Two weeks after it was delayed due to an attorney being in a minor car accident, there is no date scheduled for the continuation of the disciplinary hearing of Miami Twp. Deputy Chief Maj. John DiPietro.

The closed-door hearing was delayed at about 1 p.m. Nov. 26 when Miami Twp. attorney Doug Trout of the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office was involved in an accident involving three to four cars on Interstate 75 at Ohio 725, according to officials. The hearing started Nov. 14 after being delayed from its original date in October.

DiPietro has been suspended with pay since a Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office report detailed his actions surrounding the decontamination of a naked 17-year-old girl who had been apprehended and pepper-sprayed July 12 for shoplifting and other charges.

“It’s been an unusual set of circumstances,” said Trout, who added that he was fine after the accident. “Apparently, there are some scheduling conflicts” involving DiPietro’s attorney, Richard Lipowicz.

“I want it sooner and he wants it later,” Trout said. “I hope to have it done by the end of the year.”

Lipowicz has said he will not comment on the case until it is resolved.

Documents released in mid-November state that DiPietro committed six acts of improper conduct, including taking a photo of one of the girl’s tattoos and sending it to a friend, allowing her to undress during the decontamination and failing to submit proper reports about the incident until ordered to by police Chief Chris Krug.

“My conduct was intended to treat this person in a respectful and humane manner,” DiPietro said in a written statement released to media on Nov. 15.

The sheriff’s report shows the girl was decontaminated three times, the first by paramedics at the scene, before DiPietro took her to the sally port, where he used a hose to wash her down.

DiPietro was placed on paid administrative leave Oct. 18.

Trout said about a dozen witnesses testified on DiPietro’s behalf Nov. 26 and that it was his understanding that only a few more people were scheduled to speak.