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Video Ron Pleads Guilty to Drug Charges

http://www.news4jax.com/video/24702620/index.html

 

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Photos from today, 9 of them.

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Ronald Cummings pleads guilty to drug trafficking

Last Modified: Friday, August 20, 2010 at 6:29 p.m.

By Cindy Swirko
Staff writer http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100820/ARTICLES/100829978/1002&tc=omni



PALATKA -Terry Shoemaker, said he hopes the total sentence will be 15 years, with the three sentences being served concurrently.

Shoemaker said part of the agreement is that Cummings will provide testimony about his drug co-defendants if needed. But Shoemaker said he doubts that will be necessary because they are not contesting the charges.

"I don't think there is anything else he can give (prosecutors). He has answered all of their questions," Shoemaker said.

 

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Haleigh Cummings Case – Lisa Croslin Talks For The First TimePosted on August 20th, 2010 by Simon Barrett in Op-ed, crimeRead 1,812 times

http://www.🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬.net/125103

 

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In 18-month-old missing girl case, time in jail for key figures could lead to break

By Cindy Swirko Staff writer

Published: Friday, August 20, 2010 at 7:40 p.m
"snip" http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100820/ARTICLES/100829948/1002
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Soon, most of the key figures in the February 2009 disappearance of Haleigh Cummings will be in prison doing time on unrelated drug convictions.

Locked away with them will be whatever secrets they still might hold that could solve the case.

But legal experts say unraveling the mystery could hinge on classic legal tactics in which key figures feed investigators more information in the hopes of receiving a break in court.

After authorities in January arrested Misty Croslin and her brother Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr. on drug charges, the two gave a new version of how Haleigh vanished.

Investigators with the PCSO have declined to discuss the evidence they have gathered and whether they have been able to connect any suspects to the crime. They also have declined to say whether they believe the Croslins, given the way their stories have changed over the past 18 months.



Attorneys for the Croslins this week related what their clients told authorities about events the night Haleigh disappeared.

 

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Ronald Cummings pleads guilty

By Kristin Chambers
Published: Saturday, August 21, 2010 1:03 AM EDT

http://palatkadailynews.com/articles/2010/08/21/news/news01.txt
Shoemaker said his client is skeptical of the story.

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"Ronald has a hard time understanding why someone would go to steal a gun and steal a child instead," Shoemaker said. "I think he has a feeling that there's still more that needs to come out."

When asked about Cummings' relationship with Overstreet, Shoemaker said the two did not get along.

"He said it was just one of those where he didn't know him but didn't have good feelings about him," Shoemaker said.

Overstreet was arrested in Tennessee on drug charges last week.

 

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2010.08.20

ISSUES WITH JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL Transcript

&#8226; Ron Cummings Agrees to Plea Deal;

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1008/20/ijvm.01.html


Nancy Grace Transcript:
Tommy Croslin Attorney Says Haleigh Was Strangled
Aired August 20, 2010 - 20:00:00 ET

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1008/20/ng.01.html

 

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Posted: Monday, 23 August 2010 11:17AM

Reporter's Notes:
http://www.thesky973.com/pages/7970706.php

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Here are just a few things that have happened since that day:

Haleigh's father Ronald Cummings married and later divorced Misty Croslin

A jail letter from Misty's friend Nay Nay Prevatt surfaced indicating Haleigh could be found in a pond

A pond at the Mondex was drained revealing nothing

Ronald Cummings, Misty Croslin, Tommy Croslin, Donna Brock and Hope Sykes were arrested in January of 2010 on drug charges after being caught in a sting operation

Misty and Tommy seen at St. Johns River with police searching for Haleigh

Sykes, Brock, Tommy and Misty Croslin each pleaded no contest to the charges

Lawyer for Misty Croslin claims Misty heard her cousin Joe Overstreet kill Haleigh as she hid under the blankets

Lawyer for Tommy Croslin told the media that Joe Overstreet, a cousin from TN, killed Haleigh in retaliation for dispute over a gun.

Ronald Cummings pleaded guilty to 3 of five charges in a plea bargain deal

The issue raised recently by lawyers representing Misty Croslin and Tommy Croslin where each stated a dispute over a machine precipitated the abduction of Haleigh Cummings by Misty and Tommy's cousin Joe Overstreet from Tennessee.

In a televised press conference from firstcoastnews.com held by Ronald and Teresa Neves, 9 days after Haleigh disappeared, Ronald plays down any notion that and argument took place about a gun.
Watch interview at link below.

MUCH MORE AT ARTICLE LINK! http://www.thesky973.com/pages/7970706.php

 

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Misty Croslin's Mom Out of Jail, Hospitalized

Posted: Monday, 23 August 2010 3:56PM

"Snip" http://www.thesky973.com/pages/7972014.php

Lisa Croslin was released from the PC jail, the ‘Crack’ charges had been dropped.
A good Samaritan loaned her some clothes. Lisa has no where to go, she has no home, and her most of her family all seems to be residing behind bars.

She return to the same boarding house that she had been living in with her husband. It is unclear as to the exact details, however she was told that she could stay there for three days.

Last nights phone call to BNN revealed that Lisa Croslin was at a local emergency facility, drunk, and higher than a kite on Xanax.

 

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Misty's Friend Donna Brock Gets 15 Years In Prison
WJXT Jacksonville http://www.news4jax.com/news/24842178/detail.html
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UPDATED: 2:55 pm EDT September 1, 2010

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- Donna Brock, was sentenced Wednesday to a mandatory minimum 15 years in prison for selling prescription drugs.

Ronald and Misty Cummings and Hank Croslin Jr., have all entered pleas on similar drug charges unrelated to the Haleigh case. Ronald and Misty Cummings are awaiting sentencing. Hank Jr. Croslin was sentenced to 15 years in prison.

 

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Figure in Haleigh Cummings case gets 15 years for drug trafficking
Donna Brock was with Misty Cummings when the sold pills to a cop
Florida Times-Union
"snip" http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/...-cummings-case-gets-15-years-drug-trafficking


Posted: September 1, 2010 - 3:04pm

By Dana Treen


Donna Michell Brock, 44, sold oxycodone pills to an undercover
officer in January at a truck stop off Interstate 95. She was with
Misty Croslin. Brock pleaded no contest to one count of trafficking in the drug.


At the hour-long hearing, Brock told the judge how she had searched for other missing children and said she was trying to gain Croslin's trust to learn about Haleigh's disappearance.


She admitted she gave the drugs to Croslin to sell.


"I ended up giving her my prescription and that was the prescription she sold," she said.


Brock is from North Carolina but had a rented place in Orlando where she worked on searches with Equusearch.
Equusearch founder Tim Miller encouraged the friendship to try and
learn what Croslin knew about Haleigh's disappearance.
He later lost trust in Brock and cut ties with her.

Misty Croslin still faces sentencing in her cases.

 

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Still Missing, 25 Children Still Gone
"Snip" http://www.flanews.com/?p=10410
September 13th, 2010 by Whitney Ray

Families of 25 missing children are asking the public to take another look. Their children were honored at the state capitol at the 12th annual Missing Children’s Day ceremony.

Teresa Neves, grandmother of missing Haleigh Cummings who disappeared in February 2009, couldn’t fight back the tears.

“We are going to continue to look for Haleigh. And we are going to continue to pray and we hope that other people will continue to look for Haleigh,” said Teresa.

25 missing Florida children were honored at the State Capitol Monday.

If you recognize any of the children in today’s story call 1888-FL-MISSING. For more information visit www.fdle.state.fl.us.

 

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Ronald Cummings to be sentenced Friday
Last Update: 2:31 am 9/24/2010
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Video Report at link: http://www.actionnewsjax.com/conten...-sentenced-Friday/_mqm-qrkEkGsdaW6HWxaNw.cspx

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- In hours, Ronald Cummings goes before a judge in PC.

Ronald pleaded guilty to three counts of drug trafficking and will be sentenced Friday. Two of the three counts carry a minimum sentence of 15 years.

Ronald's attorney hopes he can serve three sentences- concurrently- for a total of 15 year in prison.

Update at noon.

 

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Ronald Cummings, Father of Haleigh Cummings, Gets Sentenced

"snip" http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/breaking/news-article.aspx?storyid=168541&catid=17
9/24/2010
PALATKA, Fla. -- Ronald Cummings agreed to plead guilty to three of the five drug cases against him in August, in exchange for two of the cases being dropped.

He was sentenced to three years and a $50,000 fine, 15 years and a $100,000 fine, and 15 years in the three cases, to be served concurrently.


The concurrent sentences mean he faces 15 years total.

 

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Ronald Cummings heading to prison

Last Update: 10:52 am 9/24/2010
"Snip"
Video Report at link: http://www.actionnewsjax.com/conten...heading-to-prison/_mqm-qrkEkGsdaW6HWxaNw.cspx

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- Ronald Cummings will spend 15 years in prison.

Cummings pleaded guilty to three counts of drug trafficking hydrocodone in July. Two of the three counts carry a minimum sentence of 15 years.

The judge decided he will serve the sentences concurrently, putting him behind bars for 15 years. The judge also ordered Cummings to pay $250,000 in fines.

 

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Ronald Cummings to spend 15 years in prison

September 24, 2010
By Dana Treen
"Snip" http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2010-09-24/story/cummings-spend-15-years-prison
PALATKA — Ronald Cummings will spend 15 years in prison for taking part in a string of drug deals selling prescription pills.


Ronald Cummings, didn't comment to the judge in the 15-min hearing.

Neves, told the court her son was a good man and father who had made bad decisions.

Judge Terry LaRue didn't comment on the case other than to impose sentences of 15 years apiece on two counts and three years on a third count to run concurrently. He was also fined $250,000.

Ronald Cummings was the only person involved in the case to get a plea deal.

Terry Shoemaker, said he thought Ronald's willingness to testify in any cases involving Haleigh's disappearance or the drug cases played a role in the state's willingness to make a deal.

Shoemaker said, prosecutors may have been sympathetic that Cummings' daughter disappeared. Her case has not been solved and investigators believe Haleigh Cummings is dead.

Family members sobbed and hugged after the sentencing.

 

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Haleigh's Dad Sentenced To 15 Years
Father Of Missing Girl Could Have Faced Up To 90 Years In Prison

POSTED: Friday, September 24, 2010
"Snip" http://www.clickorlando.com/news/25...lpn_12pm&tmi=orlpn_12pm_1_10550109242010&ts=H
PALATKA, Fla. -- Ronald Cummings, the father of a girl who disappeared 19 months ago, will serve 15 years in prison and was fined $200,000 for selling prescription drugs.

VIDEO REPORT: Haleigh's Dad Sentenced http://www.clickorlando.com/video/25145883/index.html

Ronald Cummings, could have faced a maximum of 90 years in prison, but reached an agreement with prosecutors that two of five charges he faced would be dropped in exchange for Cummings testifying in any future criminal trial involving the disappearance of his daughter.

At a 15-minute sentencing hearing the state did not call any witnesses, but Neves, did make a brief, tearful plea for mercy for her son.

Judge LaRue then sentenced Cummings to two 15-year and one seven-year sentence, but will allow the time to be served concurrently. Larue also sentenced Cummings to pay a $200,000 fine plus court costs, but that could be modified later by a civil judge.

All three defendants are central figures in the disappearance of Ronald Cummings' 5-year-old daughter in February 2009.
In April, the Putnam County sheriff said she is likely dead and described the case as a homicide investigation.

Shoemaker, Cummings' attorney, told reporter Tarik Minor that his client isn't buying his ex-wife and brother-in-law's account of Haleigh's disappearance, saying a cousin from Tennessee went to Cummings' mobile home to retrieve a gun and took Haleigh instead.
"Ronald has a hard time believing someone would go to the house to get a gun and take a child instead," Shoemaker said. "He questions that aspect of it."

Shoemaker said that if Haleigh's body is never found but police are able to make an arrest, testimony may be the basis of a criminal prosecution.

 

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Facebook is filled with pleas for help in finding missing children
By Walter Pacheco, Orlando Sentinel

September 27, 2010
"Snip" http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news...ook-missing-children-20100926,0,3072166.story

It used to be that if a child went missing, his or her image would be posted on telephone poles, neighborhood gathering places and parking lots.

But now, people are using Facebook — the social-networking website that connects millions through photos and commentary — as a tool in the search for their missing loved ones.

"One of six children is located because someone recognizes them in a photograph," said John Shehan of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) in Virginia. "But with more than 500 million active users on Facebook, that statistic is greatly enhanced when someone creates a page for a missing child."

Tara Yunker disappeared from her New Smyrna Beach home Sept. 3, and Melbourne police found her days later after friends launched a Facebook page for the 16-year-old.

The family of Haleigh Cummings, the missing 5-year-old Satsuma girl, also created a Facebook page for the child in 2009. Haleigh has not been found, and Putnam County Sheriff's Office investigators think the child is dead.

 

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Haleigh Cummings’ Father gets 15 years behind bars and was fined $250,000 for selling prescription drugs.

Posted: 04:57 PM ET

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Cummings agreed to testify in any criminal case in the future in connection to the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings. The impression has always been that it’s Misty Croslin who is withholding information about Haleigh’s disappearance, not Ronald.

The state dropped two of the five charges and sentenced him to two 15 year sentences and another 7 year sentence, to be served concurrently.

Under FL law, Cummings is expected to serve 85 percent of his sentence.
Shoemaker–said the judge put a lien against Cummings…that he will never be able to pay in this lifetime.

Posted by: Marlaina Schiavo http://nancygrace.blogs.cnn.com/

 

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Hank Jr. Croslin denied reduction in drug sentence

By Larry Sullivan [email protected]
"snip" http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2010/10/05/news/news01.txt
Published: Tuesday, October 5, 2010 1:55 AM EDT
A key figure in the Haleigh Cummings case lost his bid Monday for a reduced sentence on oxycodone trafficking charges.

Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr. had petitioned to cut the 15-year jail term he received in August, with his attorney suggesting three to five years was more consistent with similar cases in Putnam County.

"Fifteen years might be a bit of overkill," defense attorney James Werter told Circuit Judge Terry LaRue.

But LaRue wasn't moved.


"I gave considerable consideration to it," the judge said of the sentence.

More at article