Man accused of stalking Nevada governor, family with wild murder claim to undergo competency evaluation

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A judge ordered the man accused of stalking Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo to undergo a competency evaluation Tuesday after failing to appear in court numerous times.

As the 8 News Now Investigators first reported, Stanley Weaver III, 28, is accused of breaking a window of a home where he believed the governor lived — all because he suspects Lombardo committed murder. The governor lived in the home many years ago, Chief Deputy District Attorney Michael Dickerson said during a hearing last week.

Also last week, a Clark County grand jury indicted Weaver on charges including aggravated stalking and first-degree arson.

According to documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained, it appears Weaver believes the governor killed Weaver’s former neighbor — who the 8 News Now Investigators confirmed was alive and well.

Weaver has remained in custody since his arrest earlier this month. He has refused to appear for about six appearances, Dickerson said Tuesday.

“He hasn’t appeared a single time in any court, ever, in these cases,” Dickerson said.

Weaver has declined to meet with his state-appointed attorneys in jail, his public defender said.

Judge Eric Johnson ordered Weaver to have a competency hearing before further action in the stalking case. The order means Weaver will undergo an evaluation before a hearing in competency court.

In documents the 8 News Now Investigators obtained, members of Weaver’s family told police “they [were]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.”

Earlier this month, Judge Eric Goodman set Weaver’s bail at $1 million.

Reaver was ordered to appear in competency court on April 17.

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