Las Vegas man accused of stalking Nevada governor, his family refuses to appear in court

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The man accused of stalking and harassing Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo and his family refused once again Monday to appear in court.

As the 8 News Now Investigators first reported, Stanley Weaver III, 28, is also accused of breaking a window of a home where he believed the governor lived — all because he suspects Lombardo committed murder.

Weaver was due to appear for a hearing on Monday but refused transport from the Clark County Detention Center to the Regional Justice Center. A note in Weaver’s docket said he refused “all court appearances.”

Earlier this month, Judge Eric Goodman set Weaver’s bail at $1 million. Weaver’s next hearing was scheduled for Thursday.

Police arrested Weaver after he told detectives he broke a window at the governor’s home, documents said. A family member of the governor’s lives in the home, not him.

According to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained, it appears Weaver believed the governor lived in the home with his family and that the governor killed Weaver’s former neighbor.

While in custody, officers noted Weaver was placed on a mental health hold in January for attempting to set an apartment fire, documents said.

Members of Weaver’s family told police “they are fearful that Weaver may harm or kill a member of [the governor’s] family and that they took steps to hide all the knives in the apartment so that Weaver could not access them,” documents said.

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