho….. here’s some examples of what a mugshot looks like as opposed to license pic
Sharon Lynn Huber cause we are both wrong looks blue to me
Sharon Lynn Huber blue…? unless these people wear the same protective custody get up to the dmv
Douche bags!
Richard Leonard
They should do some jail time.
The faces of filth
This happens too often.
Need to double the amt of people
entrusted to oversee the funds.
scum
Wait…he reported the theft knowing it was himself? Am i reading that right?
Jane Marie yeah the article is written weird. A parent reported it to the prosecutor when the money to help off set travel expenses when they went to the world series were not distributed.
Wonder how much money $
I read in another article it was $126,000.00 over 3 years.
https://patch.com/new-jersey/tomsriver/pair-plead-guilty-126k-theft-holbrook-little-league
Sharon Ernst oh wow that’s a lot
Danielle Spina
Dirtbags