{"id":429305,"date":"2026-10-16T08:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T08:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429305\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T08:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T08:04:12","slug":"cornell-weaver-gets-20-years-for-meth-distribution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/429305\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornell Weaver gets 20 years for meth distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 A 38-year-old Cocoa man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced the sentence for Cornell Weaver, who pleaded guilty to the offense on June 24, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The conviction follows a joint law enforcement operation targeting drug trafficking. According to court records, Weaver sold approximately eight ounces of methamphetamine to a confidential source on June 12, 2025, delivering a total of 220.7 grams of pure methamphetamine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Prior to the drug distribution offense, Weaver had accumulated numerous felony convictions. His criminal history included crimes of violence, specifically robbery with a firearm and resisting an officer with violence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The multi-agency investigation was conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Titusville Police Department. Assistant U.S. Attorney Megan Testerman handled the prosecution for the government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792137852_370_APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 A 38-year-old Cocoa man has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":429306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[45972,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-429305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-doj","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/429306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}