The sentencing hearing for a former University of Michigan administrator who resold roughly $75,000 worth of computers purchased with university funds will be delayed for several months.

Court records show a recent sentencing hearing for Donald Sims, 41, on one count of embezzlement was adjourned until March 3. He pleaded guilty to the charge in October and agreed to pay more than $61,000 in restitution within three years.

Sims, of Ypsilanti Township, was the business administrator at the University of Michigan’s Center for Afro-American and African Studies at the time he purchased 75 computers and other computer-related equipment between 2008 and 2010 with university funds that were never repaid. Authorities said the computers were resold across the country in an elaborate scheme.

Don Ferris, Sims’ attorney, could not be reached for comment.

Sims’ son Dion, a standout athlete who played both football and basketball at Michigan State University, and three other men are charged with related crimes in Wayne County. Authorities said the group was part of larger ring that stole more than 100 computers from the Detroit Public Schools valued at roughly $158,000.

Art Aisner is a freelance writer for AnnArbor.com. Reach the news desk at news@annarbor.com or 734-623-2530.