LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo’s daughter forgave the man who stalked and harassed her and her family as a judge sentenced him to prison Tuesday.
Stanley Weaver III, 29, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, pleaded guilty but mentally ill in October to charges including aggravated stalking. In court Tuesday, Clark County District Court Judge sentenced Weaver to 2-15 years in prison as part of an agreement Weaver made with prosecutors.
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Starting in early 2024, Weaver repeatedly messaged the Lombardo family and eventually broke a window of a home where he believed the governor lived — all because Weaver suspected the governor murdered his neighbor, the 8 News Now Investigators first reported in 2024.
The 8 News Now Investigators later highlighted Weaver’s case after a judge deemed him not competent for trial. That process, which begins when two evaluations lead a judge to believe a defendant does not understand the charges against him, requires the state to transport that defendant to a state hospital for treatment within seven days…