Alleged Deadbeat Dad Who’d Been a Fugitive for 10 Years Is Arrested While Getting off Cruise Ship

Mar. 15, 2025

Dominic Weaver mugshot.Photo:Louisville Metro Department of Corrections

Louisville Metro Department of Corrections

A man who authorities say owes about $100,000 in child support was taken into custody while disembarking a cruise ship in Miami, according to multiple reports.

Dominic Weaver of Louisville, Ky., was captured last week after being on the run for over 10 years, authorities say, according to Fox-affiliateWDRB, theNewYorkPostandK105.

Jail records show Weaver is being held at Louisville Metro Corrections on charges of flagrant non-support and a probation violation stemming from an unspecified felony offense.

Weaver appeared on2019and2021lists from the county of people who are allegedly delinquent in their child support payments. In 2021, according to the list, he owed over $99,000 in payments.

In 2019, he wassentencedto five years of probation due to flagrant nonsupport. The supervision was set to end in October of this year.

PEOPLE reached out to the Jefferson County Attorney’s Office for more information but did not immediately hear back.

According to WDRB, the county is unsure when Weaver left town.

“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.

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O’Connell also said Weaver has four cases related to child support, two of which “are ready for indictment again of more felonies.”

O’Connell said he is going to “ask the court at the next opportunity to revoke his sentence and sentencing to four years in the state penitentiary,” per WDRB.

Weaver will appear in court on Jan. 6, 2025. PEOPLE was not immediately able to reach an attorney for him.

source: people.com