The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has announced an indictment in a case concerning allegations of sexual exploitation of a minor. Cody Brett Weaver, born in April 1993, stands accused of leveraging the innocence of youth for heinous ends. According to a press release from the county prosecutor’s office, the indictment includes three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a charge that resonates with severity in its designation as a Class Two Dangerous Felony and Dangerous Crime Against Children.
It was a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children in late April that set the authorities on Weaver’s trail. With evidence that pulled back the curtains on images and videos of abuse, the Queen Creek Police Department acted, following the thread that led to a warrant and a search of Weaver’s home. This search culminated in his arrest by the Queen Creek Police Department in June, and ensued his booking into jail – the walls of which now contain the gravity of these accusations.
Further details from the Maricopa County Attorney’s release state that the Grand Jury delivered its indictment last week. However, as the mechanisms of justice stutter into motion, the court has not yet pronounced a trial date, and the case remains shrouded in the anticipatory silence that often precedes the clash of legal narratives…