Fitzgerald man handed federal court sentence, two found illegally in southwest Georgia

Federal search warrants were executed at 13 locations in Cook and Tift Counties in a joint law enforcement operation involving FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Service, GBI, Cook Co. Sheriff’s Office, Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office, Adel Police Department and Hahira Police Department.

MACON — A former truck driver and Georgia resident was sentenced to serve more than 15 years in prison for distributing hundreds of thousands of images of child pornography depicting the sexual abuse of infants, toddlers and minor children.

Stanley Joseph Weaver, 61, formerly of McDonough and currently of Jackson, was sentenced to serve 188 months in prison to be followed by 10 years of supervised release by U.S. District Judge Tilman E. “Tripp” Self after he previously pleaded guilty to distribution of child pornography. In addition, Weaver will have to register as a sex offender for life upon release from prison. There is no parole in the federal system.

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