A Kentucky dad who has racked up greater than $100,000 in unpaid youngster assist was arrested as he bought off a cruise journey in Florida after a number of years on the lam, in line with officers.
Dominic Weaver’s trip ended with him in handcuffs after he was taken into custody by native cops exiting the cruise ship in Miami someday final week and introduced again to Bluegrass State, Jefferson County Lawyer Mike O’Connell informed a neighborhood Louisville information station.
The 47-year-old owes someplace between $114,000 and $120,000 in youngster assist, in line with O’Connell.
Weaver was beforehand sentenced to 5 years of probation for flagrant non-support in 2019, in line with Regulation and Crime.
“I don’t know when he left, but he fled the jurisdiction, and from the date of his sentence until today, and even today, he’s not paid one cent of child support,” the Kentucky county official informed WDRB.
O’Connell mentioned Weaver has 4 instances with the kid assist division.
“This is one of the most egregious events that brings something to light that I think I’ve ever seen,” O’Connell informed the information station.
The official plans to ask the court docket to revoke his authentic sentence and as a substitute get him behind bars for so long as 4 years.
The daddy’s lack of assist for his children is so poor he appeared on a 2021 checklist of fogeys that owe massive sums of cash for his or her youngsters’s care. On the time, he owed practically $100,000, in line with county data.
Weaver’s arraignment is ready for Jan. 6.
