July 11, 2025
We don’t stop just because an arrest is made. Investigations continue regardless of the incarceration status of the suspect. Detective Cody Weaver arrested sexual predator Jeffery Lashley (9/11/59) on July 1st for sexual predator registration violations. Detective Weaver seized Lashley’s cell phone during that investigation. This investigation continued and Detective Weaver sought a search warrant for this phone, even though Lashley was in jail and being held in custody with a $200,000 bond.
Detective Weaver found evidence of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) video’s had been searched and downloaded to the phone by Lashley. On July 10, 2025 after an extensive forensic review of the contents of Lashley’s phone was complete, 16 more charges for possession of CSAM were filed.
These new charges were reviewed by the Levy County Court Judge during first appearance this morning. He assigned an addition $800,000 dollar bond for these new charges bringing Lashley total bond to $1 million dollars.