A man pleaded guilty Thursday to stalking Gov. Joe Lombardo and his family and is expected to receive a prison sentence of at least two years.

Prosecutors have said Stanley Weaver III , 30, was motivated by a false belief that Lombardo killed his upstairs neighbor, whom he had also stalked and pelted with anti-gay slurs.

He threw a rock through a window, reached out to as many as 100 contacts of Lombardo’s stepdaughter via social media and posted social media videos that documented his actions, authorities previously said.

Lombardo’s office declined to comment Thursday.

Weaver pleaded guilty but mentally ill to counts of aggravated stalking, stalking with use of internet or electronic communication, and malicious destruction of property. His public defender, Rob Schmidt, said the defen

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