ROCKINGHAM — An Anson County man with an outstanding warrant — and previous murder conviction — was reportedly found with meth last week.
According to a press release from the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office, deputies noticed a “suspicious” vehicle at the Pee Dee River boat landing on Jan. 28.
Deputies approached the vehicle and asked the man in the driver’s seat for his identification, which showed he was 47-year-old Walter A. Weaver of Morven.
After running Weaver’s name through the system, deputies reportedly found he had an outstanding warrant from Richmond County for assault on a female.
Deputies were conducting a pat down while placing him under arrest when they reportedly found a plastic baggie with a white substance in his pants pocket. Weaver allegedly told them it was methamphetamine.
The deputies asked Weaver if there was anything else they needed to know about and Weaver told them there was more meth under the driver’s seat, according to the release.
The deputies reportedly found an unspecified amount of meth and a clear pipe he allegedly used to smoke the drug.
In addition to the outstanding warrant, Weaver was charged with a felony count of possession of methamphetamine and a misdemeanor count of possession of drug paraphernalia.
He was booked into the Richmond County Jail under a $5,000 secured bond on the drug charges and held without bond on the domestic violence charge.
Weaver was not listed as being in the jail on Monday.
He is scheduled to appear in court Feb. 10 on the drug charges. The assault on a female charge was not listed in online court records on Monday.
Records with the N.C. Department of Public Safety Division of Adult Correction show Weaver was convicted on three serious charges in 1998 — first-degree arson, first-degree burglary and second-degree murder — stemming from an incident three years earlier.
Although records show the minimum sentence for the murder conviction as 11 years and three months, Weaver only served four years and two months on all charges.
He was released from prison on Oct. 28, 2013 and his parole ended the following April.
All defendants facing criminal charges are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
