LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A holiday cruise ended with a one way ticket to Louisville and Metro Corrections for a man who owes thousands of dollars in child support.
Dominic Weaver has been on the run for more than 10 years. He had just ended a vacation and was exiting a cruise ship in Miami, Florida when he was taken into custody.
Jefferson County Attorney Mike O'Connell said Weaver has been on the run from child support for several years.
"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," O'Connell said.
But last week, Weaver was taken into custody in Florida.
"He was found, fortunately, but this is the interesting part by the Miami Police getting off a cruise ship last week in Miami," O'Connell said.
Detectives from the child support division recently flew to Miami, brought Weaver to Louisville and locked him up at the jail in downtown Louisville.
"This is one of the most egregious events that brings something to light that I think I've ever seen," O'Connell said.
O'Connell said Weaver has a total of four cases with the child support division.
"Two more of those are ready for indictment again of more felonies," O'Connell said.
He owes more than a $100,000 in back child support.
"I think it's somewhere in the 114 to $120,000," O'Connell said.
According to the county attorney's office, in 2021, Weaver owed more than $99,000 in support and has several years in prison hanging over his head.
"I'm going to ask the court at the next opportunity to revoke his sentence and sentencing to four years in the state penitentiary for this offense," O'Connell said.
For years, O'Connell's office posted the names of delinquent parents in the local newspaper. These days, the approach is different, but doesn't always work.
"Our office does everything we can to work with people that have this obligation," O'Connell said. "I mean everything we can, you know, to the extent of even helping find employment and do things like that."
Weaver is scheduled to be arraigned on Jan. 6, 2025.
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