HALEIGH CUMMINGS - 5 yo - Satsuma FL - The Beginning

Misty Croslin trial set for Aug. 23
By Cindy Swirko
Staff writer
Published: Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 10:49 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 3, 2010 at 10:49 a.m.
PALATKA - An Aug. 23 trial date was set Thursday morning for Misty
Croslin's seven drug charges in Putnam County.
Croslin - who was baby-sitting 5-year-old Haleigh
Cummings at their Satsuma home when the girl was reported
missing in February 2009 - is accused of trafficking in prescription
drugs. The 18-year-old woman was arrested in January following an
undercover operation that resulted in five arrests.She is charged
also with drug trafficking in St. Johns County.Croslin's brother
Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., 23, was in court as well in Palatka Thursday
morning. He entered no-contest pleas to charges of trafficking in
hydrocodone and possession of hydrocodone. Circuit Judge Terry LaRue
ordered a pre-sentencing investigation.On the trafficking charge,
Tommy Croslin faces a minimum sentence of 44 months in prison."He
wants to get this behind him and move on," Tommy Croslin's lawyer James
Werter said in court. Afterward, the lawyer said his client has told
police everything he knows about the disappearance - and the presumed
death - of Haleigh Cummings. Werter added that the State Attorney's
Office seems to be looking for more information.Werter said they
looked at the facts in the drug case and decided on the no-contest plea.The
Croslins' parents - Lisa and Hank Sr. - attended the hearings Thursday
morning. Lisa Croslin said her heart jumped when she saw her daughter.
It was the first time in months she had seen her."Misty is
getting fat and Tommy is losing weight," she said.Hank Croslin
Sr. said he and his wife did not know their son was going to change his
plea to no contest on Thursday. But, he said, they support him.http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100603/ARTICLES/100609846/1118%3FTitle=Misty-Croslin-trial-set-for-Aug-23

Simon Barrett BlogTalkRadio

Haleigh Cummings & Caylee Anthony

. . . weekly update about these very sad Florida cases.
We will have our usual panel of experts to help look at the events from the past 7 days.
And there are some interesting ones.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/simon-barrett/2010/06/06/haleigh-cummings-caylee-anthony

Statement Analysis

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Hank Croslin Speaks Out

Excerpt:

Misty Croslin's Father Speaks Out

Hank Croslin sr's quotes in italics. My analysis follows in bold type.

Putnam COUNTY, Fla. -- 41-year-old Hank Croslin Sr. swears he doesn't know what happened to Haleigh Cummings.

"I know my daughter and son didn't hurt Haleigh. My heart goes out to Haleigh's parents, Ronald and all of them. I don't know what happened that day. I still don't know what happened," explained Croslin.

READ MORE: http://seamusoriley.blogspot.com/2010/06/hank-croslin-speaks-out.html

44-year-old Donna M. Brock of Orlando, who has connections to the
case of missing Haleigh Cummings, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking in
St. Johns County Wednesday.
Brock was videotaped in an undercover investigator’s car with Misty
Croslin, who was the last person to see 5-year-old Haleigh before she
disappeared in February 2009.
Brock and Croslin were arrested during a sting operation that
resulted in the arrest of five people, including Haleigh’s father Ronald
Cummings.
These two were charged with trafficking at least 28 grams of
oxycodone in a sale involving 155 pills for $800 in January, according
to charging documents.
Tuesday, Brock pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of trafficking in
between 14 to 28 grams of the drug.
Her sentencing is scheduled for Sept. 1.
The reduced charge carries a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years,
according to state guidelines.
Brock became friends with Croslin during the search for Haleigh last
summer.
The child has not yet been found. Investigators with the Putnam
County Sheriff’s Office believe Haleigh is no longer alive.

Police: Bone Found In River Not Haleigh's

Putnam County Investigators Searched River In April For Missing Girl

POSTED: Monday, June 21, 2010
UPDATED: 2:13 pm EDT June 21, 2010

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- Putnam County investigators said a human bone that was found in the St. Johns River in April did not belong to Haleigh Cummings.

The bone is that of a long-dead Native American, according to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. Investigators said the discovery is not that unusual, given the number of Native American burial grounds in Putnam County.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/23976333/detail.html

what the hell is a 17 year old doing living with a 25 yr. old????

yvette67 wrote:what the hell is a 17 year old doing living with a 25 yr. old????

---Based on my observations, she needed a drug partner. Judging by your avatar pic you don't live down south. I don't either, but I know enough southerners well enough to know they do things a bit differently down there. Especially if you ever go out back by the Woolly Swamp.
Old joke: Hey Clem where'd ya meet chur new girl? --- At the family reunion.

TomTerrific0420 wrote:

yvette67 wrote:what the hell is a 17 year old doing living with a 25 yr. old????

---Based on my observations, she needed a drug partner. Judging by your avatar pic you don't live down south. I don't either, but I know enough southerners well enough to know they do things a bit differently down there. Especially if you ever go out back by the Woolly Swamp.
Old joke: Hey Clem where'd ya meet chur new girl? --- At the family reunion.

HeyTom, I resemble that remark!! How about my Bio-dad's brother married a woman. My bio-mom's sister married a man. Both got divorced after 10-15 yrs and now my bio unlce and aunt are married!!!!

UCN: 542010CF000146XXAXMX
File Date: 01/21/2010
Judge: TERRY J LARUE
Case Status: TRIAL
Defense Atty: SHOEMAKER, TERRY J
Case File Location: CIRCUIT JUDGE DIVISION 52

Defendant: CUMMINGS, RONALD LEMYLES
Alias: No Alias Records

Date # Docket Description
01/21/2010 1 COMPLAINT - PCSO DET. T CAMPBELL (1/12/10)
01/21/2010 1 BOOKING NUMBER: N/A
01/21/2010 1 TRAFFICKING IN HYDROCODONE
01/21/2010 2 WARRANT ISSUED - BOND SET AT $100,000.00
01/22/2010 3 ARREST REPORT - 1/20/2010
01/22/2010 3 BOOKING NUMBER: 10-00276
01/22/2010 3 BOND SET AT $100,000.00
01/22/2010 4 ORDER TO TRANSPORT DEFENDANT TO FLAGLER COUNTY
01/22/2010 4 FROM PUTNAM COUNTY, FLORIDA
01/22/2010 5 MOTION FOR PRODUCTION AND DISCLOSURE OF SOURCE
01/22/2010 5 OF BAIL PREMIUM AND COLLATERAL PRIOR TO DEFENDANTS
01/22/2010 5 RELEASE ON BAIL (NEBBIA HEARING)
01/22/2010 6 ORDER REQUIRING PRODUCTION AND DISCLOSURE OF SOURCE
01/22/2010 6 OF BAIL PREMIUM AND COLLATERAL (NEBBIA HEARING)
01/22/2010 6 PRIOR TO DEFENDANTS RELEASE ON BAIL
01/22/2010 7 FELONY WARRANT RETURNED EXECUTED
02/03/2010 8 INFORMATION - TRAFFICKING IN HYDROCODONE (4G - 14G)
02/03/2010 9 MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE FOR TRIAL
02/05/2010 10 NOTICE OF APPEARANCE FILED BY: TERRY J SHOEMAKER
02/05/2010 11 NOTICE OF DISCOVERY
02/09/2010 12 ORDER TO CONSOLIDATE
02/10/2010 13 STATE'S DISCOVERY EXHIBIT
02/10/2010 14 WITNESS LIST
02/10/2010 15 DEMAND FOR RECIPROCAL DISCLOSURE
02/11/2010 16 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (02-18-2010) IN JAIL
02/11/2010 17 NOTICE TO ATTORNEY (02-18-2010)
02/17/2010 18 WAIVER OF ARRAIGNMENT,PLEA OF NOT GUILT,AND DEMAND FOR
02/17/2010 18 JURY TRIAL FILED BY:TERRY J SHOEMAKER
02/18/2010 19 ORDER SETTING CASE FOR PRETRIAL 03/31/2010
02/19/2010 20 WAIVER OF ARRAIGNMENT,PLEA OF NOT GUILTY,AND DEMAND
02/19/2010 20 FOR JURY TRIAL FILED BY: TERRY J SHOEMAKER
02/23/2010 21 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (03-31-2010) IN JAIL
02/23/2010 22 NOTICE TO ATTORNEY (03-31-2010)
03/03/2010 23 SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY / WITNESS LIST
03/17/2010 24 NOTICE OF UNAVAILABILITY
03/29/2010 25 SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY / WITNESS LIST
03/31/2010 26 PRE TRIAL MINUTES: DEFT PRES, ATT BY TERRY J SHOEMAKER
03/31/2010 26 ON MOTION OF DEFENSE COUNSEL, COURT ORDERED CASE
03/31/2010 26 CONTINUED TO 05/13/2010
04/07/2010 27 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (05-13-2010) IN JAIL
04/07/2010 28 NOTICE TO ATTORNEY (05-13-2010)
04/26/2010 29 MOTION TO REDUCE BOND
05/06/2010 30 NOTICE OF HEARING SET ON 05/07/2010 AT 2:30 PM
05/06/2010 30 MOTION TO REDUCE BOND
05/06/2010 31 NOTICE OF HEARING SET ON 05/07/2010 AT 2:00 PM
05/06/2010 31 STATE'S MOTION FOR PRODUCTION AND DISCLOSURE OF SOURCE
05/06/2010 31 OF BAIL PREMIUM AND COLLATERAL PRIOR TO DEFENDANT'S
05/06/2010 31 RELEASE ON BAIL (NEBBIA HEARING)
05/07/2010 32 NOTICE OF HEARING SET ON 05/07/2010 AT 2:30 PM
05/07/2010 32 DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO SET BOND (FAX)
05/07/2010 33 NOTICE OF HEARING SET ON 05/07/2010 AT 2:00 PM
05/07/2010 33 STATE'S MOTION FOR PRODUCTION AND DISCLOSURE OF SOURCE
05/07/2010 33 OF BAIL PREMIUM AND COLLATERAL PRIOR TO DEFENDANT'S
05/07/2010 33 RELEASE ON BAIL (NEBBIA HEARING) (FAX)
05/07/2010 34 NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF HEARING (BOND)
05/10/2010 35 NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF HEARING (NEBBIA HEARING)
05/10/2010 36 NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF HEARING (ORIGINAL) (NEBBIA)
05/11/2010 37 NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF HEARING (ORIGINAL) (BOND)
05/13/2010 38 PRE TRIAL MINUTES: DEFT PRES, ATT BY TERRY SHOEMAKER
05/13/2010 38 STATE AND DEFENSE ANNOUNCED READY FOR TRIAL
05/13/2010 38 CASE SET FOR JURY TRIAL 07/19/2010
05/13/2010 39 ORDER SETTING TRIAL 07/19/2010
05/28/2010 40 LETTER FROM ANNETTE SYKES
06/07/2010 41 NOTICE TO ATTORNEY (07-19-2010)
06/07/2010 42 NOTICE TO DEFENDANT (07-19-2010)
06/15/2010 43 SUPPLEMENTAL DISCOVERY / WITNESS LIST
06/28/2010 44 MOTION TO CONTINUE

Croslin Files Motion Alleging Harassment
Attorney Wants To Move Croslin To St. Johns County
http://www.wesh.com/news/24110371/detail.html



Attorney: Tommy Croslin Being Mistreated in Putnam Jail
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=158126&catid=3
MOTION
http://download.gannett.edgesuite.net/wtlv/docs/070110_croslin.pdf

Statement Analysis

Saturday, July 03, 2010

Tommy Croslin's lawyer: Jim Worter

Excerpt:

Last night, Tommy Croslin's attorney, Jim Worter appeared on HLN. His brief appearance gave us a single statement worth analyzing. As JVM asked him about being "afraid" (not a word to use when interviewing a defense attorney), he spoke out, extemperaneously, and said that Tommy is "not guilty of felony murder."

READ MORE: http://seamusoriley.blogspot.com/2010/07/tommy-croslins-lawyer-jim-worter.html

Lindsy/Tommy Divorce Hearing
/10/2010 006.RESPONSE TO SUMMONS : HANK CROSLIN
06/02/2010 007.NOTICE OF CASE MGMT CONFERENCE 06/29/10 AT 01:30
06/29/2010 008.FAMILY COURT MINUTES
06/29/2010 009.CASE MGMT ORDER : HEARING 07/20/10 AT 11:00

Ronald Cummings trial on drug charges set for 7/19/2010 at 9:00 am.

Haleigh Cummings' father reaches tentative plea in drug cases

Judge sets Aug. 20 date to hear the deal

Posted: July 19, 2010 - 9:56am

By Dana Treen

Excerpt:

A tentative plea agreement was reached this morning in the prescription drug-trafficking charges of Ronald Cummings, whose daughter Haleigh has been missing for more than a year in a high-profile Putnam County case.

In a seven-minute court appearance, Cummings attorney said his client has agreed to offer a plea in three of the five cases. The state may drop the remaining two in the deal.

Cummings, 26, is scheduled to return to court Aug. 20.

READ MORE: http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2010-07-19/story/haleigh-cummings-father-reaches-tentative-plea-drug-cases

Cummings plea deal takes shape
http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2010/07/20/news/news01.txt


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"He would plead to the three lesser charges," defense Terry Shoemaker said after Monday's hearing in Palatka. "And part of the plea agreement is that he would plead guilty."

Shoemaker is hoping Cummings will only receive 15 years after the plea deal is made with the state, with the two higher charges - which would mandate a 25-year minimum sentence - dropped.

That would happen Shoemaker said, in exchange "for giving all information he has regarding everything and anything they ask him."

Shoemaker could not specify what that would entail, but he said that it would encompass, "everything that is pending throughout the whole year and a half."

Cummings would also give "substantial assistance" in the narcotics case, and depending on the state's needs, testify against 18-year-old Misty Croslin if she goes to trial on the drug charges.

Ronald Cummings’ Drug Sentence Delayed
http://www.artharris.com/2010/07/19/ronald-cummings-drug-sentence-delayed/#more-4435

Exclusive: Misty Croslin’s Bad Memory

http://www.artharris.com/2010/07/20/exclusive-misty-croslins-bad-memory/#more-4444

Hank Croslin Tells Misty, Art Harris Has Your Jail Letter. Wish We
Did…Chelsea has told me that
she begged Misty to write her what really happened to Haleigh Cummings
because all the conflicting stories were “tearing me apart. I felt like I
was close to a nervous breakdown, so I asked her to tell me what
happened, and she wrote me a two page letter that lays it all out. It
made me feel much better about her and I feel she’s telling the truth.”Her
sister in law, who is married to Croslin’s other brother, Timmy, has
declined to release the letter, but says she’d be willing to part with
it for a reliable car to take Timmy to work and the kids to school. Her
attorney confirms the letter is legitimate and that law enforcement has a
copy.But he believes Misty may be confusing the dock from the
one she claims Tommy pointed out to her one day when they were walking
near the water as the dock he watched cousin Joe Overstreet use to dump
the body into the St. John’s River early Feb. 10, 2009. “I think the
police actually have the right dock, but that Misty was confused and
just didn’t remember it right, he tells me.In the above jail
video, Hank Croslin Sr. tells his daughter mistakenly that we had
obtained the letter.We did ask Chelsea for a copy, but she
declined, saying she hoped to swap it for a car from bounty Hunter
Leonard Padilla, so she could take husband Timmy to work and her kids to
school. “I don’t want money for it, just a reliable car,” she says.

westex2 wrote:Exclusive: Wrong Dock Searched
for Haleigh

T.j. Hart News/Talk 97.3 THE SKY: Lisa Croslin Arrested on Cocaine Charges
http://www.thesky973.com/pages/7763066.php

PCSO: Lisa Croslin Arrested On Cocaine Charges - The Sky 973
www.thesky973.com

Art Harris

The Bald Truth | ArtHarris.com » Misty Croslin’s Mom and Dad — Busted Again!
www.artharris.comWhen
it comes to the Croslin family of Satsuma, Florida, expect a
trainwreck. Bad News Bears would be putting it kindly. Sadly, a five
year old entrusted to a 17 year old Croslin babysitter is missing and
presumed dead.

http://www.bloggernews.net/124960

UCN: 542010DR000740FDXXXX
File Date: 04/28/2010
Disposition Date:
File Type: DISSOLUTION
Judge: A W NICHOLS III
Case File Location: (FAM) FAMILY DIVISION


Plaintiffs CROSLIN LINDSY KATE

Defendants CROSLIN HANK

Date Docket Description

05/10/2010 006.RESPONSE TO SUMMONS : HANK CROSLIN
06/02/2010 007.NOTICE OF CASE MGMT CONFERENCE 06/29/10 AT 01:30
06/29/2010 008.FAMILY COURT MINUTES
06/29/2010 009.CASE MGMT ORDER : HEARING 07/20/10 AT 11:00
07/20/2010 010.FAMILY COURT MINUTES
07/21/2010 011.ORDER TO TRANSPORT HANK CROSLIN : AWN
07/21/2010 012.NOTICE OF HEARING/AWN FOR 07/30/10 AT 08:30

Two more Croslins jailed on drug charges


Lisa Carmen Croslin, left, and Hank Thomas Croslin Sr. (Putnam County Jail)



By Karen Voyles
Staff writer


Published: Monday, July 26, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, July 26, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.


Another round of drug cases with ties to missing Haleigh Cummings, the 5-year-old who was reported missing from her father's Satsuma home in February 2009, are now working their way through the Putnam County court system.



On Friday night, Palatka Police arrested Lisa Carmen Croslin, 40, and Hank Thomas Croslin Sr., 41, on charges of purchasing cocaine, tampering with evidence and violating their probation in earlier cases. The Croslins' daughter, Misty Croslin, was watching Haleigh the night the little girl disappeared.

According to Assistant Police Chief James Griffith, the Croslins were arrested Friday night during an undercover crack cocaine operation at a home at 809 Bronson St. in Palatka.

"They came up and bought drugs," Griffith said. "(Lisa) was driving and (Hank Sr.) was the passenger. He went inside and bought $20 worth of cocaine."

According to Griffith, the couple was allowed to drive away and appeared to throw the cocaine out the window when they noticed police were trying to pull them over.

Both of the Croslins were already on felony probation, Lisa in connection with a forgery case and Hank Sr. for doctor shopping. They were being held at the Putnam County jail on Monday. They were both denied bond on the violation of probation charges.

Previous undercover drug operations in Putnam and St. Johns counties results in drug charges being filed against Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, 26; his ex-wife, Misty Croslin; his cousin Hope Sykes; Misty's brother, Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr.; and Misty's friend Donna Brock. They were all arrested and accused of selling prescription drugs.

Ronald Cummings tentatively reached a plea agreement with the state on drug-trafficking charges earlier this month and will likely be sentenced to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in late August.

In April, Sykes pleaded no contest to a count of trafficking prescription narcotics and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, the mandatory minimum sentence.

Tommy Croslin also pleaded no contest and will be sentenced Aug. 6.

Ronald Cummings tentatively reached a plea agreement with the state on drug-trafficking charges earlier this month and will likely be sentenced to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in late August.

In April, Sykes pleaded no contest to a count of trafficking prescription narcotics and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, the mandatory minimum sentence.

Tommy Croslin also pleaded no contest and will be sentenced Aug. 6.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100726/ARTICLES/100729607/1109/sports?p=1&tc=pg

With so much attention, and law enforcement, focused on Ronald
Cummings and the Croslin family in recent months, the search is still
continuing for the person who is the reason their names have been in the news.
Haleigh Cummings disappeared in Feb. 2009, when she was 5 years old.
She hasn't been seen since.
The Putnam County Sheriff's Office and the Florida Department of Law
Enforcement are still searching for the girl, who has been the subject
of an Amber Alert since her disappearance, though Sheriff Jeff Hardy has
told her family to prepare for the possibility that she is dead.
The search for answers continues, and there is a very large reward
being offered for information leading to Haleigh.
Crime Stoppers is offering the standard $1,000 reward, the Justice
Coalition has added $8,490 in reward money, and residents throughout
Putnam County have contributed $21,377.
That means there is more than $30,000 for the person who comes
through with the key piece of information leading to Haleigh Cummings.
Having sifted through thousands of tips, investigators know a lot,
but it could be as simple as one more clue that lets them put the full story together.
Misty Croslin, 17 at the time and the girlfriend of Haleigh's father
Ronald, was babysitting Haleigh and her brother the night she vanished.
The search was intense for several weeks, then tapered off.
In April, another tip led to a reintensified search, but turned up nothing.
If you know anything that could help, call Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS (8477).
You will remain anonymous.
Ronald Cummings and Croslin married shortly after her disappearance, and have since divorced.
Both of them, along with three other family members, were arrested in January on drug charges.
Just last week, Croslin's parents, Hank and Lisa Croslin, were also arrested on drug charges.

Vigil set for Haleigh
http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2010/08/05/news/news01.txt
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A vigil to commemorate the 18 months Haleigh Cummings has been missing will be held next week in Welaka.

The paternal side of the family has organized the memorial, which will take place at the First Baptist Church on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

Annette Sykes, Haleigh's great-grandmother, said they are still holding onto hope that Haleigh will be found and brought home.

"It's just like an existence from one day to the next," Sykes said. "Is today the day, you know? Every day we pray that today is the day that she comes home."



A balloon release will also take place on Haleigh's seventh birthday Aug. 17.

Balloons provided by the family will be released at the Riverfront Park next to the clock tower in Palatka at 2:17 p.m.

Haleigh was born at 2:17 a.m., Sykes said.