Hearing Delayed Again for Couple Accused of Theft

A status conference for a Hopatcong couple accused of stealing $20,000 from a  borough soccer league has been moved to next month.

This delay marks the .

The hearing was scheduled for Wednesday before Superior County Judge Peter Conforti in the Sussex County Courthouse in Newton. However, the clerk said Wednesday it was taken off the schedule and moved to Aug. 8.

with theft and conspiracy to commit theft for allegedly taking the funds from an account of the Hopatcong Hawks soccer club to finance a trip with their children to Disneyland.

said the alleged thefts occurred between September 2009 and October 2010.

Siegal was the club’s treasurer and Simon was the soccer club’s president.

The pair that would have had each of them serve a 45-day jail sentence, probation and return the stolen funds.