Board Members Of 2017 Little League World Series Team Sentenced For Stealing Over $126K
Do These Look Like The Kind Of Guys Who.... ok yes. Yep. Lil' bit.
And they got busy stealing around $126K from their own team only a few months after this:
From Virginia Streva at the Philly Voice:
Two former executives of a New Jersey Little League have been ordered to pay back thousands of dollars that they pocketed from the organization, which sent a team to the Little League World Series under their tenure.
Anthony Del Vecchio, 64, and John Lehman, 56, both of Jackson, pleaded guilty on Monday to third-degree theft for stealing more than $126,000 from the Holbrook Little League, the Ocean County Prosecutor's Office announced.
Del Vecchio was the League President & Lehman was the Treasurer, and conveniently it was their two signatures that were required on all checks since they were the only signatories on the team's finance accounts.
Now, according to the Ocean County Prosector's Office FB Page, the court is making them split the difference & each have to pay back $63,085.41 to the team, which is due by their sentencing dates (January & March). They also both got a term of non-custodial probation & are required to serve 100 hours of community service.
Going off comments on the FB post, locals are upset that these guys aren't facing any jail time considering they stole so much from hard working parents and surrounding businesses who trusted & supported them, and especially since that money was meant to benefit the community's kids with baseball dreams. Rough optics, gents.
As a side note, to steal roughly $126K from a small little league team & think you'll get away with it means there's gotta be more cash around to cover, right?… It leaves me wondering just how much these children's sports teams manage to fundraise. Is that a normal amount? Can someone in that world Little-Leaguesplain this to me?
Overall, Del Vecchio & Lehman may have taken a lot of funding away, but thankfully the kids will always have the accomplishment of making it to the Little League World Series. Let's remember the happier times…
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