A Weatherly woman has been charged with stealing nearly $200,000 from two bank accounts.

Alyce Anne Simmons, 48, of 640 E. Second St., was charged with two counts each of theft by unlawful taking and theft by failure to make required disposition of funds.She was arraigned before District Judge Joseph Zola in Hazleton. She was released on $50,000 unsecured bail.Police said the thefts occurred from Triple J Community Broadcasting LLC and WYLN, of Hazleton, and from Captain's Cove, an upstate New York fishing business.Simmons allegedly wrote checks to herself and in the name of her son over the past several years. She then deposited the checks into an account or cashed them at a Weatherly bank, police said.A preliminary hearing for Simmons has been scheduled for noon on March 21 before Zola.