Haleigh Cummings 5yrs old Missing

[Woostock]

Beemer
I wondered the same thing and I often thought he did marry her to find out what happened. But now I don't completely trust him either. Who in their right mind would be thinking of cigges and whatever else he got at the convenience store upon hearing his child was missing. If that had been anyone Iknow they would have been so distraught that those items would have been the last thing on their mind. it is a troubled, convoluted family for sure.

[beemer]

Beemer
I wondered the same thing and I often thought he did marry her to find out what happened. But now I don't completely trust him either. Who in their right mind would be thinking of cigges and whatever else he got at the convenience store upon hearing his child was missing. If that had been anyone Iknow they would have been so distraught that those items would have been the last thing on their mind. it is a troubled, convoluted family for sure.

As much as i hate to defend Ronald i don't think he new anything about Haleigh when he stopped for his habits. I think at that point Misty was just not answering her phone. Yeah i find it interesting bout marrying her. Now if a woman married a man thought to be possibly responsible for a child's disappearance and just stated I want to keep my enemies closer-how far would that fly in the public and what would we say about her? In my book he's no better :cuss:

[Amy]

As much as i hate to defend Ronald i don't think he new anything about Haleigh when he stopped for his habits. I think at that point Misty was just not answering her phone. Yeah i find it interesting bout marrying her. Now if a woman married a man thought to be possibly responsible for a child's disappearance and just stated I want to keep my enemies closer-how far would that fly in the public and what would we say about her? In my book he's no better :cuss:

That is one thing that has been pretty darn consistent--that he did not know Haleigh was missing until he pulled into the drive--or was is when he got to the door. Either way, he didn't know prior to getting home. OTOH, it does seem pretty strange that he was worried enough to send her brother over to check on her, as she was not answering the phone, that he would make a stop before he went home to check on her and the kids.

I never did read about whether or not Tommy called Ron back about his not getting a response @ the house. But, IMO, if he DID know that there was no response and that Tommy didn't think anyone was there, OR, if he never got a report from Tommy @ all, that his first tho't would have been to get home to see what the heck was going on. One would think that would have been uppermost on his mind, rather than that he needed some cigarettes and beer. (Or pork rinds, or whatever.)

[Woostock]

My impression was that he knew there was no response. If that is true I stand by my puzzlement that he stopped for whatever before going home. If that had been me and no response I probably would have left work early! Of course we don't know all the facts and maybe Ron thought Misty was just sleeping...It's a convoluted case with many mis-steps along the way. But in order to solve the case I would think LE needs to put together the pieces of what went on that night, no matter how they have to do it! After all, we have a missing child, and every stone needs to be loooked at. At this point in time it seems Haleigh will not be found especially if she was disposed of in that environment we discussed before which is too disturbing to even write. And as time goes on I do think that is where she was put....

[beemer]

My impression was that he knew there was no response. If that is true I stand by my puzzlement that he stopped for whatever before going home. If that had been me and no response I probably would have left work early! Of course we don't know all the facts and maybe Ron thought Misty was just sleeping...It's a convoluted case with many mis-steps along the way. But in order to solve the case I would think LE needs to put together the pieces of what went on that night, no matter how they have to do it! After all, we have a missing child, and every stone needs to be loooked at. At this point in time it seems Haleigh will not be found especially if she was disposed of in that environment we discussed before which is too disturbing to even write. And as time goes on I do think that is where she was put....

Oh i see what ya meant Woo and i agree. Knowing Misty's partying pattern one would think he would rush home. I agree with ya too on what may have happened with Haleigh's body. I thought that at first too with Caylee. Thank gawd Liar was not smart enough :rose:

[Woostock]

At first I thought Misty was too but she may have been "smart" in that sense. I also thought maybe someone suggested that to her, an accomplice. It's funny, but some of the girls I see, (with kids at risk) are really smart in other ways.
They come up with things I never would have thought of. I often remark to my friends that they are "smart" to have cooked up some of the things they do and get away with. And I have been doing this for years and yet have been fooled by some who have no more than a 7th grade education. I try to think like they do. Of course someone may have told Misty what to do and she just did it. In that case Haleigh will never be found.

[lorettalockhorn]

It's really hinky that Ron didn't come straight home from work (or leave early!!) after being worried enough about his family to call Misty 20+ times and then have Tommy check on them. I'm also torn about whether or not LE knew about this long before we did. Surely before Tommy landed in the pokey, they had studied the cell phone records and knew something was up. And if we're wondering what possessed Ron to pick up beer and butts on the way home, you know LE wonders the same. I don't think Ron is off the hook despite the fact that it's been stated that he's been cleared.

[beemer]

It's really hinky that Ron didn't come straight home from work (or leave early!!) after being worried enough about his family to call Misty 20+ times and then have Tommy check on them. I'm also torn about whether or not LE knew about this long before we did. Surely before Tommy landed in the pokey, they had studied the cell phone records and knew something was up. And if we're wondering what possessed Ron to pick up beer and butts on the way home, you know LE wonders the same. I don't think Ron is off the hook despite the fact that it's been stated that he's been cleared.

I agree on that-I dont think Ron is outta the woods yet either. I kinda wonder tho if Ron was more concerned with Misty that night and was she off doing the deed with another idiot. Beer and ciggies sound like something he would use to woo Misty back into his good graces-if they did argue. No thought of his children. I may be way off and he may have been in on it from the get go. I think he knows something :shrug:

[SaraSidle]

I agree on that-I dont think Ron is outta the woods yet either. I kinda wonder tho if Ron was more concerned with Misty that night and was she off doing the deed with another idiot. Beer and ciggies sound like something he would use to woo Misty back into his good graces-if they did argue. No thought of his children. I may be way off and he may have been in on it from the get go. I think he knows something :shrug:


I never did think that but you all are right. If I had been in that predictament I would have gone home early and I mean straight home.
IMO

[deacon]

I never did think that but you all are right. If I had been in that predictament I would have gone home early and I mean straight home.
IMO

I agree but we don't think like he does. He thinks about himself first and last so he would make his decisions based on that. His "wants" would come first.

[beemer]

What the hay is up as of late :confused: All these parents (I use the term loosely) who just don't take the time to ensure their children are safe :cuss: They would make great poster people as to why one should use birth control :cuss:

[deacon]

What the hay is up as of late :confused: All these parents (I use the term loosely) who just don't take the time to ensure their children are safe :cuss: They would make great poster people as to why one should use birth control :cuss:

Simply put, they do not know how to take responsibility for what they do. Their whole life is about pleasing themselves while not thinking about anyone else. A disturbing trend that started a generation or so ago.

[SaraSidle]

I agree but we don't think like he does. He thinks about himself first and last so he would make his decisions based on that. His "wants" would come first.


yes how could I forget about addictive behaviors????

[deacon]

yes how could I forget about addictive behaviors????

Not really addictive IMO, more self centered and narcissistic. People have been fed the garbage that they need to worry about their own happiness first for so long they do not know how to put another, even their own spouse and children, ahead of themselves.

[Marian Paroo]

These people come from backgrounds where having children without thinking why is a part of life.

Women marry, or not, and have children.

[wind149]

Hey you guys, got my computer fixed. Come to find out the lousy DSL service I had here in Hooterville screwed up my computer and caused it to crash and when I called this lousy company, they tried to say it wasn't because of their service and I figured that was what they were gonna try and I faxed a copy of the bill and description of the damage and they of course could give a crap less so I dropped all their services and got a new ISP and DISH and I now use my cell for the main phone. Not only did they crash my system, they just merged with another company and felt compelled to jack the rates and I will be dammed if I am gonna pay $177 a month for thier sucky services!!! I now will pay about $80 a month and I plan on getting that Magic Jack, believe it or not, that thing works great and my sister got it free for the first year and it is only $19.95 a year! I told other friends and they dumped Century Suck too and one got hooked up like I did today and was buying the MJ tonight after work.

Now, I have been out of the loop on these inbred cretins, is Hanky still in the hotel graybar or has he bailed out? Where does this family get the money to bail out when they don't have a pot to piss in? I am sure they are residing in some shack and drive crappy old cars so unless they have some bleeders helping them, I say they must be selling something with the exception of Lisa because no man in his right mind would want to boink that old sea hag! And I am sure it will be a rough Xmas for Ron and the family and especially Crystal, it will be worse on her and I do feel for her, as for Ron, I don't and nor do I care about his dumb mama either. For months that woman sang that inbred trash's praises instead of focusing on getting the truth out of her and here it will be 10 months, I feel that sadly, whereever Haleigh's body is, I fear it will never be found, it would take a miracle at this point, I thought maybe during hunting season somebody would stumble upon her body, but I am re-thinking gator bait as one possibility and maybe that is why that loser b!tch is so confident that she will never charged with Haleigh's murder, she knows a gator got her or like I still maintain, went to the landfill and now, if that was the case, her body is no longer viable, more like methane gas and that makes me want to slap that dumb twat from here to FL!!!

[samanthajane13]

Hey you guys, got my computer fixed. Come to find out the lousy DSL service I had here in Hooterville screwed up my computer and caused it to crash and when I called this lousy company, they tried to say it wasn't because of their service and I figured that was what they were gonna try and I faxed a copy of the bill and description of the damage and they of course could give a crap less so I dropped all their services and got a new ISP and DISH and I now use my cell for the main phone. Not only did they crash my system, they just merged with another company and felt compelled to jack the rates and I will be dammed if I am gonna pay $177 a month for thier sucky services!!! I now will pay about $80 a month and I plan on getting that Magic Jack, believe it or not, that thing works great and my sister got it free for the first year and it is only $19.95 a year! I told other friends and they dumped Century Suck too and one got hooked up like I did today and was buying the MJ tonight after work.

Now, I have been out of the loop on these inbred cretins, is Hanky still in the hotel graybar or has he bailed out? Where does this family get the money to bail out when they don't have a pot to piss in? I am sure they are residing in some shack and drive crappy old cars so unless they have some bleeders helping them, I say they must be selling something with the exception of Lisa because no man in his right mind would want to boink that old sea hag! And I am sure it will be a rough Xmas for Ron and the family and especially Crystal, it will be worse on her and I do feel for her, as for Ron, I don't and nor do I care about his dumb mama either. For months that woman sang that inbred trash's praises instead of focusing on getting the truth out of her and here it will be 10 months, I feel that sadly, whereever Haleigh's body is, I fear it will never be found, it would take a miracle at this point, I thought maybe during hunting season somebody would stumble upon her body, but I am re-thinking gator bait as one possibility and maybe that is why that loser b!tch is so confident that she will never charged with Haleigh's murder, she knows a gator got her or like I still maintain, went to the landfill and now, if that was the case, her body is no longer viable, more like methane gas and that makes me want to slap that dumb twat from here to FL!!!


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Welcome back, Wind!!!

WE'VE MISSED YOU!!!

:seeya:

[Sherlock]

With all of the Hanks and retarded wannabe's in this story, I can't open this thread without having the theme song from "king of the Hill" run through my mind...:punch:

[samanthajane13]

With all of the Hanks and retarded wannabe's in this story, I can't open this thread without having the theme song from "king of the Hill" run through my mind...:punch:


Lucky you!!!

I hear "Dueling Banjos"...:(

[Sherlock]

Throw in some Trailer Park Boys and we have it covered!!

(BTW - I can say that about the trailer park boys because I lived 4 years in a trailer park and I know those types exist....and the Cummings....and the Croslins....)

[samanthajane13]

Throw in some Trailer Park Boys and we have it covered!!

(BTW - I can say that about the trailer park boys because I lived 4 years in a trailer park and I know those types exist....and the Cummings....and the Croslins....)


I hear ya, Sherlock.

My aunt lived in a MOBILE HOME PARK.

A lovely place with gardens, a playground, a fountain and a community center-as opposed to the "Dueling Banjos Trailer Park, Gas Station, Smoke-shop, Diner, Supermarket, and Casino".

[SaraSidle]

http://public.pcso.us/jail/bookingDetails.aspx?SYSID=757716&IMG=59885

Drugs

[SaraSidle]

Missed NG last night, should I read the transcript? Anything new?

I was kinda laughing to myself this morning picturing Lisa Croslin removing place settings from the table since two of her menfolk will be having TG dinner in the pokey, but then I felt guilty because it's very likely that Haleigh actually loved these people.

Gosh, doesn't it seem like whoever took her could just have the balls to make an anonymous call and at least say where her body is? Just can't imagine what it's like for her family to face these holidays without her.

BBM
does not seem to happen unless a plea deal is involved!

[Marian Paroo]

It's people who get away with crimes like this that make me wish I believed in some kind of final justice or karma or stuff like that.

[Woostock]

I guess I haven't come to the conclusion that they will get away with this.
It's just too horrible to think. I mean, these people are nitwits...how could they pull this off???? Of course, if someone did think of the disposal area where Haleigh would not be found then we will never know. If not that place, then maybe where Wind thinks she was disposed off, either of those two places would mean she won't be found. I find this very disturbing and especially feel a lot of people let her down.

[lorettalockhorn]

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BBM
does not seem to happen unless a plea deal is involved!

If it's an anonymous call, there isn't anyone to make a plea deal. And since LE seems certain that Haleigh's disappearance is not the work of a stranger, there's a chance that whoever spirited her away is someone who loves her and her family and could relieve their anxiety. I'm guessing that her body would lead investigators to a cause of death and her killer.

I know some people hope or believe Haleigh is still alive, but it makes no sense to me that whoever took her is depriving her of her family's company. And the older she gets, the more likely she would be to bring the perp down.

[Marian Paroo]

I guess I haven't come to the conclusion that they will get away with this.
It's just too horrible to think. I mean, these people are nitwits...how could they pull this off???? Of course, if someone did think of the disposal area where Haleigh would not be found then we will never know. If not that place, then maybe where Wind thinks she was disposed off, either of those two places would mean she won't be found. I find this very disturbing and especially feel a lot of people let her down.

I think they have gotten away with it.

It has been the better part of a year.

They are not nitwits, just trash, an expression I hate to use, but very clever trash.:flamemad:

It looks like it is LE that are the nitwits. :(

[SaraSidle]

It's people who get away with crimes like this that make me wish I believed in some kind of final justice or karma or stuff like that.


oh Marian. I am a firm believer in Karma. I have seen it in action so many
times already.

[SaraSidle]

If it's an anonymous call, there isn't anyone to make a plea deal. And since LE seems certain that Haleigh's disappearance is not the work of a stranger, there's a chance that whoever spirited her away is someone who loves her and her family and could relieve their anxiety. I'm guessing that her body would lead investigators to a cause of death and her killer.

I know some people hope or believe Haleigh is still alive, but it makes no sense to me that whoever took her is depriving her of her family's company. And the older she gets, the more likely she would be to bring the perp down.

I agree with you Loretta. but that is why we have so many missing! perp does not care about what the family is going through even when it is his own
family. IMO

[lorettalockhorn]

I agree with you Loretta. but that is why we have so many missing! perp does not care about what the family is going through even when it is his own
family. IMO

True dat. Maybe LE should be looking at the most sadistic or sociopathic family member.

[SaraSidle]

True dat. Maybe LE should be looking at the most sadistic or sociopathic family member.

well that is the problem. they are all psychpaths on all sides so where would one start????

[lorettalockhorn]

well that is the problem. they are all psychpaths on all sides so where would one start????

I'd start with the one who had those fake tears running down his face on The Maury Povich Show.

[SaraSidle]

I'd start with the one who had those fake tears running down his face on The Maury Povich Show.


well they kind of all did that for the camera when she first went missing.

[lorettalockhorn]

Ron hasn't stopped with the fake emotions since Day One.

[lorettalockhorn]

Case Against "Cobra" The Bounty Hunter Could Get Thrown Out?


A South Florida bondsman/private investigator/surety agent who was investigating the disappearance of a Putnam County girl when he was charged with false imprisonment of a suspected capital child sexual predator now claims a technicality could see his charges thrown out.

William "Cobra" Staubs was investigating the disappearance of missing 6-year-old Haleigh Cummings when a man came to the Haleigh Bug information center in Satsuma, FL in March causing trouble because the center politely refused his offer to give them furniture. Daniel Snodgrass was allegedly using foul language and shouting at the women at the center while children were present.

Snodgrass was out of jail awaiting trial at the time on a $70,000 bond. The 54-year-old Putnam County man is accused of sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl and molesting her older sister.

According to Staubs, he had the paperwork and implied permission to pick up Snodgrass at his home, revoke his bond and take him to jail.

A short time after Staubs had handcuffed Snodgrass and forced him to the ground in the presence of Putnam County deputies, the man was allowed to go free.

A first charge against Staubs in the matter was dropped, but a second attempt resulted in Staubs' surrender at the Putnam County jail, a release on bond and now a lengthy wait for his trial set for mid-December.

Staubs Friday asked his attorney to file the necessary paperwork alleging the state has violated his right to a fair and speedy trial after learning that prosecutors are wanting to move the trial to 2010.

According to Staubs, if the state cannot produce a case on his December 14, 2009 trial date, the case runs a good chance of being thrown out.

Regarding the missing child at the heart of all this:

Haleigh is described as a 5 year old white female. She is approximately 3'0, 39 lbs, blonde hair & brown eyes. Unknown clothing description.

Haleigh was last seen at her residence in the Hermit's Cove area of Putnam County on February 9, 2009 between the hours of 8-10pm.

A statewide Amber Alert has been issued. An additional $30,000 in rewards have been posted.

If you have any information and wish to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-888-277-TIPS (8477) or you can Text your tip by Texting “TIP231 plus your message” to CRIMES (274637).

Stay tuned for updates.

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/5821248.php

[Marian Paroo]

True dat. Maybe LE should be looking at the most sadistic or sociopathic family member.

well that is the problem. they are all psychpaths on all sides so where would one start????

Ah, inbreeding! (Is there any proof of that for this family, by the way?)

[wind149]

Any proof?? Just take one look at this hillbilly trash and it is way obvious that they all are inbred losers!!! Misty has that "look" that I have seen before in a town in NH. This town is Deliverance NH and lots of families are all related to each other, this guy I knew, who used to work with me, his father was his Grandfather and that is why I think he was slow and illiterate and come to find out his father had impregnated three of his eldest daughters so they would not want to have a man of their own, he wanted to keep them all his! All three of the spawn all had issues and one time a roomie of my mine started to show an interest in one of "Gunner's" youngest daughters and I told him all about this trash and he felt sorry for her and this girl was 23, surely old enough to date whoever she wanted and Kevin asked her out to the movies and Daddy met him at the door with a gun!!! he would not allow her to date Kevin and he got disgusted and called the police in that town and to them it was no big deal, incest is alive and well in Winchester!!!! She was of age and had no complaints and as for the other women, they too did not think it was a big deal, telling the cops that Daddy loves them and other men just want to hurt them! HUH?!!! Pretty sad when it is your Daddy who takes your virginity!!!

And Misty has that look like if Daddy hopped on her, it is no big deal either, for all we know, he was probably the first one up to bat!!! As for Ron's family, they are just plain no good white trash and he is nothing more than a pedophile!!!! I have no sympathy for him whatsoever and it is more than clear that finding Haleigh's body is pretty remote and I wonder if she will ever be recovered. On Feb 9, it will be a year, a year where this whole clan of losers, got married, got arrested, put a rat in a mailbox, flunked polygraphs and voice stress tests, got into a road rage incident, got their drugs stolen, they stole checks and guns and pill shopped, tossed each other under the bus, got divorced, went on a media junket to include Maury and in all of this, the most important person of all was lost in all of her low life's families bulls!it!!!! So I could give a crap less about how Ron's Xmas will be, however, I do feel for Crystal, it will be extremely hard for her and she has to try to make it happy for Jr, Xmas is for kids and that poor little guy will not be having a good one and that breaks my heart. He too is a victim in all of this, he adored his big sister and being so young, it is hard to explain to a child when a sibling or parent goes missing or dead and Crystal being limited education wise, I don't know how much this little guy understands what happened to that precious child.

[Sherlock]

I agree with everyone's basic assessment of these families but to me their pain is real - at least I believe the pain shown and expressed by Ron and family and by Crystal. Misty's pain well likely crocodile tears or tears of fear of getting caught doing something wrong or fear of making Ron angry with her, could be several reasons to cry.

I also thought that what little I have seen of Ron's mother, she seems like one of the few who has more than two brain cells to rub together. JMO.

[SaraSidle]

I agree with everyone's basic assessment of these families but to me their pain is real - at least I believe the pain shown and expressed by Ron and family and by Crystal. Misty's pain well likely crocodile tears or tears of fear of getting caught doing something wrong or fear of making Ron angry with her, could be several reasons to cry.

I also thought that what little I have seen of Ron's mother, she seems like one of the few who has more than two brain cells to rub together. JMO.

I know they are in pain Sherlock. I will not take from that. It is just almost a year now and someone in those familys's know where Haleigh is. That is more of my focus. IMO

[grneyes]

Ah, inbreeding! (Is there any proof of that for this family, by the way?)

Only that they are from the South and that they are possibly illiterate.

People from the South seem to be very typecast on these boards as being inbred and stupid. As a Southerner myself, I find it very offensive.

[deacon]

Only that they are from the South and that they are possibly illiterate.

People from the South seem to be very typecast on these boards as being inbred and stupid. As a Southerner myself, I find it very offensive.

I agree. It is almost like.... well, I will leave that alone.:rolleyes:

[SaraSidle]

Only that they are from the South and that they are possibly illiterate.

People from the South seem to be very typecast on these boards as being inbred and stupid. As a Southerner myself, I find it very offensive.

I agree with you GE. I am offended and I am not from the South. sara

what is it about being Christian..........? oh yeah Love your neighbor as you would yourself...!

[Marian Paroo]

I really try to avoid stereotyping.

Goodness knows I am a member of a couple of groups that are frequently stereotyped!

Which is why I asked if there is any proof of the inbreeding.

[SaraSidle]

I really try to avoid stereotyping.

Goodness knows I am a member of a couple of groups that are frequently stereotyped!

Which is why I asked if there is any proof of the inbreeding.

Marian I have no idea whether there is inbreeding or not. I am sure it happens all over the world. I do feel the families have a lot of problems and there is not a lot of good role modeling in Haleigh's case. IMO sara

[lorettalockhorn]

Ah, inbreeding! (Is there any proof of that for this family, by the way?)

WTH did I mention inbreeding?

I was referring to Ron and what I perceive to be his sociopathic behavior.

[lorettalockhorn]

Only that they are from the South and that they are possibly illiterate.

People from the South seem to be very typecast on these boards as being inbred and stupid. As a Southerner myself, I find it very offensive.

It's an asinine stereotype.

[lorettalockhorn]

Haleigh Cummings – Hate And Discontent In The Camps

This is all hearsay, but a couple of items have hit my radar today and I would love to get some confirmation about them. We are now two days away from the 10 month mark that Haleigh Cummings has been missing. There seems to be no solid leads as to who is responsible for her abduction, although Law Enforcement clearly feel that someone in the family, or extended family know a lot more than they have fessed up so far.

I think it is fair to say that there are few people involved in this case that have not created doubt by their actions or inactions.

Top of that list has to be Misty Croslin, the 17 year old, babysitter, housekeeper, and lover of Ronald Cummings. After a whirlwind romance, whirlwind marriage, whirlwind honeymoon in New York (on a network TV’s tab), then a whirlwind divorce. What a busy life for a minor! She has experienced more before the ability to buy a beer legally than most of us have in 50 years.

I will reiterate, I have no proof of this information, however my source is very reliable...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123222

[lorettalockhorn]

Palatka Fight Ends With 2 Women Shot

Police Say Only A Few Of 30 Witnesses Came Forward

Palatka police responding to a report of shots fired in Martin Luther King Plaza about 10:25 p.m. Friday found two women shot.

Police were told at least two women had fired a handgun at a crowd of people near two vehicles in the parking lot of the plaza, located in the 700 block of North 19th Street.

A 54-year-old woman and an 18-year-old girl were each struck by one bullet. They were transported to the Putnam Community Medical Center, where they were listed in good condition...

http://narwo.com/?p=106

No clue why S Barrett pointed out that the shooting victims weren't white Caucasian in his article. Are there any suspects in Haleigh's abduction who aren't white?

[JLette]

That is one thing that has been pretty darn consistent--that he did not know Haleigh was missing until he pulled into the drive--or was is when he got to the door. Either way, he didn't know prior to getting home. OTOH, it does seem pretty strange that he was worried enough to send her brother over to check on her, as she was not answering the phone, that he would make a stop before he went home to check on her and the kids.

I never did read about whether or not Tommy called Ron back about his not getting a response @ the house. But, IMO, if he DID know that there was no response and that Tommy didn't think anyone was there, OR, if he never got a report from Tommy @ all, that his first tho't would have been to get home to see what the heck was going on. One would think that would have been uppermost on his mind, rather than that he needed some cigarettes and beer. (Or pork rinds, or whatever.)



well, i don't like sticking up for Ronald either but, considering what we know of Misty's family (flaky) maybe when Tommy didn't call him back he just assumed he either never went over to check or just forgot to call back....maybe he figured it wasn't worth the trouble trying to get ahold of Tommy AGAIN and he would just wait till he got home for the fight to continue. he knew there was a fight obviously because he and Misty fought on the phone and then she refused to answer his calls for the rest of the night. sooo perhaps Ronald just figured "why bother" and was picking up cigs and beer before he got home because he figured he would need something when he and Misty were done thrashing it out. then he got home and his world turned upside down.

[lorettalockhorn]

http://www.news4jax.com/news/21888017/detail.html

[Amy]

Haleigh Cummings – Hate And Discontent In The Camps

This is all hearsay, but a couple of items have hit my radar today and I would love to get some confirmation about them. We are now two days away from the 10 month mark that Haleigh Cummings has been missing. There seems to be no solid leads as to who is responsible for her abduction, although Law Enforcement clearly feel that someone in the family, or extended family know a lot more than they have fessed up so far.

I think it is fair to say that there are few people involved in this case that have not created doubt by their actions or inactions.

Top of that list has to be Misty Croslin, the 17 year old, babysitter, housekeeper, and lover of Ronald Cummings. After a whirlwind romance, whirlwind marriage, whirlwind honeymoon in New York (on a network TV’s tab), then a whirlwind divorce. What a busy life for a minor! She has experienced more before the ability to buy a beer legally than most of us have in 50 years.

I will reiterate, I have no proof of this information, however my source is very reliable...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123222

Who the heck is writing this? The information this person has "no proof of" is information that has been out for months. We all know Misty was living w/Ron (and no one that I know of tho't that was platonic) and that they married, honeymooned in NYC, and divorced. What proof of this information does the writer need?

[lorettalockhorn]

Who the heck is writing this? The information this person has "no proof of" is information that has been out for months. We all know Misty was living w/Ron (and no one that I know of tho't that was platonic) and that they married, honeymooned in NYC, and divorced. What proof of this information does the writer need?

Click the link and read the rest. (I'm being nice and not posting the entire article here so Simon gets his hits. I mean, sheesh some of these "journalists" who post online are so whiney.)

[lorettalockhorn]

well, i don't like sticking up for Ronald either but, considering what we know of Misty's family (flaky) maybe when Tommy didn't call him back he just assumed he either never went over to check or just forgot to call back....maybe he figured it wasn't worth the trouble trying to get ahold of Tommy AGAIN and he would just wait till he got home for the fight to continue. he knew there was a fight obviously because he and Misty fought on the phone and then she refused to answer his calls for the rest of the night. sooo perhaps Ronald just figured "why bother" and was picking up cigs and beer before he got home because he figured he would need something when he and Misty were done thrashing it out. then he got home and his world turned upside down.

I've never seen it confirmed that Tommy did or didn't call Ron back (or that Ron didn't call him back either after his request.) It makes no sense for Ron to be so all fired worried about his family while he's out earning an honest living and then not come straight home, especially if he got word that there was apparently no one home. Makes him look every bit as flaky as the Croslins.

[Amy]

Click the link and read the rest. (I'm being nice and not posting the entire article here so Simon gets his hits. I mean, sheesh some of these "journalists" who post online are so whiney.)

My bad :o ;) I just tho't the intro was "the story." Read the rest now.

[JLette]

I've never seen it confirmed that Tommy did or didn't call Ron back (or that Ron didn't call him back either after his request.) It makes no sense for Ron to be so all fired worried about his family while he's out earning an honest living and then not come straight home, especially if he got word that there was apparently no one home. Makes him look every bit as flaky as the Croslins.

hahaha ITA with u there Loretta. i was just pointing out that since we as a country know how flaky that family is, i am sure Ron expected no better when he called Tommy in the first place. IF he never called back Ron could have made many assumptions on Tommy's reliability, but i don't think he would have jumped to extreme conclusions based on a tweeker like Tommy not calling him back. OTOH if Tommy DID call him back and told him whatever about there not being anyone home then Ron should have been clocked out and on his way home before hanging up the phone......

[lorettalockhorn]

My bad :o ;) I just tho't the intro was "the story." Read the rest now.

tehee

It's a doozy. :eek::confused::rolleyes:;)

[lorettalockhorn]

hahaha ITA with u there Loretta. i was just pointing out that since we as a country know how flaky that family is, i am sure Ron expected no better when he called Tommy in the first place. IF he never called back Ron could have made many assumptions on Tommy's reliability, but i don't think he would have jumped to extreme conclusions based on a tweeker like Tommy not calling him back. OTOH if Tommy DID call him back and told him whatever about there not being anyone home then Ron should have been clocked out and on his way home before hanging up the phone......

You gotta wonder why if Ron was so worried he would call Tommy to begin with. Why not call Mother Teresa? After all, she drove faster than the speed of sound to get there after the 911 call. Yep. He could have even asked LE to do a welfare check early on and the whole thing might have been avoided.

They're all whack!

[deacon]

Click the link and read the rest. (I'm being nice and not posting the entire article here so Simon gets his hits. I mean, sheesh some of these "journalists" who post online are so whiney.)

I read it. If he had any verifiable information he would give it to LE, or should. There are too many people trying to make and makeing money off of this littel girl. They need to keep their traps shut and give the information to LE so they can put an end to this mess.

[lorettalockhorn]

I read it. If he had any verifiable information he would give it to LE, or should. There are too many people trying to make and makeing money off of this littel girl. They need to keep their traps shut and give the information to LE so they can put an end to this mess.

Ain't it the truth?!

It's no wonder LE doesn't say much.

[JLette]

You gotta wonder why if Ron was so worried he would call Tommy to begin with. Why not call Mother Teresa? After all, she drove faster than the speed of sound to get there after the 911 call. Yep. He could have even asked LE to do a welfare check early on and the whole thing might have been avoided.

They're all whack!

all i can figure is maybe Ron didn't want to call his mommy and explain the situation at all. i mean, here it is :

mom, misty is at home with the kids and we were fightin on the phone because shes a tweeked out hoe all over the place, could you go check on her cuz now she won't answer the phone

i don't want to presume to know things about her, but Theresa strikes me as not really approving of her sons choice in women. i know they were singing Misty's praises after the fact, but who knows how she felt before damage control was needed....at any rate, if Ron didn't want her to know, or she was unreachable.....who else would he call, did tommy live close by? closer than theresa?

[lorettalockhorn]

all i can figure is maybe Ron didn't want to call his mommy and explain the situation at all. i mean, here it is :

mom, misty is at home with the kids and we were fightin on the phone because shes a tweeked out hoe all over the place, could you go check on her cuz now she won't answer the phone

i don't want to presume to know things about her, but Theresa strikes me as not really approving of her sons choice in women. i know they were singing Misty's praises after the fact, but who knows how she felt before damage control was needed....at any rate, if Ron didn't want her to know, or she was unreachable.....who else would he call, did tommy live close by? closer than theresa?

Well, supposedly TN and GGMS had already been over that evening to drop off clean laundry, so they had already seen Misty in her post-bacchanal glory. I think the Croslins all live(d) right there in the neighborhood, but seriously, Teresa got to Ron&Misty's after the 911 call in about half the time it would normally take for her to get there. It's like she was driving 150mph. Or not coming from home, or already on her way.

Nothing any of these people do make sense. Not Ron. Not Misty. No one.

[Amy]

Well, supposedly TN and GGMS had already been over that evening to drop off clean laundry, so they had already seen Misty in her post-bacchanal glory. I think the Croslins all live(d) right there in the neighborhood, but seriously, Teresa got to Ron&Misty's after the 911 call in about half the time it would normally take for her to get there. It's like she was driving 150mph. Or not coming from home, or already on her way.

Nothing any of these people do make sense. Not Ron. Not Misty. No one.

That still just amazes me. If I had called my Mom, she would have came as soon as she could, but it probably would have taken her the usual amount of time to make the trip, maybe a couple of minutes less, if she pushed the pedal just little. And, no way in heck would she have tho't, gee, they can't find my grandbaby, I'd better grab her latest pic to take along w/me. Let alone being able to GET the pic (I don't remember it being in a frame, like it would have been sitting on the mantel, easy to pick up) AND make it to Ron's faster than a speeding bullet.

[lorettalockhorn]

That still just amazes me. If I had called my Mom, she would have came as soon as she could, but it probably would have taken her the usual amount of time to make the trip, maybe a couple of minutes less, if she pushed the pedal just little. And, no way in heck would she have tho't, gee, they can't find my grandbaby, I'd better grab her latest pic to take along w/me. Let alone being able to GET the pic (I don't remember it being in a frame, like it would have been sitting on the mantel, easy to pick up) AND make it to Ron's faster than a speeding bullet.

Maybe Ron smashed the frame. Seems to me that the photo looked pretty beat up.

http://tothewire.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/0211091408_m_021109_missing_haleigh3.jpg

[wind149]

I feel that this child's body will never be recovered, it would take a direct miracle from the good Lord above to direct someone to where the body is and I still say wherever it lies, Misty is pretty confident that she will never be found and it bothers me that poor Crystal lives in agony every day like all the other parents with missing and presumed dead children, however, there are a few miracles, Elizabeth Smart and the girl in CA and those ladies have turned out well despite the horror they lived through and I remembering breaking down like a baby when CNN broke in and said that she has been found alive and I am so glad the scum that kidnapped and raped her will never see freedom again and the girl in CA, her rapist and kidnapper will get his too. And LE just spins their wheels on Haleigh and if they were to arrest her for at least child neglect like they did with Casey, then maybe they could have a shot at breaking that skank, but the longer they do nothing, makes me think they do not care about Haleigh anymore.

I wonder if she has been negated to the cold case file yet. It is just so sad, especially at the holidays, we all saw the picture of this little angel under the tree and sadly, that will be the last picture taken of her under said tree. And what galls me is how many polygraphs and stress tests she took that she failed miserably and still, they do nothing? If they expect her to confess, they will be waiting till hell freezes over in Satsuma, she is not going to unless they could get her in custody and have an FBI official hammer at her not those yahoo Putnam CO detectives and as far as I am concerned they had their probable cause when she flunked all these tests and that came and went 6 months ago.

[lorettalockhorn]

Complete and utter trash; read at your own risk:

http://narwo.com/?p=116

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Family To Hold Prayer Vigil For Haleigh

Missing 6-Year-Old Vanished From Home 10 Months Ago

PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. -- She vanished from her Putnam County home ten months ago and there's still no sign of Haleigh Cummings.

As her family nears the holidays without their 6-year-old girl, they joined once more Thursday night to hold a vigil to pray for her return.

Family and friends were coming together at Haleigh's great-grandmother, Annette Sykes', home in Welaka.

Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, was also going attended the vigil in hopes that his daughter might be found.

If you know anything about where Haleigh may be, call Crimestoppers at 888-277-TIPS. You can also text your information to investigators. Text TIP-231 plus your message to CRIMES (274637).

http://www.news4jax.com/news/21923188/detail.html

[lorettalockhorn]

>>Haleigh's father, Ronald Cummings, was also going attended the vigil in hopes that his daughter might be found.

Oddly worded, but that aside, where else would he be??

[lorettalockhorn]

A New Search for Haleigh Cummings?

A new search for a missing Satsuma, FL girl might be in the works at this time.

Just over ten months ago, then 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings was taken from her father's home in the middle of the night. So far, only a few verifiable facts have been learned of the events leading up to her disappearance and nothing has been learned of her present whereabouts.

News/Talk 97.3 The Sky has spoken with a representative of the The Laura Recovery Center in Friendswood, TX this morning to get verification on the rumblings we've heard from interested 3rd parties elsewhere.

The representative we spoke with Friday morning said a meeting would be held today to see if this case will be on they will be able to accept.

The Laura Recovery Center offered its assistance early in the investigation, but was turned down by law enforcement. It is our understanding that a third party made contact with the group and then contacted both sides of Haleigh's family.

This is a portion of an email sent to the third party from the Laura Recovery Center in response to an inquiry:

"We have watched coverage on Haleigh's case and when she was first
reported missing offered assistance to Law Enforcement who declined our
offer.

The Laura Recovery Center responds to missing persons cases when
requested by Parents, Law Enforcement or part of our local Amber Plan.

I would like to talk with Haleigh's mother or father to see if there are
any resources or assistance that we can offer.

Certainly, this must be an extremely difficult and emotional time for
all who know and love Haleigh. We pray that Haleigh will be found and
that she will be reunited with those who love her."


LAURA RECOVERY CENTER
906 Anna Lane Friendswood, TX 77546
info@LRCF.NET
A Non-Profit 501(c)3 Organization

Stay tuned for further updates.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Haleigh is described as a 6 year old white female. She is approximately 3'0, 39 lbs, blonde hair & brown eyes. Unknown clothing description.

Haleigh was last seen at her residence in the Hermit's Cove area of Putnam County on February 9, 2009 between the hours of 8-10pm.

A statewide Amber Alert has been issued. An additional $30,000 in rewards have been posted.

If you have any information and wish to remain anonymous, please call Crime Stoppers at 1-888-277-TIPS (8477) or you can Text your tip by Texting “TIP231 plus your message” to CRIMES (274637).

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/5874534.php

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LRC Board of Directors...

Gay Smither was born in Harare, Zimbabwe on January 28, 1960. She attended Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in English, and Speech and Drama. She also received a Post Graduate Teaching Certification Diploma in High School Education. Gay taught English at Highfield High School, Harare, Zimbabwe for two years during which time she became the Head of the English Department.

She traveled extensively before settling in Texas where she married, becoming a naturalized American citizen. Gay is proud to call herself an African American. She became Corporate Secretary and Electronic Technician for Circuit Concepts, Inc. in 1986.

Volunteer work has always been important in Gay's life. She served as Girl Scout Leader for her daughter's troop for 7 years and as Consultant with the Friendswood Service Team of South Texas Girl Scout Council for 10 years. She was an active volunteer with her son's Boy Scouts of America troop, and with Armand Bayou Nature Center. She was a wildlife rehabilitator with Texas Wildlife Rehabilitation and Education, specializing in owl rehabilitation. Currently, Gay is very involved in several ministries at Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, including the Altar Guild, and was commissioned as a Stephen's Minister in 2003.

Gay's focus in life changed when her 12 year old daughter, Laura Kate Smither, was abducted in Texas on April 3rd, 1997 by a twice convicted sexual offender predator. After the abduction and murder of their daughter, Gay and her husband Bob, were called upon to help other families with missing children. In response to this they Co-Founded the Laura Recovery Center - for missing children. Gay serves as President of the Board of Directors and is one of the speakers for the Foundation. She gives the family perspective talk at the Laura Recovery Center's monthly training course on child abduction for law enforcement at the Houston Police Department Training Academy, and at law enforcement agencies around the state of Texas.

In March 2002 Gay became a volunteer with Team H.O.P.E. a national parent support network for families with missing children under the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children . She was hired as a Team HOPE Team Captain in October 2002 and continued in this position until November 2006. Gay continues as a volunteer with Team HOPE...

Bob Smither was born in Texas on August 26, 1944. He attended the University of Houston where he received a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering. Bob worked for several companies in the Houston area before incorporating Circuit Concepts, Inc., an engineering consulting firm, in 1978. He has been president of Circuit Concepts, Inc. since that time.

Dr. Smither taught Electrical Engineering at the University of Houston for 13 years during which time he supervised master and Ph.D. students. He has made 13 technical presentations, authored 15 technical papers, and holds 19 patents. He is a member of several engineering and honor societies.

Bob was active with Armand Bayou Nature Center and served on the board of directors, was a volunteer with Boy Scouts of America, while his son was a member, and founded and is active with the Gulf Coast Turtle and Tortoise Society. He is a science and math teacher for Home Education Partnership, teaching courses to home school students.

After the abduction and murder of their daughter Laura Kate Smither Bob and his wife Gay, co-founded the Laura Recovery Center Foundation for missing children. He is an active volunteer with the Foundation and maintains the web site and computer resources...

http://www.lrcf.org/node/22

[SaraSidle]

I think they helped look for Lindsey Baum Loretta. thanks for the info.

[lorettalockhorn]

Vigil held for Haleigh Cummings

WELAKA, Fla. (WAWS TV) - She missed her 6th birthday party. She missed Thanksgiving. Now, Haleigh Cummings' family prays she'll be home for the holidays.

Haleigh has been missing for 10 months. To mark the anniversary, her family held a candlelight vigil for her at her great-grandmother's home in Welaka. There, Haleigh has Christmas presents under the tree, a stocking on the wall and a family who misses her dearly.

"Somewhere, somebody's got our little girl. She is alive. We just need whoever has her to bring her home," said great-grandmother, Annette Sykes.

The last time Haleigh was home was in February. She was last seen by her father's then-girlfriend, Misty Croslin, 17. Misty said she put Haleigh to bed on the night of February 9th, and when she woke up in the early morning hours on the 10th, Haleigh was gone.

Sykes said, "I know that she has to be terrified and wondering where we're at. And why her daddy hasn't come and gotten her, you know."

Haleigh's father, Ronald, stood arm-in-arm with his mother at the vigil. Sykes said he spends his nights pacing the floor.
"He actually does wait for her to knock on that door," said Sykes.

Until that day comes, Haleigh's family waits, worries, and prays for her safe return.

"We can never give up hope, because that's what keeps us going is our faith, our hope, and our belief in God," said Sykes.
Putnam County police say the search for Haleigh is still active. But they're no closer to finding her right now, than they were 10 months ago.

Misty was noticeably absent from the vigil. She and Ronald Cummings divorced in October, after only six months of marriage. All along, police have said Misty holds the key to this case.

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/local/121109-Vigil-held-for-Haleigh-Cummings

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...East Grand Forks, MN, December 11, 2009: The grandmothers of HaLeigh Ann-Marie Cummings are requesting the FBI seize control of the investigation into the disappearance and whereabouts of their granddaughter, now six years-old, who has been missing for over ten months. HaLeigh’s paternal grandmother, Teresa Neves, said she wants Governor Charlie Crist to bring in the FBI. “Ten months is a very long time to go without any answers,” Neves said. “We have heard many stories and theories but have nothing, absolutely nothing, from anyone in LE who has worked this case.” HaLeigh’s maternal grandmother, Marie Griffis, said a federal probe is needed because HaLeigh was abducted from a jurisdiction that is extremely corrupted. “There are a lot of things that get misplaced and disappear in Putnam County and will never be found, that includes people, that is what is so terrifying about HaLeigh's disappearance,” Griffis said. Neves and Griffis have stated they will not stop fighting until HaLeigh is returned...

...East Grand Forks, MN, December 10, 2009: Minnesota reporter Timothy Charles Holmseth possess an audio recoding of an interview he conducted in the summer of 2009 that proves exactly where Misty Croslin and HaLeigh Cummings were on the night the child disappeared. The information comes from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and proves that office knows where Croslin and the child were the night the child vanished. Holmseth was told that several people would be “executed” if the identity of the person(s) who secretly recorded PCSO Detective Peggy Cone was revealed. “The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has told the media they do not know where Misty Croslin was the night HaLeigh disappeared. “The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is going to have a thousand questions they cannot answer when I release this audio to the American public,” Holmseth said. “I dare PCSO Lt. Johnny Greenwood to issue another press release stating the PCSO does not know where Misty Croslin and HaLeigh Cummings were that night. I dare him.” ...

http://www.writeintoaction.com/

[Amy]

I feel sorry for the family's loss, and for the families of all missing/murdered children (even the families who are pretty unlovable, KWIM) but, I don't think Haleigh is terrified, wondering where her family is, and why they haven't come to get her, cuz IMO, Haleigh is right up there in Heaven, having a time playing with Caylee and all the other little kids who have been murdered.

Not having been in that position (and praying I never will be,) holding out hope until Haleigh is found is how they are coping, I guess.

[lorettalockhorn]

Haleigh's Family Buys Her Christmas Presents

Missing Girl's Family Prepares For Possibility Of Holiday Without Her

SATSUMA, Fla. -- It has been 10 months since 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings disappeared.

The Putnam County girl's family is preparing for its first Christmas without her.

Friends and family gathered at the home of Haleigh's great-grandmother Thursday night for a prayer vigil.

Her family said it never imagined this much time would pass without even knowing what could've happened to her.

It said even though chances are slim that Haleigh will return in time for the holiday, it's still holding out hope and it has her Christmas presents waiting.

http://www.wesh.com/news/21944181/detail.html

[lorettalockhorn]

I feel sorry for the family's loss, and for the families of all missing/murdered children (even the families who are pretty unlovable, KWIM) but, I don't think Haleigh is terrified, wondering where her family is, and why they haven't come to get her, cuz IMO, Haleigh is right up there in Heaven, having a time playing with Caylee and all the other little kids who have been murdered.

Not having been in that position (and praying I never will be,) holding out hope until Haleigh is found is how they are coping, I guess.

So true, Amy. I keep reminding myself that no matter how odious the families are (or at least their behaviors), Haleigh loved them and that makes them worth our sympathy. Just wish they all would/could be honest.

[lorettalockhorn]

So I had an alert that First Coast News had published a story about the grandmothers asking for the FBI to be in complete control of the investigation, but it's been pulled from their site. :shrug:

[wind149]

Well somebody needs to take control of the investigation other than those Barney's of Putnam CO! I am not in a habit of bashing cops, but Geez, these guys clearly do not know how to investigate this case!! That lying low life skank FLUNKED three polygraphs miserably and two of those were adminstered by their polygraph examiner and one by an independent and they all drew the same conclusion that she lied through her trash tooth because this little beast has been brought up to lie like a dog and she was far too immature to be rasing two young kids, all Ronnie baby saw was jail bait ass and figured she could play mama too and that is why I have no sympathy for him whatsoever, he is a pedophile in my eyes as Misty was not his first piece, Crystal was all of 15 and so was the other baby mama??? he was of age when he boffed all of them and frankly he makes me sick to this day. It has been 10 months now and you do not have to be a graduate of MIT to know that this child is dead and I think it is time for LE to declare that instead of just spinning wheels as while polygraphs are inadmissible in court, they are a LE tool to eliminate a suspect or put them on the radar screen and how many of these tests do they need to do to convince them that Misty killed Haleigh?

Her stories changed daily and things have not added up from day one, like she claims that she told Haleigh she could watch a particular DVD, but when the trailer is searched, the DVD is way out of reach for a child and the DVD she claims the kids watched was not found in the home and Art checked with several DVD rental places and no one in that family rented that movie at their estabishments, however, they had in the past. Her story about getting up to go pee at the other bathroom made no sense as there was a master bath three feet from her bed? Then that story shifted to she got up to get a glass of water to her claim to see the kitchen light on and reporters from NG and local affiliates were puzzled as to how she could see the light from the bedroom as they could not see it from the bedroom themselves??? Now child abductors usually scope out the house and Misty would have us all believe that someone entered that home when the locks were thrown, got two extemely noisy doors open and prop the one door open with a cement block??? This makes no sense to anyone, but yet, from all acounts LE is buying this???

And why did this unsub not snap Jr too? Sex offenders do not discriminate, even ones who have preferences, given the chance to sexually abuse either a boy or a girl, they will take it, that POS scumbag Duncan snapped a boy and a girl and sexually assaulted and tortured both of them before being caught with Shasta and he murdered poor little Dylan. And you really can't write off people's claims that she was not home all night and had taken off to party, even though I highly suspect Nay was angling for a get out of jail card, some of her story sounds plausible about Haleigh being given a fatal overdose of Oxy seeing as that is skank's drug of choice? Now if she did overdose Haleigh, she should have come clean and possibly would not have served much jail time, maybe convicted of involuntary manslaughter which could carry anywhere from probation to 20 years? Or she could have been charged with accidental death resulting from an accidental overdose of a controlled substance and would get maybe two years to maybe probation? By not coming clean and someday the truth will come out, I feel now she would get a whopping sentence, possibly even life.

But the part that irks me the most is that she is totally confident that wherever Haleigh's body lies, it will possibly never be found and if by some miracle it is, COD is going to be tough to prove, however, it won't really matter, as she did not commit suicide so the charge will be homicide by unknown means just like with Caylee. And I do have sympathy for Crystal and her family, but I have a hard time mustering up any for Teresa as she sang this loser's praises for months rather than trying to get the truth out of her and only recently had she admitted publicy she has doubts about her crap stories??? I know she is Haleigh's grandma and she loved her, and for that I have to give her a little smidge of feelings, but I think she wasted many crucial months buying her crap when she should have been her worst enemy and trying to get the truth out of her, even beating it out of her if she had to and she did nothing.

[lorettalockhorn]

...In the search for Haleigh Cummings this week saw a bit of a mixed bag of items. A news report was published stating that elements of the family were making a direct appeal to the FBI to take control of the case. The interesting part was that the article on First Coast News was taken down after a short time. This had some of us scratching our heads. The article has reappeared once more, so whatever the issue was with it has obviously been resolved.

There was also some reports that surfaced concerning Misty Croslin’s party habits that looked rather sordid to say the least.

A couple of leads surfaced this week that have been passed on to LE, we shall have to wait and see if they have any credibility.

There were also some ridiculous rumors that did the rounds on the internet. We will be clearing them up this afternoon...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123255

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Family of Haleigh Cummings Wants FBI Involved

The grandmothers of Haleigh Cummings are saying they now want the FBI to take complete control of the investigation.

Haleigh was 5 when she vanished Feb. 10 from her father's mobile home, just outside the community of Satsuma.

Misty Croslin, Haleigh's father's ex-wife, was babysitting Haleigh that night when she said she awoke about 3 a.m. and noticed the kitchen light on. The back door was propped open with a brick and Haleigh was missing.

Haleigh's grandmothers Teresa Neves and Marie Griffis told First Coast News 10-months is too long to go without answers about Haleigh's disappearance.

Haleigh's paternal grandmother, Neves, said she wants Gov. Charlie Crist to involve the FBI.

Griffis, Haleigh's maternal grandmother, said a federal probe is needed because Haleigh was abducted from a jurisdiction that is extremely corrupt.

Both grandmothers have vowed not to stop fighting until Haleigh is found.

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/5878869.php

[lorettalockhorn]

Reporter’s Notes: The Long Search for Haleigh Cummings

This just in from Tj Hart - Simon

It has been more than ten months since now 6-year-old Haleigh Cummings was taken from her father’s home in the middle of the night at Hermit’s Cove near Satsuma, FL.

In that time, searches have been conducted, evidence has been processed, tips have been followed up on, lawyers have been hired and fired, there has been a marriage, a divorce, an engagement and a possible break-up. Rumors have been started, accusations with no proof have been hurled, trouble-makers on the internet have created a new sport and we are still no closer to finding this little girl and bringing her home.

Recently, a new search group, The Laura Recovery Center from Texas, indicated that they might be interested in aiding in the search to find Haleigh. They claimed in an email that “LE declined their offer for assistance.”

Sources close to the investigation claim they are not even familiar with the group.

After an initial conversation with a representative of the Laura Recovery Center Friday, I have not heard a word as to whether they will come to Florida to conduct searches for Haleigh.

Texas Eqqusearch ended their ground searches early in the investigation based on two factors: 1) all ground searches conducted by LE were being scaled back and later halted 2) The group had another request to fill in another state.

Saturday, First Coast News reported Family of Haleigh Cummings Wants FBI Involved.

Where Haleigh Cummings is right now is still the central focus of her family and extended families, the dedicated law enforcement people who are working this case 24/7, those who are searching for her independently on the ground and on the internet and the very few reporters who are still covering this story.

This reporter’s first and foremost concern remains with the missing child and her families.

I have not been blinded to the emotional and relationship stresses the long search for Haleigh has taken on family friends, LE, private investigators, attorneys on all sides of this situation and even this reporter.

If you have been a reader or a blogger since Haleigh disappeared, you too might be feeling some of these stresses in your life.

I shared some of what I was feeling on my Twitter site Friday night. After reading it and some emails from friends and a text message from Haleigh’s paternal grandmother Teresa Neves, I realized that I am able fix what I can fix in my life.

Others have not been so fortunate.

I spoke Sunday morning with private investigator William “Cobra” Staubs on this issue. Staubs is facing a court date regarding an incident in the search for Haleigh. His court trial is nothing compared to his life trials right now. That can be said about many people who have been working on the long search for Haleigh.

AUDIO: Conversation with Cobra the Bounty Hunter...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123256

[lorettalockhorn]

Haleigh Cummings & Caylee Anthony – BNN Radio Wrap Up For Dec/13

My wife Jan and I have talked about these cases so much that they are ingrained in our very being.

In one case the little girl is clearly dead, a year ago the black plastic garbage bag was found that contained her remains, just bones and some duct tape. Haleigh Cummings has dodged that situation for now. Yet is is more than 10 months that she has been missing. And with each day that passes the doubts of her well being increase.

Todays program was a difficult one to put on. People listening in, likely do not understand many of the complex dynamics at work behind the scenes. It is not just the story that becomes part of you, but the people that over time you call friends. Many of the press have left the story for more fertile ground. A few of us have not, and I think it is fair to say that a bond of friendship has been created. A friendship that will continue long after Haleigh Cummings is found.

Over the past 10 months we have shared periods of hope and periods of despondency. We have all met either in person or vicariously via the telephone and email many people connected with the case. There are good people, and there are people who’s motives remain unclear. We have combed the information, we have brainstormed, we have prodded and cajoled. We have been Law Enforcements best friend and also their worst enemy. In short we have done everything we can think of.

The fact remains, Haleigh Cummings is still missing, where is this little girl? I used to joke that everyone that touches this story is doomed. The mummy’s curse was the phrase I used. Unfortunately I am now of the opinion that I am correct. It is not my place to air all of the sad stories, but I think it is fair to say that no-one has remained unscathed. Careers and personal lives have forever been changed.

Many people entered this modern day Colosseum, and few remain standing. As TJ Hart eloquently put it ‘it was us that bought into the case, not our loved ones.’ Personal stress from this case is much more widespread than many people understand. Yesterday on the program we were joined by Pastor John Reagan, in no way is he personally involved in Haleigh Cummings disappearance, yet he has become the target of innuendo and violence. Shots were fired at his house, and various other unsavory activities have come his way. A blogger who shall remain anonymous even went so far as to publish pictures of his children and infer that they were involved in the abduction. I guess the good news is that sources close to the case are saying that Law Enforcement do not view the posts as credible.

This is remarkably similar to what has happened to Richard Grund in the Caylee Anthony case. I have talked to Richard on numerous occasions, and most of the conversations I have opted not to share with the public, but this is a man of honor, and maybe the biggest advocate that Caylee Anthony had in her short life, yet he has been the subject of ridicule, innuendo, and ridiculous claims in the tabloid press.

The latest victim in the ‘Curse’ is my very good friend William Staubs. Bill has a tendency of polarizing people, you either love him or you hate him, but you certainly cannot ignore him. Few people actually know Bill Staubs, most see him as the rough tuff, kick your door down bounty hunter. That image is about as far from the truth as you can get. Yes indeed Cobra does kick doors down, yes indeed Cobra is a big bad lad. But Bill is not. Bill is a very caring man, one who means well, but tends to be a bit of a bull in a china shop. He leaves a wake of broken stuff wherever he goes. I will let you into a secret about Bill, if it were not for him, there is no way that the Haleigh Cummings story would have got the coverage on HLN’s Nancy Grace that it did. How so? Well it was Bill Staubs that paid Art Harris for him to come to come to Satsuma for 5 days and report on the story. Art and Nancy are good friends, voile! Were it not for this, the Haleigh Cummings story would have been a two day blitz and forgotten.

The net result of Bill’s involvement has been his inability to make a living, his bail bond license has been suspended as a direct result of something connected to the search for Haleigh Cummings. His personal life is in shreds, and he faces a court trial in January 2010. I don’t know how many times I have heard Bill tell me “all I wanted to do was look for a missing little girl.”

The pressure on Bill has reached the stage where he has announced his withdrawal from this case. I for one am sad to hear this. Bill, you know that you always have friends in my wife and I.

It was really hard to host yesterdays program, I knew going in it would not be easy, Christmas is right around the corner, and here we were talking about some of the most depressing news stories of 2009.

You can hear the entire program here.

Simon and Jan Barrett

http://www.bloggernews.net/123268

[Bullwinkle]

Authorities in Putnam County, Fla., said a relative of missing child Haleigh Cummings was arrested for allegedly discharging a firearm in public.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office alleges in an incident report that Freddie Wayne Cummings, uncle of Haleigh Cummings' father, was facing a firearms charge for firing a gun into the air and ground during a physical confrontation last weekend, the (Jacksonville) Florida Times-Union reported.

The elder Cummings could also face domestic and simple battery charges for allegedly slapping a bartender and punching his sisters during Sunday's incident. Those charges were forwarded to the Florida State Attorney's Office.

Article (http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/12/16/Relative-of-missing-girl-arrested-in-Fla/UPI-92601260983859/)

[Amy]

VERY slow news day, I guess, that they have to hunt distant relatives down to make the news.

[lorettalockhorn]

Maybe this incident was reported to show that the Cummingses are like the Croslins. :shrug:

[LadyFisher]

Just popping in to wish all of you great posters a very Merry Christmas.....and still praying for Haleigh here in Missouri.....:rose::rose::rose:

[beemer]

Just popping in to wish all of you great posters a very Merry Christmas.....and still praying for Haleigh here in Missouri.....:rose::rose::rose:

Same to you Lady :rose: It would be nice if Haleigh could be found soon :rose:

[lorettalockhorn]

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/5934743.php

[lorettalockhorn]

Just popping in to wish all of you great posters a very Merry Christmas.....and still praying for Haleigh here in Missouri.....:rose::rose::rose:

Good to see you! Merry Christmas to you and all of Haleigh's friends and supporters who pass here.

http://i41.tinypic.com/25u16d1.jpg

Sure wish we knew that Haleigh and so many little ones could be safe and their wishes come true.

[DrewBerry]

Maybe this incident was reported to show that the Cummingses are like the Croslins. :shrug:

Hello dear Loretta! You are spot on. These families are pathetic. No news about Haleigh and this saddens me at this time of year. I recall that video of Haleigh's last Christmas with her big smile. I am a great believer that Christmas is for children and I am thinking of all the little ones who have been
lost forever. :rose:

I've missed you lately, Loretta. Hope all is well. :)You are probably busy like everyone else this time of year. I've vowed to myself that I am slowing everything down (in my mind, mostly) and focusing on here and now---that's the best way for me to find pleasure in each day. If I don't, I'm a worried mess!
I will keep looking for you on the boards ;).
:seeya:
DrewB

[lorettalockhorn]

DREW! Great to see ya! :seeya:

Hope you're doing well and fully recovered or at least almost there. Yes, busy, but I have my lists to keep me on track. And I can always, always scratch something off the list. (I've nixed two so far for this holiday. YEA me! :beer: )

Haleigh should have been able to sit in Santa's lap, as should have so many other little ones like Caylee and Adji and Summer and Shaniya and the list goes on to include those who would likely pooh pooh Santa but loved Christmas just the same, like Elizabeth. God bless all the little ones who are missing their parents as well.

Haleigh has/had one of the more pathetic families for sure, but I know she must have loved them and hopefully they have or will learn something(s) for little Butterbean's sake.

[DrewBerry]

DREW! Great to see ya! :seeya:

Hope you're doing well and fully recovered or at least almost there. Yes, busy, but I have my lists to keep me on track. And I can always, always scratch something off the list. (I've nixed two so far for this holiday. YEA me! :beer: )

Haleigh should have been able to sit in Santa's lap, as should have so many other little ones like Caylee and Adji and Summer and Shaniya and the list goes on to include those who would likely pooh pooh Santa but loved Christmas just the same, like Elizabeth. God bless all the little ones who are missing their parents as well.

Haleigh has/had one of the more pathetic families for sure, but I know she must have loved them and hopefully they have or will learn something(s) for little Butterbean's sake.

Aww, yes. Bless all the little ones. :rose: I forgot about "Butterbean". That is so darn cute and fits her perfectly, doesn't it? My goodness, what a sad, sad waste. I hope you're right and at least Crystal and Ronnie boy will learn to protect their other children and cherish them the way they deserve. Never hear much about Jr. Hope hes' getting lots of love and care. I bet he's missing his big sister. :rose:
:seeya: So, good to see ya today!
Drew
(Well, Loretta, sounds like you've gotten more done today than I. I've been playing solitaire in between laundry. Oh, I did wrap 2 gifts! Woo, hoo.)

[Amy]

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/5934743.php

My computer won't let me view the response about the Sunshine law. Just guess by what was written that the person tho't LE had to be forthcoming w/more info because of the Sunshine Law (his understanding of it) I would guess he was told that the Sunshine Law does not mean that LE has to share anything until the information becomes part of a case--as in someone is arrested and charged with a crime. And even then, no information HAS to be relayed to the public until it has become part of the release of discovery to the defenses attorneys. It's been a while since I have read the explanation of the Sunshine Law, but IIRC, even w/releasing what is released to the defense, that the state can keep some info (from the public, but still has to give in discovery?)

[wind149]

Drew, How the hell are ya?? I am hanging in there and I was actually thinking about Haleigh today and how hard it is going to be for Crystal and JR this Xmas, I am betting she even buys her presents because it will make her feel better and still holding out hope, but let's face, it, she is dead and died that night by that low life skank piece of trash's hand and I could give a crap less how Ron and his family feel because they had MONTHS to try to get the truth out of her and all they did was sing her praises!! And then Ron gets arrested, her whole trash family does, and then she gets robbed of her drugs, Shows how stupid she is, calls the law to report being robbed and then admits to what was ripped off??? For months now the focus has entirely been off Haleigh, the media ate up ever bad act this trash did and that is all we heard about and even few of the good reporters put Haleigh on a burner when it came to "RATEGATE" NG and Jane played that up for days, and then skank's family felonies, to the road rage crap to skank flunking three polygraphs and meanwhile, that yahoo dept has done nothing in months, Misty is as free as bird and quite confident that Haleigh's body will never be found, still lending credence to the dumpster or gator pond and the sight of this low life makes me ill, and ditto for Ron and I do hope he does have a miserable Xmas, he deserves to for putting that skank over his own children and he has himself to blame for wanting to get laid by jailbait and I bet today, he still will not admit that she killed his child, as far as I am concerned he was nothing more than a sperm donor more than he ever was a true father. The only difference between Crystal, she too was way young when he got her pregnant, and Misty is, luckily, that low life did not get knocked up as I don't buy for one second she dug those kids as much as claimed. She was stuck home with them alone all day, and kids, let's face it, can be major pains in the asses and Haleigh did have some medical issues and probably was acting like a typical 5 year old and in her immaturity and she is as ignorant as they come, 6th grade education not withstanding, and her love of partying and this all was getting to her, but she wanted Ron as bad as he wanted her and probably that trailer was a castle to her, but something happened that night, now she might very well overdosed her either intentionally or to knock Haleigh out, or she snapped and hit her and she hit her head or possible internal injuries were sustained and Haleigh dies. Now instead of admitting to whatever, she has been lying like a dog all these months, she KNOWS where Casey is and she is selfish and does not care that Crystal and Jr are hurting, she is only thinking of herself and seeing as this was how she was raised, it would take one hell of a cop to get her to come clean and so far, they have not been found. And for that, I hate this POS low life trash with all I am and my heart goes out to Crystal tonight.

:rose: For Haleigh, who I feel is with the angels tonight and she will always be missed and loved by her mom and her family and especially her little brother and Merry Xmas sweetheart, I know you are looking down tonight at your family and will keep them safe tonight.

[DrewBerry]

Drew, How the hell are ya?? I am hanging in there and I was actually thinking about Haleigh today and how hard it is going to be for Crystal and JR this Xmas, I am betting she even buys her presents because it will make her feel better and still holding out hope, but let's face, it, she is dead and died that night by that low life skank piece of trash's hand and I could give a crap less how Ron and his family feel because they had MONTHS to try to get the truth out of her and all they did was sing her praises!! And then Ron gets arrested, her whole trash family does, and then she gets robbed of her drugs, Shows how stupid she is, calls the law to report being robbed and then admits to what was ripped off??? For months now the focus has entirely been off Haleigh, the media ate up ever bad act this trash did and that is all we heard about and even few of the good reporters put Haleigh on a burner when it came to "RATEGATE" NG and Jane played that up for days, and then skank's family felonies, to the road rage crap to skank flunking three polygraphs and meanwhile, that yahoo dept has done nothing in months, Misty is as free as bird and quite confident that Haleigh's body will never be found, still lending credence to the dumpster or gator pond and the sight of this low life makes me ill, and ditto for Ron and I do hope he does have a miserable Xmas, he deserves to for putting that skank over his own children and he has himself to blame for wanting to get laid by jailbait and I bet today, he still will not admit that she killed his child, as far as I am concerned he was nothing more than a sperm donor more than he ever was a true father. The only difference between Crystal, she too was way young when he got her pregnant, and Misty is, luckily, that low life did not get knocked up as I don't buy for one second she dug those kids as much as claimed. She was stuck home with them alone all day, and kids, let's face it, can be major pains in the asses and Haleigh did have some medical issues and probably was acting like a typical 5 year old and in her immaturity and she is as ignorant as they come, 6th grade education not withstanding, and her love of partying and this all was getting to her, but she wanted Ron as bad as he wanted her and probably that trailer was a castle to her, but something happened that night, now she might very well overdosed her either intentionally or to knock Haleigh out, or she snapped and hit her and she hit her head or possible internal injuries were sustained and Haleigh dies. Now instead of admitting to whatever, she has been lying like a dog all these months, she KNOWS where Casey is and she is selfish and does not care that Crystal and Jr are hurting, she is only thinking of herself and seeing as this was how she was raised, it would take one hell of a cop to get her to come clean and so far, they have not been found. And for that, I hate this POS low life trash with all I am and my heart goes out to Crystal tonight.

:rose: For Haleigh, who I feel is with the angels tonight and she will always be missed and loved by her mom and her family and especially her little brother and Merry Xmas sweetheart, I know you are looking down tonight at your family and will keep them safe tonight.

HEY, WIND!! Right back atcha!
Only YOU could perfectly describe what we are thinking. You're so right about RATEGATE! It's been months now since NG has had Ronnie boy on her show so she can "poor daddy" him on. "Yes, Miss Nancy." Ha, Ha!
Hope you have a peaceful, happy holiday season. Take care, Wind.
:seeya:
Drew

[Woostock]

Hi Wind
We must have the same train of thought. I checked to see if anything new with this case and read what you wrote. Sadly, nothing seems to have developed; I think we are right with our hypothesis of where the body might be. If so, and I do hope we are wrong, she may never be found. so so sad. What scum bags..
Peace
woo

Happy Holidays to all my CLM poster friends!!! Maybe there will be a breakthru in 2010. I know we all wish for that.

[beemer]

Hi Wind
We must have the same train of thought. I checked to see if anything new with this case and read what you wrote. Sadly, nothing seems to have developed; I think we are right with our hypothesis of where the body might be. If so, and I do hope we are wrong, she may never be found. so so sad. What scum bags..
Peace
woo

Happy Holidays to all my CLM poster friends!!! Maybe there will be a breakthru in 2010. I know we all wish for that.

I fear that as well. Yes maybe the new year will bring some news. If Haleigh cant be brought home I pray here killer/s will be brought to justice :flamemad: Wishing everyone here a wonderful Christmas :rose:

[Native Alien]

I need some help with some research here.

I remember someone saying that until Misti gave them a consistent timeline that LE wasn't going to get any further than they are with this case.

I need to find either the video or article that has that statement in it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

[SaraSidle]

http://boards.library.trutv.com/showthread.php?t=292706


I would try the above link first. Lot of good links there from good posters.
sara

[lorettalockhorn]

I need some help with some research here.

I remember someone saying that until Misti gave them a consistent timeline that LE wasn't going to get any further than they are with this case.

I need to find either the video or article that has that statement in it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Good to see you, NA. Schauland and Bowling both iterated that there were inconsitencies with Misty's timeline early on and indicated that she was uncooperative and that there is no pass/fail to the lie detector tests, etc. Fox, Orlando Sentinel and Palatka Daily News links are dead (at least some of them), but in the news update section here, the articles are copied.

Merry Christmas!

http://livingheritage.org/pix/santa-claus.jpg

[wind149]

That Miz Nancy crap got under my skin so bad because while she treats Ron like he is such a great daddy and she treated Crystal like she was on the bottom of her shoe and I was like, why is she getting on Crystal so bad? She had nothing to do with Haleigh going missing and her only "crime" was to get involved with that low life Ron and produce him two kids. She was young and not well educated and poor, so she hooked up with the first guy that came down the pike. She is as much of a victim as Haleigh and my heart goes out to Jr, he will be dreaming about Santa tonight, but it will be bittersweet without his sister being right next to him under the tree, laughing and screaming for joy at the presents Santa brought them.

[lorettalockhorn]

Not sure what the heck is going on with the board; is anyone else back to the old format? :eek:

Anyway, was reading the updates (such as they are) and noticed that on one of those police reports, Misty's address was listed as 202 Green Lane, Waleka, which doesn't exist. But the address of the abduction trailer is 202 Green Lane, Satsuma (which is up for rent at $600/month). Her addy on the other report is the Tyler Street address which is owned by Linday Croslin and Guy Sapp. Does anyone know if Mr. Sapp (apparently Lindsay's grandfather) is kin to Donald Sapp the criminal/sex offender? Or has DS ever actually been convicted?

[Hotwater]

I just received word from Deepwater saying Crime Library had to go back to the old format (Corporate orders) and in the process anything posted from 12/30/09 thru yesterday was lost.

I'm sorry about all the posts you lost.

HW

[lorettalockhorn]

Thanks for the heads up Hotwater! :seeya:

I'll go back and find the alerts that were posted during the interim. (Pretty sure they're in the trash somewhere. :hat:)

Happy New Year to you and Deepy and Haleigh's supporters!

[lorettalockhorn]

Haleigh's Dad Questioned In Road Rage Incident
Driver Says Cummings Threatened To Kill Him...

http://www.news4jax.com/news/22100085/detail.html

Haleigh's Mom Holds Onto Hope
5-Year-Old Disappeared From Father's Mobile Home In February...

http://www.news4jax.com/news/22100012/detail.html

(Can't open this link so no clue what it's about, maybe someone can fill me in.) :shrug:

http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.gainesville.com/article/20091231/ARTICLES/912319958/1002&ct=ga&cd=kiCRvK09R1c&usg=AFQjCNFPveavEOV5k4boNv3K2IoBd45fiA

Haleigh Cummings – Just Another Statistic?...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123400

PCSO: New Information in the Haleigh Cummings Abduction?...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123431

[Marian Paroo]

I just received word from Deepwater saying Crime Library had to go back to the old format (Corporate orders) and in the process anything posted from 12/30/09 thru yesterday was lost.

I'm sorry about all the posts you lost.

HW

I like the old format more, but am royally p-d off about the lost posts -- I think I was especially brilliant, as were we all, for the past couple days!

[lorettalockhorn]

Haleigh Cummings Update: Ron and Misty Have Brushes With The Law

...press release:

PutnamCounty

Sheriff’sOffice

JeffHardy, Sheriff

Media Release

December 31st, 2009

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office has received several inquiries regarding the incidents involving Ronald and Misty Cummings on 12/20/2009. These events are not related to the Haleigh Cummings investigation in any way. I have attached copies of the two Offense Incident Reports filed last night by the investigating deputies.

The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office will not be participating in any formal interviews or providing statements regarding last evening’s incidents. The main focus of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office is solving the Haleigh Cummings investigation.

Lieutenant Johnny Greenwood...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123422

[lorettalockhorn]

PCSO: Dispatcher Properly Handled 911 Road Rage Call


Late last week, Ronald Cummings, the father of missing 6-year-old Haleigh Cummings of Satsuma, FL, and his ex-wife, Misty Croslin, were involved and alleged road rage incident with Charles Norman Jones.

During the alleged event, 911 calls were placed by a woman who refused to identify herself, but was later ID'd as Misty Croslin during questioning where she accused Jones of making harassing and threatening phone calls to her.

Many questions arose from the incident after the 911 audio was released to 97.3 The Sky.

Audio: Misty Croslin's 911 call

In this call, Misty Croslin claims the she, the driver of the vehicle and two child passengers are being chased by a driver identified as Charles Jones who she claims has tried to run them off the road.

As the Putnam County dispatcher is taking down the information provided by Croslin, the dispatcher asks for her name. Croslin refuses to give it citing she wanted no further problems with Jones but only wants the chase to be stopped.

The dispatcher tells Croslin that they cannot arrest the man in the chase unless she gives her name unless officers witness the incident themselves.

Lt. Johnny Greenwood responded to 97.3 The Sky's questions pertaining to the dispatcher's handling of this incident:

"I just listened to the recording. This is really not a procedure, but this an experienced communication officer knows what is required to charge someone with a crime of this nature. She was attempting to obtain the information to assist the responding deputy with the case. With out a victim, the state cannot become the victim in this type of case, and could not pursue any charges. An officer could stop the vehicle on the word of an anonymous caller, but could not charge him/her with a crime unless a crime was committed in the officer’s presence."

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office has its hands full with this incident. Charles Norman Jones, the man in the other vehicle also contacted 911 with some rather unusual comments.

Audio: Charles Norman Jones' 911 call

No charges have been filed or arrests made in this alleged incident as of Monday morning 1/4/10...

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/6029481.php

Links at source.

[lorettalockhorn]

Misty Croslin Talks About Recent Road Rage Incident

As you heard first on News Talk 97.3 The SKY, the father of missing Haleigh Cummings of Satsuma Ronal Cummings, his ex-wife Misty Croslin and Charles Norman Jones III were involved in alleged road rage incident in Putnam County where Jones claims Ronald pulled a gun on him.

Incident Report

97.3 The Sky also reported that Misty Croslin later told Putnam County deputies she wanted to press charges agains Jones and his father for making threatening and harassing phone calls.

Incident Report

But who started this alleged incident and why?

News Talk 97.3 The Sky received the 911 audio from the Putnam County Sheriff's Office regarding the incident:

Misty Croslin's 911 Call

Charles Jones 911 Call

Sunday night, internet radio host Levi Page spoke with Misty Croslin about this alleged road rage incident and how she came to know Charles Jones:

Audio: Levi Page Show on BlogTalkRadio.com with Misty's explanation

Audio: Levi Page Show on BlogTalkRadio.com were Misty plays the threatening phone messages from Jones and his father

Both incidents have been forwarded to the states attorney's office for further review. No charges have been handed down as of Monday morning and no arrests have been at this time...

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/6029871.php

Links at source.

[Woostock]

Hi Loretta
the beat goes on, right??? What a way to live....
thanks for keeping up with this case. My heart breaks for some of these kids born into these families....

[wind149]

Hey Drew, back at you! I had posted that but now it is lost but we all know how I feel about these low-life's and how all their crap has taken center stage over Haleigh and it will be a year next month that she has been gone and we all know she is never coming back alive and I just wish her remains could be found so maybe a COD could be established and that skank is arrested and convicted for killing her. Also, Crystal would be able to bury her and have a place to sit and talk to her and that low life POS is so selfish she won't give it up. And for all their talk about wanting it to be all about Haleigh, these losers can't stay away from trouble longer than a month and the media eats it up and I think deep down, Misty digs the attention, she was born unto nothing, was raised by nothings and ya know, everyone likes their 15 minutes.

[Marian Paroo]

She's had far more than15 minutes.

It says a lot, and none of it good, about law enforcement in her neck of the woods that she can play them like a fiddle.

I am convinced that she has totally gotten away with it.

[wind149]

MP, I am not in the habit of bashing cops, but these guys are slackers!!! Now if this was a rich little girl that had gone missing, they would have combed every inch of FL to find her and while the FBI has assisted, clearly, someone has to get more involved and find this child's body!!! Three freaking polygraphs that piece of low life trash took, clearly lying through her tooth and they are like, Oh well. And Misty is getting away with murder because these Barney's are too red neck to do a real cop's job. And that is why I call Satsuma Deliverance, it is befitting of that area of FL, a low rent, low life town full of low life scumbags like the Croslin and Cummings and if one of their kids go missing, the cops figure they will just make more so why bother to really make a case? I would love to hear the tapes of when they interrogated that piece of jail bait, I sure it would sound like something out of a bad movie from the deep south, circa 1950's? These idiots have had almost a year to go after her and make this case stick and they haven't done jack crap, and when asked by the media, they always have the same lame ass excuse, "we are working on leads" What freaking leads? They HAVE their number one suspect and have all along.

None of her stories have ever ring true, I have never bought the love fest she claimed to have with Haleigh, I believe that staying home taking care of kids was not to her liking but she dug Ron so much that she wanted to keep him all to herself and apparently Jr was never too much of a problem, but maybe he was too, but how could she lie away if both kids went gone? Now my friend thinks Haleigh was sold to a trafficker by Misty and while that is not too far fetched, as traffickers get big bucks for little girls more so than boys and she is of the criminal element so this is still plausible, but I really think she is dead and died that night. I really wonder after a year if ole Ron believes that too, and while he claimed to love his kids, he chose that low life skank over them and I hate his guts because he is a low life bad tempered drug selling thug and not worthy of being a father, he is more of a sperm donor and I hope to hell he never spreads his seed to have more kids, I am so thankful that skank did not get knocked up, but if she ever does, the state needs to snap that kid the minute it comes out, she could never be a good mama, look what a loser her own mama is, that is her role model, a drug addicted sea hag who at 39 looks way older than 60!!! I loathe all of these losers with all I am and I hope and pray every night that someone finds this child's body and that low life goes to prison where she belongs.

[lorettalockhorn]

Hi Loretta
the beat goes on, right??? What a way to live....
thanks for keeping up with this case. My heart breaks for some of these kids born into these families....

Good to see ya! :seeya: Hope you and all of Haleigh's other CL friends had a great beginning to oh ten.

To see how Haleigh's family behaves really makes you realize what her life must have been like and you really have to worry about Junior. Haleigh's probably safe now, but what horrible notoriety to add to her little brother's life.

For some reason I haven't lost faith in LE. I think they know much more than they've said and think that they may actually have a pretty good idea what happened to Haleigh. One thing that bubbled up in my memory is that the Amber Alert was never extended beyond the state of Florida. Of all the clues that we don't know much about, that's gotta mean something. :shrug:

[deacon]

Good to see ya! :seeya: Hope you and all of Haleigh's other CL friends had a great beginning to oh ten.

To see how Haleigh's family behaves really makes you realize what her life must have been like and you really have to worry about Junior. Haleigh's probably safe now, but what horrible notoriety to add to her little brother's life.

For some reason I haven't lost faith in LE. I think they know much more than they've said and think that they may actually have a pretty good idea what happened to Haleigh. One thing that bubbled up in my memory is that the Amber Alert was never extended beyond the state of Florida. Of all the clues that we don't know much about, that's gotta mean something. :shrug:

IMHO, Sadly enough, I believe some children are taken away because of the life they would have to lead if they lived.

[lorettalockhorn]

Good to see ya deacon, long time no!

Why is not a question that I ask very often (in the spiritual sense) when it comes to these crimes.

[deacon]

Good to see ya deacon, long time no!

Why is not a question that I ask very often (in the spiritual sense) when it comes to these crimes.

I know what you mean but sometimes I just have to ask why. There is a reason.

[Woostock]

I have not completely given up on LE either. I hope they are just getting more info and an ironclad case and then spring it on whoever is involved. Some kids just don't stand a chance. I see that so much and to be truthful it saddens me a lot. I was coming home from volunteering last week and I saw a young child, all alone, walking in the city. I called the police and they were able to bring the kid back as it had happened before. The "mother" had no idea he was missing. Yikes....Reminded me of Misty when I saw her.... looked a lot like her

[Sherlock]

I have not completely given up on LE either. I hope they are just getting more info and an ironclad case and then spring it on whoever is involved. Some kids just don't stand a chance. I see that so much and to be truthful it saddens me a lot. I was coming home from volunteering last week and I saw a young child, all alone, walking in the city. I called the police and they were able to bring the kid back as it had happened before. The "mother" had no idea he was missing. Yikes....Reminded me of Misty when I saw her.... looked a lot like her

I can only stomach these kinds of stories so much....I physically feel like throwing up when I think about all of the children who aren't looked after properly, or protected...and they are wondering around innocently.:(

[SaraSidle]

I can only stomach these kinds of stories so much....I physically feel like throwing up when I think about all of the children who aren't looked after properly, or protected...and they are wondering around innocently.:(


oh yeah me too need breaks

[deacon]

I have not completely given up on LE either. I hope they are just getting more info and an ironclad case and then spring it on whoever is involved. Some kids just don't stand a chance. I see that so much and to be truthful it saddens me a lot. I was coming home from volunteering last week and I saw a young child, all alone, walking in the city. I called the police and they were able to bring the kid back as it had happened before. The "mother" had no idea he was missing. Yikes....Reminded me of Misty when I saw her.... looked a lot like her

I totaly agree with the quotes around "mother". She is not a real mother. A mother nor a father would let a young child wonder around without knowing where they were.

[BeastofBears]

I totaly agree with the quotes around "mother". She is not a real mother. A mother nor a father would let a young child wonder around without knowing where they were.

Drives me crazy. There's a family up the street who has small kids that are often all over the neighborhood and beyond. 4 and 5 years old. And they seem offended I won't send mine over to play! That's the last thing I need, my boy learning the joys of escape :rolleyes:

But on topic: I sure hope LE is doing something we don't hear about. How can this become a cold case? How can these people get away with this? I swing by from time to time...hoping.

[lorettalockhorn]

Haleigh Cummings And Other Updates – BNN Radio Sunday Jan/10

...January 10 marks the 11th month anniversary that Haleigh Cummings went missing, it also marks the one year mark in the search for Adji Desir. Both seem to have disappeared without trace. Both were innocent young children. The really depressing aspect is that they are just two of far too many children that are missing. In fact Denny Griffin will be hosting a program on the subject on Feb/3, details to follow.

Last Sunday Levi Page had the opportunity to interview Misty Croslin on air, I will be interested in what he has to say. Misty in many ways is a dark horse, mainly on air she comes across poorly, yet I have spoken to people who have had off air conversations with her and she seems to be quite intelligent...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123505

Link to Levi Page interview:

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/levipage/2010/01/04/missing-mother-susan-powell

[lorettalockhorn]

Amber Alert System Anniversary; Haleigh Cummings Still Not Found

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- It's been 14 years since Amber Hagerman was abducted and killed in Texas.

Every Jan. 13 since, the Department of Justice remembers her as the inspiration for the nation's Amber Alert system.

Since the system was implemented in Florida in 2000, there have been 149 alerts issued, and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said 51 children statewide have been found as a direct result of the Amber Alert system.

The state has a website that lets people sign up to receive Amber Alerts via email or text messages, and so far more than 30,000 people have done so.

"Signing up for Amber Alerts is a small act that has tremendous lifesaving potential," FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey said. "Time is of the essence in these cases ...Tips from the public often provide the piece of information needed to locate an abducted child."

There is an unsolved Amber Alert in northeast Florida for Haleigh Cummings who disappeared from her Satsuma home in February and has not been found.

First Coast News has complete coverage of the search for Haleigh.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=150717&catid=3

So this Amber Alert isn't even statewide? That's got to mean something.

[One2Snoop]

According to Klaaskids it's statewide....

http://www.klaaskids.org/amst-flo.htm

Here's info on all states...

http://www.klaaskids.org/pg-amberplan.htm

[lorettalockhorn]

O2S, that was sort of a DUH?:confused: and/or rhetorical question going back a few days when it occurred to me that the Amber Alert had never been extended outside the State of Florida. The PCSO lists the CANS alert on their website, but it's also for Florida (only). It would seem that since Haleigh was theoretically missing for several hours before she was actually reported missing, that the alert would have been more extensive.

Can't help but think that means that LE knows something that they're not saying. :shrug:

[One2Snoop]

O2S, that was sort of a DUH?:confused: and/or rhetorical question going back a few days when it occurred to me that the Amber Alert had never been extended outside the State of Florida. The PCSO lists the CANS alert on their website, but it's also for Florida (only). It would seem that since Haleigh was theoretically missing for several hours before she was actually reported missing, that the alert would have been more extensive.

Can't help but think that means that LE knows something that they're not saying. :shrug:

ahhh I get it. I need to learn to read slower.... :punch: :seeya:

[lorettalockhorn]

ahhh I get it. I need to learn to read slower.... :punch: :seeya:

Not in the least, I should probably not post in non-sequitur fashion. OR you need to crawl inside my head so you'll know what I'm thinking.

http://content.pyzam.com/graphics/showinlove/MJZ145.gif

[lorettalockhorn]

...they would make some egregious error. That error seems to have been made today.

Misty Croslin, Ronald Cummings, and ‘rat boy’ Hank Croslin are all behind bars. The incident was obviously drug related. But this was no minor infraction of getting busted with a joint or a couple of Oxy’s. This is major stuff.

Hank Croslin is the bronze medal winner, his bond only sits at $100,000.

Ronald Cummings comes in with the silver medal, his bond is set at a hefty $500.000.

But the gold winner is Misty Croslin, she managed to get herself a $700,000 problem...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123594

[lorettalockhorn]

Missing Putnam Girl's Father and Ex-Stepmom, Others Arrested on Drug Charges

On January 20, 2010, investigators from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, HIDTA Tri-County Drug Task Force, and the Office of the State Attorney, 7th Judicial Circuit, concluded a month-long undercover operation with the arrest of four (4) Satsuma residents and one (1) individual from Orlando for trafficking in controlled prescription medications.

During the operation, investigators made several purchases of Oxycodone and Hydrocodone medications from these individuals. Ronald Lemyles Cummings, Misty Janette Croslin, Hank Thomas “Tommy” Croslin Jr., Hope A. Sykes, and Orlando resident Donna Broch, were arrested and charged with trafficking in controlled prescription medications. If convicted as charged, Ronald Cummings, Misty Cummings, and Donna Broch, could receive a minimum mandatory sentence of twenty-five (25) years in state prison. If convicted, the other individuals can receive minimum sentences ranging from three (3) years to fifteen (15) years in state prison. An undercover Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Detective purchased large quantities of prescription medications from this group on seven (7) separate occasions. The estimated street value of prescription drugs seized is $3,900.00.

Today, the second phase of the operation was concluded. Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin purchased trafficking amounts of prescription medications from undercover investigators. Both individuals were immediately arrested and taken into custody without incident. The other individuals were arrested on active arrest warrants resulting from this investigation. The following list details the charges and bonds for the subjects involved in this case:

Misty Janette Croslin, DOB: 12/09/1991 –
Six (6) Counts of trafficking in Prescription Medications (Bond – $950,000.00)

Ronald Lemyles Cummings, DOB: 10/29/1983 –
Three (3) Counts of Trafficking in Prescription Medications (Bond – $500,000.00)

Hank “Tommy” Croslin Jr., DOB: 08/02/1986 –
One (1) Count of Trafficking in Prescription Medications (Bond - $100,000.00)

Hope A. Sykes, DOB: 03/24/1991 – One (1) Count of Trafficking in Prescription Medications (Bond - $150,000)

( (Photo Not Available) Donna Broch – One (1) Count of Trafficking in Prescription Medications (Bond - $250,000.00)

This operation was in response to the growing problem of the illegal sale and distribution of prescription drugs within Putnam County and surrounding areas. Prescription drug abuse is rapidly on the rise in Putnam County, and is one of the toughest crimes for law enforcement to combat. Most dealers are merchants of their own addiction, and sell these prescription medications to simply support their own habit.

Information was obtained that these individuals were unlawfully selling prescription medications in the community. Sheriff Hardy assigned detectives from the Drug/Vice Unit to the investigation. An undercover Putnam County Detective infiltrated this group, gaining the trust of these drug dealers.

Sheriff Hardy acknowledges the rise in prescription medication crimes in our community, and understands that this is a precursor to many other crimes affecting our citizens. He has instructed his investigators to not only aggressively pursue the subjects who are illegally selling prescription medications, but also the individuals who are unlawfully possessing and using these highly addictive drugs.

As stated in previous releases, investigators assigned to the Haleigh Cummings investigation will take every available opportunity to speak with any individual believed to have knowledge about Haleigh Cummings’ disappearance.

Lt. Johnny Greenwood
Putnam County Sheriff’s Office
130 Orie Griffin Blvd.
Palatka, Florida 32177
(386) 326-2782


RONALD LEMYLES CUMMINGS
WELAKA, FL
Booking Date & Time: 1/20/2010 8:56:11 PM - Booking#: 10-00276
Release Date & Time: 1/20/2010 9:14:00 PM
DOB: 10/29/1983 - RACE: W - SEX: M


Charges Misd/Felony Degree Bond Bond Posted
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $100,000.00
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $150,000.00
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $250,000.00
$500,000.00


MISTY CUMMINGS
,
Booking Date & Time: 1/20/2010 9:38:57 PM - Booking#: 10-00278
Release Date & Time:
DOB: 12/9/1991 - RACE: W - SEX: F


Charges Misd/Felony Degree Bond Bond Posted
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $100,000.00
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $100,000.00
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $100,000.00
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $150,000.00
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $250,000.00
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $250,000.00
$950,000.00



HANK THOMAS CROSLIN
SATSUMA, FL
Booking Date & Time: 1/20/2010 9:27:28 PM - Booking#: 10-00277
Release Date & Time:
DOB: 8/2/1986 - RACE: W - SEX: M


Charges Misd/Felony Degree Bond Bond Posted
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $100,000.00
$100,000.00


HOPE ANTWANETTE SYKES
PALATKA, FL
Booking Date & Time: 1/20/2010 10:37:05 PM - Booking#: 10-00279
Release Date & Time:
DOB: 3/24/1991 - RACE: W - SEX: F


Charges Misd/Felony Degree Bond Bond Posted
893.135-1c1 DRUGS-TRAFFIC 4 GRAMS LESS 30 KG OTHER CNTRL SUBST F F $150,000.00
$150,000.00


http://www.thesky973.com/pages/6165263.php

[lorettalockhorn]

3 Arrested On Drug Trafficking Charges
Father Of Missing 6-Year-Old Putnam County Girl, 2 Others Booked Into Jail

http://www.news4jax.com/news/22298257/detail.html

From Simon@BNNHaleigh Cummings Update - Press release From Lt. Johnny Greenwood

Date: January 20, 2010

On January 20, 2010, investigators from the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, HIDTA Tri-County Drug Task Force, and the Office of the State Attorney, 7th Judicial Circuit, concluded a month-long undercover operation with the arrest of four (4) Satsuma residents and one (1) individual from Orlando for trafficking in controlled prescription medications.

During the operation, investigators made several purchases of Oxycodone and Hydrocodone medications from these individuals. Ronald Lemyles Cummings, Misty Janette Croslin, Hank Thomas “Tommy” Croslin Jr., Hope A. Sykes, and Orlando resident Donna Broch, were arrested and charged with trafficking in controlled prescription medications. If convicted as charged, Ronald Cummings, Misty Cummings, and Donna Broch, could receive a minimum mandatory sentence of twenty-five (25) years in state prison. If convicted, the other individuals can receive minimum sentences ranging from three (3) years to fifteen (15) years in state prison. An undercover Putnam County Sheriff’s Office Detective purchased large quantities of prescription medications from this group on seven (7) separate occasions. The estimated street value of prescription drugs seized is $3,900.00.

Today, the second phase of the operation was concluded. Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin purchased trafficking amounts of prescription medications from undercover investigators. Both individuals were immediately arrested and taken into custody without incident. The other individuals were arrested on active arrest warrants resulting from this investigation. The following list details the charges and bonds for the subjects involved in this case...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123595

[lorettalockhorn]

Ronald Cummings, Ex-Wife Arrested On Drug Charges

PUTNAM COUNTY -- The father and ex-stepmother of Haleigh Cummings have been arrested on drug charges.

Ronald Cummings, his ex-wife Misty Croslin and her brother Hank "Tommy " Croslin, Jr. were arrested Wednesay on multiple drug trafficking charges following a month-long investigation.

Deputies said the three allegedly sold Oxycodone and Hydrocodone to undercover agents.

Hope Sykes and Orlando resident Donna Broch were also arrested.

If convicted, Cummings, Misty Croslin and Brock could face a mandatory 25-year sentence. The other suspects could face 3 to 15 years.

Cummings and his ex-wife have been in the media spotlight since 2009 after Cummings' daughter Haleigh vanished from her home in Satsuma.

Misty Croslin was the last person to see the now 6-year-old alive and is under suspicion after failing lie detector tests.

http://www.cfnews13.com/News/Local/2010/1/20/ronald_cummings_exwife_arrested_on_drug_charges.ht ml

Is this the same Donna Brock that was involved in the road rage incident?

[lorettalockhorn]

Ronald Cummings, Misty Croslin Arrested; Deputies Plan to Question

The investigation began after the Putnam County Sheriffs Office received a tip that the group was involved in drug trafficking.

A total of seven buys took place in both St. Johns and Putnam Counties.

The PCSO said that the arrests create an opportunity for investigators to talk to the group about the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings.

Deputies took Misty and Ronald to St. Johns County because the charges originate there.

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/news-article.aspx?storyid=151021&catid=3

Gee, you'd think that Ron&Misty would always be ready, willing and able to talk to deputies about Haleigh's' disappearance.

[lorettalockhorn]

Do these look the same?

http://itsamysterytome.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/donna-brock-2.png?w=289&h=220
Tim Miller's Donna Brock

http://www2.sjso.org/smartweb/ViewImageFull.aspx?ecsoid=SJSO10MNI002270
St. Johns County's Donna Brock

[One2Snoop]

Do these look the same?


Yes and if I had ears that looked like that I wouldn't be wearing my hair that short. Just sayin' :tongue:

[lorettalockhorn]

Yes and if I had ears that looked like that I wouldn't be wearing my hair that short. Just sayin' :tongue:

I feel better about my undereye area!

[lorettalockhorn]

Okay, so this is Misty's pic at the Putnam County lockup:

http://i49.tinypic.com/2rp8v3p.jpg

And this is her pic at the St. Johns jail:

http://www2.sjso.org/smartweb/ViewImageFull.aspx?ecsoid=SJSO10MNI002273

And they're totally different pix; she doesn't look the same at all. But she only turned eighteen a month or so ago, so is the PC photo from a juvenile arrest?

Ronald made bond 18 minutes after he was booked, but the SJSO doesn't show him in their population. So where is he? It took a little over an hour for Misty to get from Putnam County to SJ County. Did Ron get to take a detour?

[lighthousedazy]

The father and former stepmother of missing Putnam County girl Haleigh Cummings were arrested Wednesday on charges of trafficking in controlled prescription medications. Their first appearance in court will be this morning.

Ronald Cummings, Misty Croslin, Hank Croslin Jr., Hope A. Sykes and Donna Broch, were arrested Wednesday, according to a news release issued just after 11 p.m. by the Putnam County Sheriff's Department. Hank Croslin Jr. is Misty Croslin's brother.

Putnam police said an undercover officer purchased large quantities of prescription medications on seven occasions in Putnam and St. Johns counties. The estimated street value of the Oxycodone and Hydrocodone is $3,900.

Cummings and Misty Croslin were arrested Wednesday after prescription medications were purchased from investigators. The others were arrested on warrants, according to the news release.

Misty Croslin, 18, faces six counts of trafficking in prescription medications, while Ronald Cummings, 26, is charged with three counts the same charge. Hank Croslin Jr., Sykes and Broch each face one count of trafficking in prescription medications.

Misty Croslin and Hank Croslin Jr. are in the St. Johns County jail; Ronald Cummings is in the Flagler County jail.

The news release said the bonds are Misty Croslin, $950,000; Cummings, $500,000; Broch, $250,000; Sykes, $150,000; and Hank Croslin, $100,000.

If convicted as charged, Ronald Cummings, Misty Croslin and Donna Broch could receive a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years in state prison. The others can receive minimum sentences ranging from three years to 15 years in state prison.

Ronald Cummings is the father of 6-year-old Haleigh Cummings, who disappeared in early 2009 and has not been found. Misty Croslin, who was the last person to see Haleigh before she disappeared, later married Ronald, but the two divorced months later.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-01-20/story/haleigh_cummings_father_and_former_stepmom_to_appe ar_in_court_this_morni

[wind149]

OH MY GOD! They have these losers right where they want them! Somebody is gonna throw Misty under the bus now! And she apparently is the ring leader as she has the highest bail and there is no way any of them are making it either! No bondman will touch these scumbags! I am betting if RON KNOWS that Misty killed his child, he will use that as leverage, and I am praying that now they have her in custody, that Putnam will MAKE a real effort to get the truth out this lying low life!!! I called these people the first time I laid eyes on them and heard the 911 call, that they were nothing more than gutter trash and once again, THEY make the headlines, not that Haleigh has been recovered. I have a feeling, something is going to break here, I get these guts and usually I am not wrong. And the charges are significant, selling prescribed narcotics is even more of a serious charge than selling street drugs. There have been several people here that got some heavy prison time, one guy was selling his mama's Vicodin and he got 13 yrs so these losers are not gonna beat this rap! I wonder who was getting the pills to begin with?

What Dr in his right mind would prescribe anything to these losers? I know my DR would run screaming from the room if they walked in and asked for narcotics or hey, even Motrin!! And if goes to show you just how stupid Misty and Ron really are. I knew they were back together, I think they got divorced as a smoke screen, when they were just involved in that road rage incident, I was like YEAH right! These people are just plain scum, and I hope they get some serious prison time out of this as it sure sounds like they will and this time I do not think Ronnie, who I suspect, was rolling on other people that is why he was plead down or out on the drug charges on his record, will get a pass this time unless of course he rolls on a whole cartel and that likely ain't gonna happen.

He is no more than a low level drug dealer and it is scum like him that make it difficult for the many people such as myself, to get narcotic meds, a lot of Dr's are leery to prescribe them and who can blame them, especially when you got scum like this selling them like they are candy? I need my meds to make in through another day and I wish to God I was not in the pain I am every day, but I have to deal with it. If Putnam plays their cards right, this could be the big break in the case, that maybe ole Ronnie DOES KNOW and has right along, and facing these charges, he might sell out the little skankie wifey, this type of scum knows no loyalty when it comes to saving their own asses from the fire. Now even if ole Ron does know, I don't think he will face charges like Misty, he could be charged with lying to officials, he could be charged with withholding info, or if he helped dispose of the body, then he would be charged with misuse of a corpse. I have always had mixed emotions as to whether or not he did know, first of all, because he is Haleigh's father, I did not want to believe he would choose that skank over his own daughter, and now, I truly do believe he knows and he will come clean.

[wind149]

Just read FCN's account of this and read some of the comments and one thing everyone seems to agree on, is SOMEONE IS GONNA ROLL! And the Donna Brock who was busted with them is the SAME DONNA that was involved in the road rage incident with Misty!!! Ain't that a hoot??? Now another thing everyone seems to agree on is how is Nancy gonna play this one? Her wonder boy has just been busted for selling narcotics? She climbed all over the wrong person, ole Ron should have been the one to receive her wrath instead of poor Crystal!!! Wonder if she will stick by him now? Now they are to be arraigned any minute now and I am positive the high bail will continue, they have these scumbags right where they want them providing they don't screw it up, and now would be a good time for the FBI to step in as selling narcotics is a fed offense and they can take over the investigation and promise a deal to whoever rolls first, and it is apparent to me, Misty is the one really on the hot seat here, she has the highest bond amount and there is more than just these charges I think to warrant it.

Now Ron, being the low life that he is, will go for a deal, that is a given and he rolled on others before and this has been proven, several posters on FCN and WJXT have advised they KNOW he is a snitch as he snitched on them or people they know. Poor Haleigh and Jr to be born unto this trash, it is almost a blessing that Haleigh is dead, she will forever stay an innocent little girl instead of being knocked up at age 12 by one of her Daddy's low life friends. Now the state needs to step in TODAY and take Jr, none of his low life family should have custody either and now this is CPS's ace in the hole, they have a valid reason now to remove him. Member when I told you all I talked to a guy from CPS awhile back?

He told me the only way they could remove Jr is if the child was in imminent danger, or the parents have been arrested on FELONY charges, or the child has been abused and there is documentation. Well 2 out of three ain't bad! Now they have legal grounds to do so, the drug charges will insure that!! Poor little guy, I feel so bad for him, he has to be so confused and bewildered by all of this, his sissy is gone, he does not see his mama on a full time basis, and now his father and step mommy have been arrested and probably will end up in prison and my heart goes out to him more so than all of them. It will be a miracle if he comes out normal when he gets older.

[lorettalockhorn]

Misty Cummings appears before judge

Misty J. Croslin, the Putnam County woman whose boyfriend’s daughter disappeared reportedly under her watch in February, appeared before a judge in St. Augustine this morning after being arrested Wednesday on felony drug trafficking charges.

Police said Croslin, 18, Ronald Cummings, 26, and three other suspects sold undercover detectives prescription drugs on a number of occasions during a four-month span.

In a brief appearance, St. Johns County Judge Charles Tinlin told Croslin that her she is facing six counts of drug trafficking — five from Putnam County and one in St. Johns — and that her bond was set at $950,000.

Tinlin asked whether she could afford an attorney, and she said she could and already had a counselor.

Sgt. Chuck Mulligan, a spokesman for the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office, said she and two other suspects — her brother, Hank “Tommy” Croslin Jr., 23, and Donna Michelle Brock, 44, of Orlando — were being held in St. Johns because a number of the alleged transactions took place here.

Cummings and another suspect, Hope A. Sykes, 18, of Satsuma, were being held in the Putnam County jail.

Cummings’ daughter, HaLeigh Ann-Marie Cummings, was reported missing from his Satsuma home on Feb. 10. Croslin, his then live-in girlfriend, told police she woke up in the night and the girl was missing.

For more, see Friday’s Record or check back here.

http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2010-01-21/misty-cummings-appears-judge

[lorettalockhorn]

So according to that last article, Ron is still in the PC jail. I misread something along the way. Wonder what ambulance chaser Misty has retained?

Wind, I think Misty is probably more likely Ron's mule in this thing, but I could very well be wrong.

[beemer]

Misty and Hank dont look too happy here. Truly hope these developments will lead to somebody talking.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2010-01-20/story/haleigh_cummings_father_former_stepmom_appear_in_c ourt_this_mornin

[lorettalockhorn]

Thanks for the link Beemy! :seeya: At least now we know where RC went when he bonded out of the PCSO.

>>She brought his butt into this.

LMAO@Mother Teresa. Yeah, right. Misty is responsible for being hooked up with your serial pedophile son's arse. :rolleyes:

>>but plans to mark the year anniversary of Haleigh's disappearance were still going forward.

"Hopefully Misty will talk and Haleigh will come home," she said.

Shouldn't the order of these two statements be reversed? You know, mark the anniversary if Haleigh doesn't come home or comes home in a body bag. Or celebrate the anniversary if she comes home alive.

These people. :confused::shrug:

[beemer]

Your welcome loretta. So true. Lets pray this is the break to get this child's whereabouts dead or alive known :rose:

[lorettalockhorn]

Haleigh Cummings Update – TES Responds About Donna Brock

...The really interesting name in last nights adventures is Donna Brock. This is the Texas Equusearch lady that wined, dined, and pampered Misty Croslin on Tim Miller’s expense account. Miller has been somewhat coy as to where the money came from to give Donna the money for Misty Croslin’s fabulous vacation. He has said that it came from his own wallet. That likely is true, but how did the money make it into his wallet? Indirectly it seems a possibility that his organization might have financed a wild weekend for Misty and Donna.

TES has wasted no time to distance themselves from Donna Brock. This is the woman that Tim Miller claimed to be the very bastion of righteousness. Donna, according to interviews on cable TV was a much truanted member of TES.

TES wasted no time in publishing Donna Brock’s ‘resignation’ letter. The only problem is that it was not written by Donna Brock! She apparently did not resign, she was fired! This leads to another question, was she a volunteer or a staff member? Generally you just tell a volunteer that you thank them for their efforts, but you no longer require their efforts.

You can read the whole letter, but the statements that caught my interest were:

Please allow this letter to serve as your official termination from Texas
EquuSearch. This was a unanimous decision reached by the Board of Directors.
Accordingly, you are to no longer represent yourself as being a member of Texas
EquuSearch, a volunteer of Texas EquuSearch, or in any way affiliated with Texas
EquuSearch.

This wording is serious, yet also nebulous. It does not actually claim that she was on the payroll.

The second, and last paragraph says:

A formal request is being made herein for you to return any t-shirts, hats,
identification badge or anything else in your possession with the Texas EquuSearch
logo or artwork to this office at the above address immediately.

How can a trusted person like Donna become the scapegoat? Actually it is pretty simple to understand. On October the 3rd I reported this story. Now by my estimations this was almost four weeks prior to the letter of termination. What happened?

It is easy to understand why Tim Miller and TES wants to distance themselves from Donna Brock. She has become a huge iceberg in the ocean of fund-raising for the organization.

There are some people that question the integrity of Tim Miller and his organization and the Donna Brock letter is a great example. Within less than 28 days she went from being the ‘pet’ of the organization to someone that required removal. Tim Miller made lots of hay with the story about ‘his’ Donna Brock’ helping crack the Haleigh Cummings story. Nancy Grace was on it like ‘white on rice’ (well once it was explained to her).

So what went wrong? Why did Donna Brock find herself on the outs? One day she is Tim Millers best buddy, the next she is toast!

A standing joke in the industry about Tim Miller… nah, this is not the time nor place. It will come out, and maybe Donna Brock will be the person that reveals it. Sitting in jail with a $250,000 bond problem does give people lots of time to reflect. Will she spill the beans?

Simon Barrett

http://www.bloggernews.net/123604

[Nawny]

Misty and Hank dont look too happy here. Truly hope these developments will lead to somebody talking.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2010-01-20/story/haleigh_cummings_father_former_stepmom_appear_in_c ourt_this_mornin

Oh jaysus the HAIR! I agree, they will all sing now!

[samanthajane13]

So according to that last article, Ron is still in the PC jail. I misread something along the way. Wonder what ambulance chaser Misty has retained?

Wind, I think Misty is probably more likely Ron's mule in this thing, but I could very well be wrong.

Jose Baez??? He hasn't been doing too much in the Skank's case, so I bet he has PLENTY of time to take care of Misty!!! But if he starts hugging her or getting cozy with her, he's better watch has back!!!

We all know what happened to Caylee when all the attention went to her...the Skank SNAPPED!!!

Keep your hands to yourself if you take this case, Jose!!!

LOL!!

[Amy]

Misty and Hank dont look too happy here. Truly hope these developments will lead to somebody talking.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2010-01-20/story/haleigh_cummings_father_former_stepmom_appear_in_c ourt_this_mornin

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2010-01-20/story/haleigh_cummings_father_former_stepmom_appear_in_c ourt_this_mornin


"He shouldn't have been talking to Misty Croslin," she said. "She brought his butt into this."

SHE brought his butt into this? How's about, he didn't have to go near her. He didn't have to talk to her. He's 26 years old, and should have enough sense to stay away from Misty. It's been in various news articles about her being @ drug parties, etc. Besides--I haven't read one article where Misty has any conditions that would include having prescriptions for drugs. OTOH, it does seem that Ron Cummings does. So, they gonna say this 18 y/o girl convinced this 26 y/o man to sell his prescriptions? Against his will or something? :biggrin:

Ms Neves needs to get the idea thru her head that her little boy is not a clean whistle here, and hasn't been for some years. He's been committing statutory rape for more than 6 years, don't know how long he's been involved in drugs, prescription or not--but that arrest record was pretty darn long, whether he was ever convicted of anything or not.

[lorettalockhorn]

Jose Baez??? He hasn't been doing too much in the Skank's case, so I bet he has PLENTY of time to take care of Misty!!! But if he starts hugging her or getting cozy with her, he's better watch has back!!!

We all know what happened to Caylee when all the attention went to her...the Skank SNAPPED!!!

Keep your hands to yourself if you take this case, Jose!!!

LOL!!

LMAO!!!

I did notice at the Orange County website that Jose has lots of clients. Go figure.

[Amy]

LMAO!!!

I did notice at the Orange County website that Jose has lots of clients. Go figure.

I think he needs to cut back on other clients and expend all his energies to preparing for the high profile murder case he is supposed to be working on. No wonder the defense team never seems prepared, and don't appear to have time to conduct depo's of witnesses.

OTOH, perhaps he needs to take on these other cases, hoping they will be paying him....he probably needs the money if nothing or not much is coming in from Casey. Or, from her benefactor(s) or her parents ;) or his public appearances about the case.

[lorettalockhorn]

RC looks whack in this mug shot:

http://i46.tinypic.com/1556umh.jpg

And he's got a booboo on his face.

[JLette]

oh wow, and ew....dude is a real creep...........yuk

[SuzDuJour]

So were Misty and Ronald together again, or just for the 'transaction'?

I hope this will put pressure on one of them to turn on the other. Yay.

[lorettalockhorn]

Haleigh's dad, his ex-wife arrested in drug sting

...An undercover investigation was launched after authorities received information about suspected drug dealing, Greenwood said. He added that this probe was separate from the investigation into Haleigh's disappearance.

"Even though these are totally separate, they are parallel cases, and there's no doubt in my mind these cases will cross some day," Greenwood said. "I hope that somewhere through this, the investigators in the Haleigh case will find the information they need."

Two of the counts against Croslin are felonies that carry mandatory 25-year sentences if she is convicted, Greenwood added...


http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/01/21/florida.haleigh.dad.arrested/?hpt=Sbin

(So how much time can Ron get?)

[Bullwinkle]

So how much time can Ron get?

Investigators say if convicted of the charges, Ronald Cummings, Misty Cummings and Donna Broch could receive a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years in prison. Hank Croslin (and) Hope Sykes could receive minimum sentences from 3-15 years in prison, if convicted.

Source (http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Haleighs-father-and-former-step-mother-arrested/oRqP3BJFo0WLV2ivCYA32g.cspx)

[SaraSidle]

I wonder if Haleigh misbehaved while RC was at work and Misty called him and they agreed to give her some oxycotin to put her to sleep and it was too much and then there goes the cover up...??? I do not know :shrug:

[deacon]

I would like to know how many worker's comp. cases ron has.........
Great way to get prescription drugs without having to pay for them.

[SuzDuJour]

Investigators say if convicted of the charges, Ronald Cummings, Misty Cummings and Donna Broch could receive a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years in prison. Hank Croslin (and) Hope Sykes could receive minimum sentences from 3-15 years in prison, if convicted.


Which, in our judiciary system, means 18 months time served.

And Tim Miller needs to be WAAAAY more careful who he picks for his sting operations...unless they arrested her so Misty will have someone to confide in, in which case how brilliant is that?

[lorettalockhorn]

Investigators say if convicted of the charges, Ronald Cummings, Misty Cummings and Donna Broch could receive a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years in prison. Hank Croslin (and) Hope Sykes could receive minimum sentences from 3-15 years in prison, if convicted.

Source (http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Haleighs-father-and-former-step-mother-arrested/oRqP3BJFo0WLV2ivCYA32g.cspx)

Thanks http://i41.tinypic.com/2iuvvqu.jpg!!

I was being kinda facetious since most of the headlines I'm seeing deal with Misty's arrest rather than Ron's. You know, the guy who has custody of a (Surely confused and heartbroken) four year old. Can you imagine what it's like for Butterbean? Shipped from pillar to post? And if the theories are correct that Haleigh paid for being a handful, it's got to be screwing with his head just trying to be perfect so the same thing doesn't happen to him.

[lorettalockhorn]

Which, in our judiciary system, means 18 months time served.

And Tim Miller needs to be WAAAAY more careful who he picks for his sting operations...unless they arrested her so Misty will have someone to confide in, in which case how brilliant is that?

You have to wonder since according to the BNN article, TES dumped Brock's skanky arse post haste after the road rage incident (which I don't remember reading anywhere before). IF this is all part of a master plan, it seems half-baked to me.

[Amy]

So were Misty and Ronald together again, or just for the 'transaction'?

I hope this will put pressure on one of them to turn on the other. Yay.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/c...rt_this_mornin

Cummings and his former wife had been seeing each other occasionally and were to meet Wednesday about 5 p.m. after he finished working at a tree-trimming job, Neves said.

His mom says "occasionally," whatever that means :D

[beemer]

What the hay is rotten Ronnie smiling about :cuss: Is he high? Cant see his pupils clearly. Did messed up Misty put out ? My gawd or does he think he has a fall person. He's gonna talk and walk away with the lighter sentence :eek: Or so he thinks :shrug:

[Amy]

What the hay is rotten Ronnie smiling about :cuss: Is he high? Cant see his pupils clearly. Did messed up Misty put out ? My gawd or does he think he has a fall person. He's gonna talk and walk away with the lighter sentence :eek: Or so he thinks :shrug:

He's probably smiling because even with that long laundry list of arrests, including drug related, he has never been convicted of anything. Probably figures this time will be no different. :eek:

[tv]

Wonder how Miss Nancy likes Ronald now? :punch:

[beemer]

He's probably smiling because even with that long laundry list of arrests, including drug related, he has never been convicted of anything. Probably figures this time will be no different. :eek:

That could very well be Amy-lets hope the teflon has completely worn off. Whatever it takes for one of these people to speak up. Well LE has a lot of leverage right now I hope they use it wisely.

[JLette]

Wonder how Miss Nancy likes Ronald now? :punch:

oh i am SURE that Miss Nancy knows ALL ABOUT evil Misty and what a bad influence such a juvenile delinquent can be to such a fine upstanding grown man like Mr Ronald Cummings :rolleyes::punch:

[Bullwinkle]

Well, Miss Nancy was right about the Duke lacrosse players (http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-12-2007/duke--non--rape-case), wasn't she?

[Bullwinkle]

Here's a classic photo from The Associated Press:

http://www.tampabay.com/multimedia/archive/00103/b4s_drugs0122_103999c.jpg

"Hopefully, something will come out of it on the Haleigh side, but that was not the intention," said Lt. Johnny Greenwood of the Putnam County Sheriff's Office. "This was totally unrelated. It was a very good narcotics case."

Source (http://www.tampabay.com/incoming/drug-arrest-of-parents-could-help-solve-putnam-county-missing-girl-case/1067246)

[Sherlock]

He's probably smiling because even with that long laundry list of arrests, including drug related, he has never been convicted of anything. Probably figures this time will be no different. :eek:

He stricks me as really not very bright. He spends his time high or due his lack of deep intellect....life just sort of happens around him. I am not saying he isn't a bad dude...just not one that is firing on all cylinders.:punch::rolleyes:

[samanthajane13]

Off-topic...

PARTY IN THE LOUNGE!!!!

[Marian Paroo]

He's probably smiling because even with that long laundry list of arrests, including drug related, he has never been convicted of anything. Probably figures this time will be no different. :eek:

He has something on the local police IMHO.

I would love to know what it is.

Nancy Grace is just c--- struck. No other explanation.

[beemer]

Misty's bail went up :eek:http://public.pcso.us/jail/bookingDetails.aspx?SYSID=758546&IMG=60244

[beemer]

:http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2010-01-22/cummings-croslin-jailed

Interesting Ron's lawyer visit delayed :shrug:

[lighthousedazy]

Haleigh Cummings' father, former stepmom in trouble again
Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin accused of trafficking in prescription medications.
By Dana Treen Story updated at 5:49 AM on Friday, Jan. 22, 2010

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2010-01-21/story/haleigh_cummings_father_former_stepmom_in_trouble_ again

[lorettalockhorn]

Misty's bail went up :eek:http://public.pcso.us/jail/bookingDetails.aspx?SYSID=758546&IMG=60244


That seems like a pretty incredible bond for $3900. worth of drugs, so for whatever reason the judge either deems all of these folks a danger to the community or is using the bond amounts for leverage. :shrug:

[beemer]

Awww man :cuss: :flamemad: Posting bail for Misty :flamemad:

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/6180833.php

[lorettalockhorn]

Thanks for all the links this morning, one of them says Ron faces 43 years, I think that's a good start!

OT: But after the road rage incident with Misty and Donna, does anyone remember anything about TES firing Brock? Just don't remember reading anything about it anywhere. Does anyone have a clue what Simon at BNN is referring to when he mentions a joke about Tim Miller and TES?

[beemer]

Thanks for all the links this morning, one of them says Ron faces 43 years, I think that's a good start!

OT: But after the road rage incident with Misty and Donna, does anyone remember anything about TES firing Brock? Just don't remember reading anything about it anywhere. Does anyone have a clue what Simon at BNN is referring to when he mentions a joke about Tim Miller and TES?

Good day :seeya: Never heard/read a thing bout Donna being fired or the TM/Tes joke. Maybe it will all surface now that this story is heating up and Donna involved.

[lorettalockhorn]

Good day :seeya: Never heard/read a thing bout Donna being fired or the TM/Tes joke. Maybe it will all surface now that this story is heating up and Donna involved.

:seeya:!!

Simon Barrett mentioned it in a link posted yesterday, and as much as I (pretty much) detest him, I call myself having read all his posts on this case, but just don't remember all this business beyond the actual reporting of the road rage incident. Maybe it's something they talk and crosstalk about on his radio program which I don't listen to. :shrug:

[beemer]

That may explain how you and most missed that. I know i read somewhere that it was not so much the street value that affords the stiff penalty but the issue of trafficking and the amount of pills etc. If i can find the link i will provide. I do remember it stating it was a mandatory 25 years and listed the quantity. I am so disappointed to hear Misty may be bonded out :flamemad:

[lorettalockhorn]

Exclusive: P.I. Claims Group Will Post Bond for Misty and Tommy Croslin

...In a stunning move, private investigator William “Cobra” Staubs called 97.3 The SKY Friday morning to announce that he is representing a group who is seeking to post bail for Misty Croslin and Tommy Croslin.

Staubs once led a pro-bono investigation into HaLeigh Cummings’ disappearance and was the source who revealed to the public via 97.3 The SKY, FOX News Channel, Headline News and several online news sites that drugs played a prominent role in the domestic lives of Ronald Cummings, Misty Croslin, her family and perhaps might have been a factor in the child’s abduction...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123612

[lorettalockhorn]

Awww man :cuss: :flamemad: Posting bail for Misty :flamemad:

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/6180833.php

It seems so, so, so Leonard Padilla.

http://www.media-freaks.com/work/leilei/muttley/muttley-00.jpg

[beemer]

Oh this is not good-dont need another Padilla especially at this delicate moment :flamemad::flamemad:

[beemer]

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2010-01-21/story/haleigh_cummings_father_former_stepmom_in_trouble_ again

I don't get it :shrug: why the divorce ? I guess marriage to this type of folk is like breeding children. No respect for the sanctity of it. Sounds like they were very close and Misty getting that new Tat with Ron's name over it ???? Surprised tho he would want her back now that she is legally an adult. Thought he would rather still mess with under age girls.

[lorettalockhorn]

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/crime/2010-01-21/story/haleigh_cummings_father_former_stepmom_in_trouble_ again

I don't get it :shrug: why the divorce ? I guess marriage to this type of folk is like breeding children. No respect for the sanctity of it. Sounds like they were very close and Misty getting that new Tat with Ron's name over it ???? Surprised tho he would want her back now that she is legally an adult. Thought he would rather still mess with under age girls.

It's a Tramp Stamp literally. I think this girl has been Ron's mule and this is probably her way of showing her loyalty to him. Who knows how long that loyalty will last? (this time.) How the heck can the Croslins afford a tat?

You almost have to laugh at Lindsy Croslin worrying/commenting about Misty losing her life. Er uh hon, maybe you should be worried about Hankie.

Not sure I believe that Misty has never been arrested. That PCSO mugshot was completely different from the St. Johns jail photo. I'm thinking she must have a juvenile record.

Looks like according to this article, TES fired Brock around October. How did I miss that? (Sorry to be obsessed over this little bit of minutia.)

[beemer]

It's a Tramp Stamp literally. I think this girl has been Ron's mule and this is probably her way of showing her loyalty to him. Who knows how long that loyalty will last? (this time.) How the heck can the Croslins afford a tat?

You almost have to laugh at Lindsy Croslin worrying/commenting about Misty losing her life. Er uh hon, maybe you should be worried about Hankie.

Not sure I believe that Misty has never been arrested. That PCSO mugshot was completely different from the St. Johns jail photo. I'm thinking she must have a juvenile record.

Looks like according to this article, TES fired Brock around October. How did I miss that? (Sorry to be obsessed over this little bit of minutia.)

Your prolly right bout Misty. Will she talk if bonded out? She may be in fear once sprung. I'll bet your right that she does have a juvenile sealed record. Well I'm glad Tim fired Brock. One thing i don't get or maybe i do is Brock claimed indigent and asked for a public defender. I thought Tim or somebody said at the time she was wealthy-married wealthy??? Not that i bought that for a N.Y. minute. Oh the secrets and lies that come out eventually.

[beemer]

Just a guess but prolly Ron payed for the Tat-you know just to brand her as in- Yo-you my b/i/t/c/h/ now my legal b/i/t/c/h/

[lorettalockhorn]

Just a guess but prolly Ron payed for the Tat-you know just to brand her as in- Yo-you my b/i/t/c/h/ now my legal b/i/t/c/h/

HAHAHA Well that would make total liars out of the Croslins, eh?

[beemer]

Croslin's lie or any of that bunch what a stretch eh :D ;)

[SaraSidle]

You have to wonder since according to the BNN article, TES dumped Brock's skanky arse post haste after the road rage incident (which I don't remember reading anywhere before). IF this is all part of a master plan, it seems half-baked to me.


the only master plan I can see so far is everyone loves drugs. and makes a living off of them at the same time. No one has a clue about anything else.

and the TES Donna thing is so messed up. I do not even want to get started on that........IMO sara

[lorettalockhorn]

Well, I like Mother Teresa's denial that Ron&Misty don't see much of each other (or however she worded it). Guess she'd prefer that Ron spend time with his stipper GF. Or has he dropped her?

[tv]

Well, Miss Nancy was right about the Duke lacrosse players (http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-april-12-2007/duke--non--rape-case), wasn't she?

She sure was and Richard Ricci in the Elizabeth Smart case, too. I'm sure she's right about Ronald. :) Thanks for the link, I was laughing out loud. :D

[Nawny]

Your prolly right bout Misty. Will she talk if bonded out? She may be in fear once sprung. I'll bet your right that she does have a juvenile sealed record. Well I'm glad Tim fired Brock. One thing i don't get or maybe i do is Brock claimed indigent and asked for a public defender. I thought Tim or somebody said at the time she was wealthy-married wealthy??? Not that i bought that for a N.Y. minute. Oh the secrets and lies that come out eventually.

I might be wrong to assume but I'm thinking she is responsible for the child's disappearance and therefore may never sing. Of course I believe the actual dynamic in which Haleigh lived was the reason she was vulnerable, and I believe also that Ron knew it. When he learned she was missing he was acting like they gambled and lost, not like a father who lost his child to kidnappers. He was like ""dammit, dammit, dammit" Just like he was at a casino and he lost the mortgage payment, ya know what I mean? He absolutely knows what happened to his little girl and That makes him more likely to sing than Misty.

IMO his silence was expediency. He had a lot to hide. For example his little drug business which he know would put him where he is right now if found out. He wanted the police out of his face.

[lorettalockhorn]

...Private investigator William “Cobra” Staubs called 97.3 The SKY Friday morning to announce that he is acting as a media representative for a group who is seeking to post bail for Misty Croslin and Tommy Croslin. Staubs called the SKY Newsroom later that day to clarify that he does not personally want to see the two out of jail. Staubs maintains he is only the messenger...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123614

[lorettalockhorn]

Mom Gets Custody Of Haleigh's Brother

Ronald Cummings Jr.'s Dad, Others Arrested Wednesday On Drug Charges

PALATKA, Fla. -- An emergency hearing was held in Palatka on Thursday over who should get custody of Ronald Cummings Jr. after his father was arrested on drug charges.

Crystal Sheffield, whose daughter Haleigh Cummings has been missing since February, was awarded custody of her son.

Ronald Cummings Sr. is being held in the Flagler County jail, while his ex-wife, Misty Cummings, and her brother Hank Croslin Jr., who were also arrested on drug charges, are being held in the St. Johns County jail.

Sheffield was to pick up her son Friday afternoon.

If you have any information about where Haleigh may be, call Crimestoppers at 888-277-TIPS.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/22315918/detail.html

[SaraSidle]

Can we say "Whatever" :rolleyes::rolleyes:

to Staub.........

[lorettalockhorn]

Defense Lawyer to Misty Cummings: “Shut Up!”

...The Bald Truth has learned that detectives investigating the Haleigh Cummings case tried to quiz Misty Croslin Wednesday night after her arrest on felony drug trafficking charges about what she may know that could finally crack the mystery of what happened to the missing five year old she reported missing almost a year ago.

But Haleigh’s ex stepmother refused to cooperate, on advice of her attorney, Robert Fields of Palatka, Florida. “I advised her to invoke her right to remain silent and let her attorney do any talking,” Fields told me in an exclusive interview I reported on CNN’s Nancy Grace Show Thursday night.

Fields told The Bald Truth he doubted Misty would be leaving St. Augustine, Florida’s St. Johns County Jail anytime soon. She’s facing a $950,000 bond that would require she pay ten percent, or a $95,000 cash fee for a bondsman to guarantee Misty would show up in court.

Hinting at a possible defense strategy, Fields scoffed at law enforcement’s claim the drug case against Misty was developed without any consideration of her role as what amounts to a person of interest in the Haleigh Cummings case, and apart from any ties she has to the other drug defendants. Misty’s lawyer said his client was targeted for drugs as a way to pressure her for information in the missing child case, and that police denials were like arguing there’s “no pink elephant in the living room, when you’re looking at the elephant.”...

http://www.artharris.com/2010/01/22/defense-lawyer-to-misty-cummings-shut-up/#more-3721

[lorettalockhorn]

Nancy Grace, 1/21/10:

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1001/21/ng.01.html

[lorettalockhorn]

Can we say "Whatever" :rolleyes::rolleyes:

to Staub.........

Why would he sanction the bond if he's not in favor of it? Prostitute much?

[SaraSidle]

Why would he sanction the bond if he's not in favor of it? Prostitute much?


LOL Loretta.........15 minutes was just not enough

[lorettalockhorn]

LOL Loretta.........15 minutes was just not enough

It never is, is it?

http://images.zaazu.com/img/clown-animated-animation-clown-smiley-emoticon-000405-large.gif

[SaraSidle]

It never is, is it?

http://images.zaazu.com/img/clown-animated-animation-clown-smiley-emoticon-000405-large.gif

Interesting resemblance

[lorettalockhorn]

Video of brainiac Lindsy Croslin included:

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/cummings_case/012110-haleigh-cummings-family

[Marian Paroo]

I just so hate all these people!!!!!

[lorettalockhorn]

TIM MILLER TALKS CANDIDLY ABOUT DONNA BROCK; AND THE MISTY CUMMINGS TAPES EXPOSED

SUNDAY NIGHT AT 8:00 P.M., only on blogtalkradio.com/Watts-Up-With-This

Tune in to my radio show Sunday night for a live candid interview with Texas EquuSearch founder, Tim Miller. He will talk candidly about Donna Brock, the woman now charged, along with Misty Croslin and Ronald Cummings, in an undecover drug sting. Donna use to work for Miller, and was working as a “double agent,” by befriending Misty Croslin and providing information to the Putnam County Sherriff’s Dept. After a road rage incident, and my reporting of Donna Brock distributing drugs to Misty while on a interview in NY, Miller released brock for TES, and the police no longer required her services. But Brock continued her “friendship” with Misty, spiraling out of control, and ending up jailed in a drug sting operation...

http://stephww.wordpress.com/2010/01/21/tim-miller-talks-candidly-about-donna-brock-and-the-misty-cummings-tapes-exposed/#comments

[lorettalockhorn]

Levi Page Marie, I'm glad Junior is with you and Crystal. I wonder if Teresea is involved in drug trafficking? I've been hearing rumblings.

I'm not bashing Cobra, but I don't exactly understand his motives, he doesn't want them bailed out, but he is going to help them???

Doesn't make sense.
5 hours ago

http://www.facebook.com/levi.page#/levi.page?v=feed&story_fbid=267562748907

[Sherlock]

Mom Gets Custody Of Haleigh's Brother

Ronald Cummings Jr.'s Dad, Others Arrested Wednesday On Drug Charges

PALATKA, Fla. -- An emergency hearing was held in Palatka on Thursday over who should get custody of Ronald Cummings Jr. after his father was arrested on drug charges.

Crystal Sheffield, whose daughter Haleigh Cummings has been missing since February, was awarded custody of her son.
Ronald Cummings Sr. is being held in the Flagler County jail, while his ex-wife, Misty Cummings, and her brother Hank Croslin Jr., who were also arrested on drug charges, are being held in the St. Johns County jail.

Sheffield was to pick up her son Friday afternoon.
If you have any information about where Haleigh may be, call Crimestoppers at 888-277-TIPS.

http://www.news4jax.com/news/22315918/detail.html

What does this say about the mother, if it has to come to this BEFORE she is considered the better guardian??

[beemer]

I might be wrong to assume but I'm thinking she is responsible for the child's disappearance and therefore may never sing. Of course I believe the actual dynamic in which Haleigh lived was the reason she was vulnerable, and I believe also that Ron knew it. When he learned she was missing he was acting like they gambled and lost, not like a father who lost his child to kidnappers. He was like ""dammit, dammit, dammit" Just like he was at a casino and he lost the mortgage payment, ya know what I mean? He absolutely knows what happened to his little girl and That makes him more likely to sing than Misty.

IMO his silence was expediency. He had a lot to hide. For example his little drug business which he know would put him where he is right now if found out. He wanted the police out of his face.
Hey Nawny-yes you may be right. I go back and forth-I do think Misty sure knows something or may be totally responsible. So much we dont know here. Going on the scenerio that Ron was involved and she aided in the cover up she may sing. Hopefully one of them does and gets LE an answer as to where is Haleigh. I flip flop so much on this one i had to step away from this case a bit ago. Made my head spin :eek: :shrug:

[Amy]

...Private investigator William “Cobra” Staubs called 97.3 The SKY Friday morning to announce that he is acting as a media representative for a group who is seeking to post bail for Misty Croslin and Tommy Croslin. Staubs called the SKY Newsroom later that day to clarify that he does not personally want to see the two out of jail. Staubs maintains he is only the messenger...

http://www.bloggernews.net/123614

I would think that, if he does not personally want to see the two out of jail, he would tell the folks who want to bail her out to get another media representative. Seems if he has already been bitten and burned in this case, he would just want to stay under the radar. Which makes me wonder why he would want to make sure his voice is heard.

[Amy]

Defense Lawyer to Misty Cummings: “Shut Up!”

...The Bald Truth has learned that detectives investigating the Haleigh Cummings case tried to quiz Misty Croslin Wednesday night after her arrest on felony drug trafficking charges about what she may know that could finally crack the mystery of what happened to the missing five year old she reported missing almost a year ago.

But Haleigh’s ex stepmother refused to cooperate, on advice of her attorney, Robert Fields of Palatka, Florida. “I advised her to invoke her right to remain silent and let her attorney do any talking,” Fields told me in an exclusive interview I reported on CNN’s Nancy Grace Show Thursday night.

Fields told The Bald Truth he doubted Misty would be leaving St. Augustine, Florida’s St. Johns County Jail anytime soon. She’s facing a $950,000 bond that would require she pay ten percent, or a $95,000 cash fee for a bondsman to guarantee Misty would show up in court.

Hinting at a possible defense strategy, Fields scoffed at law enforcement’s claim the drug case against Misty was developed without any consideration of her role as what amounts to a person of interest in the Haleigh Cummings case, and apart from any ties she has to the other drug defendants. Misty’s lawyer said his client was targeted for drugs as a way to pressure her for information in the missing child case, and that police denials were like arguing there’s “no pink elephant in the living room, when you’re looking at the elephant.”...

http://www.artharris.com/2010/01/22/defense-lawyer-to-misty-cummings-shut-up/#more-3721

BBM

I have to shake my head @ people who have been become of public interest because of their actions and statements who then claim that any other police action is only because of their notoriety. Now, I'm not sure how much drug enforcement was ever going on in Putnam County. Evidently some, considering Ron's rather lenghty arrest record. And arrests even prior to Haleigh's disappearance.

IF Misty had previous law enforcement encounters, we don't know as she just came out of the protection of being a juvenile.

I imagine Tommy has been in LE's sights relating to drugs long before Feb, 2009, also.

So, we have @ least 2 fellows, and possibly the one female who have been on the wrong side of the law relating to drugs for some time. And, even if this female HASN'T been on the wrong side of the law (how could she not have been, she seemed to have been using drugs, which means illegal possession for some time) she has closely associated to the 2 fellows.

Now, after Haleigh has disappeared, is LE supposed to just stop any investigations into drug activity by these 3, just because they are in the news otherwise?

Scenario---Sgt tells task force officers, "okay, we've been working on this part of the drug investigation for x months now. But, because Ron Cummings' daughter is missing, and he lives w/and married Misty Croslin, and her brother is Tommy, and they are going to be in the news about this disappearance, we will just scrap all our investigation and leave them alone. They can do what they want and when, because we can't continue to pursue them in THIS investigation, because of all the investigation and allegations that will go on with the abduction case."

[Amy]

Video of brainiac Lindsy Croslin included:

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/cummings_case/012110-haleigh-cummings-family

She's got to be kidding!!! She didn't know there was any drug use. She never knew Misty to use drugs. Sure, and Tommy has never used drugs, either. Nope, no more "traffic" than usual, just their "regular" friends. Wonder what kind of "regular" friends they have?

She hopes this doesn't distract from the search for Haleigh--nope, don't think it will, Lindsey. I'm thinking that the drug thing is a prominent factor in Haleigh's disappearance. Like the reporter said, these two cases may converge---and I'm betting that is the understatement of the week. IMO

[lorettalockhorn]

What does this say about the mother, if it has to come to this BEFORE she is considered the better guardian??

From what I've read about the original custody issue, there were mistakes and/or lack of effort made by everyone involved, the judge included. Crystal at the time could have probably been considered a victim of child abuse with Ron as the perp, but that went ignored. Since then she has at least made the effort to learn to drive so that she can get her kids where they need to be and that's a big improvement, but she was outed by her own attorney as having used drugs during her pregnancy with Chloe. At this point, unless someone can or could have presented to the court a valid reason why Crystal shouldn't have custody, the judge is likely bound by law to award it to Crystal.

The Cummings/Neves/Sykes clan haven't exactly presented themselves as being cooperative in Haleigh's investigation or standing up for law and order. I've seen criticisms of Junior being moved to new surroundings, but he has had weekend and summer visitation with Crystal and Ron has moved him at least once, so that doesn't hold water with me.

[lorettalockhorn]

BBM

I have to shake my head @ people who have been become of public interest because of their actions and statements who then claim that any other police action is only because of their notoriety. Now, I'm not sure how much drug enforcement was ever going on in Putnam County. Evidently some, considering Ron's rather lenghty arrest record. And arrests even prior to Haleigh's disappearance.

IF Misty had previous law enforcement encounters, we don't know as she just came out of the protection of being a juvenile.

I imagine Tommy has been in LE's sights relating to drugs long before Feb, 2009, also.

So, we have @ least 2 fellows, and possibly the one female who have been on the wrong side of the law relating to drugs for some time. And, even if this female HASN'T been on the wrong side of the law (how could she not have been, she seemed to have been using drugs, which means illegal possession for some time) she has closely associated to the 2 fellows.

Now, after Haleigh has disappeared, is LE supposed to just stop any investigations into drug activity by these 3, just because they are in the news otherwise?

Scenario---Sgt tells task force officers, "okay, we've been working on this part of the drug investigation for x months now. But, because Ron Cummings' daughter is missing, and he lives w/and married Misty Croslin, and her brother is Tommy, and they are going to be in the news about this disappearance, we will just scrap all our investigation and leave them alone. They can do what they want and when, because we can't continue to pursue them in THIS investigation, because of all the investigation and allegations that will go on with the abduction case."

I can actually well imagine that Ron and his lamebrain family think that they are entitled to be about suspicion because of the fact that they are crime victims. I'm willing to bet this Mama's Boy has skated all his life. The way that he lashed out at the media the day that he got that horrid tat was very telling. He wants to do what he wants to do.

She's got to be kidding!!! She didn't know there was any drug use. She never knew Misty to use drugs. Sure, and Tommy has never used drugs, either. Nope, no more "traffic" than usual, just their "regular" friends. Wonder what kind of "regular" friends they have?

She hopes this doesn't distract from the search for Haleigh--nope, don't think it will, Lindsey. I'm thinking that the drug thing is a prominent factor in Haleigh's disappearance. Like the reporter said, these two cases may converge---and I'm betting that is the understatement of the week. IMO

Could not agree more. Let's be very wary about where Lindsy gets a nursing job; being on the alert doesn't seem to be one of her assets.

[lorettalockhorn]

Haleigh Cummings Update: What is Going On?

...In my opinion this is a five way game of chicken. Everyone has a vested interest in ratting out the others. I am sure that the pressure will intensify as Law Enforcement starts to ’sweeten the pot’. Reduced bond, reduced or dropped charges, they have plenty of bargaining chips. The next few days may prove to be very interesting in this case.

http://www.bloggernews.net/123617

If after all the times that Ron Cummings has been arrested and associated with drugs and crime he gets some sort of sweetheart deal Imagonna be pissed. If he isn't involved in what happened to Haleigh, he let it happen and is responsible.

[lorettalockhorn]

...A massive search was launched for the missing child, but no trace of Haleigh was found. Because of health problems that Haleigh had and the amount of time that had passed, investigators announced that Haleigh was presumed dead several months later.

http://www.huliq.com/9516/90713/missing-child-haleigh-cummings-father-behind-bars-drug-trafficking

HUH? I thought LE had continued to say that they hoped to bring Haleigh home. Granted, they don't usually say dead or alive, but I don't remember anything about presumed dead.

What is Huliq? Is this just another site where some wannabe journalist is working an angle on the back of a victim?

[lorettalockhorn]

Haleigh's mom regains custody of girl's brother

Haleigh Cummings' brother is now in the custody of his mother following the arrest of Ronald Cummings.

"He's already gone," Annette Sykes, paternal grandmother of Haleigh, said Friday afternoon. "It's really hard with his daddy gone to let him go. He has been with us all of his life."

The state Department of Children and Family Services confirmed Friday that Junior was taken into the custody of his mother, Crystal Sheffield, as decided by the judge.

"The first priority of DCF is the safety of all children," John Harrell, a spokesman for DCF, said.


Haleigh was reported missing from her Satsuma home on Feb. 10, where she lived with her younger brother, Ronald Junior, in the custody of Ronald Cummings.

Cummings and the children's biological mother, Crystal Sheffield, have been estranged for several years.

Sheffield's former attorney, Kim Picazio, was glad to hear the news.

"It looks like the amount of bond will keep Ronald in jail for a while, so naturally the child would go to the biological mother in this case," Picazio said. "It is definitely the safest place for Junior."

Cummings was jailed Wednesday evening along with Haleigh's former stepmother, Misty Croslin; her brother, Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr.; Cummings' cousin, Hope Sykes; and former Equusearch volunteer Donna Brock.

The five were arrested following a month-long narcotics investigation that involved the trafficking of Hydrocodone and Oxycodone within St. Johns and Putnam counties.

Street value of the drugs was estimated at $3,900.

Sykes declined to comment as to whether she knew the drug trafficking was taking place.

"Right now we are just basically numb," Sykes said.

Arraignment is expected to take place in mid-February, Chris Kelly, State Attorney's Office spokesman, said.

Charges include:

n Misty Janette Croslin, 18, of Satsuma, charged with six counts of trafficking in prescription medications. Bond was set at $950,000.

n Ronald L. Cummings, 26, of Satsuma, charged with three counts of trafficking in prescription medications. Bond was set at $500,000.

n Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., 23, of Satsuma, charged with one count of trafficking in prescription medications. Bond was set at $100,000.

n Hope A. Sykes, 18, of Satsuma, charged with one count of trafficking in prescription medications. Bond was set at $150,000.

n Donna Brock, 43, of Orlando, charged with one count of trafficking in prescription medications. Bond was set at $250,000.

http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2010/01/23/news/news01.txt

[lorettalockhorn]

>>Sheffield's former attorney, Kim Picazio, was glad to hear the news.

"It looks like the amount of bond will keep Ronald in jail for a while, so naturally the child would go to the biological mother in this case," Picazio said. "It is definitely the safest place for Junior."

After publicly slamming CS, is Picazio now insinuating that GGMS doesn't offer Butterbean a safe home? :confused:

[lorettalockhorn]

Paid informant in Haleigh Cummings case arrested in drug bust with Misty Croslin

An Orlando woman who was with Misty Croslin during a road-rage incident in Lake Mary last year and was arrested with her during this week's prescription-drug bust in Putnam County was more than just a friend.

She was a paid informant for a national search group bent on one objective: finding out what happened to Satsuma 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings when she disappeared. Croslin was baby-sitting the girl one evening in early February when she said she woke up and found Haleigh missing.

Donna Brock was a volunteer member of Texas EquuSearch and part of initial searches for Haleigh. Eventually she befriended Croslin.

That relationship and trips they took together were initially meant to help investigators and searchers draw out Croslin and get her to tell them where the child was, said Tim Miller, Texas EquuSearch's founder and director.

The search group paid Brock about $3,000 to entertain Croslin and get her to open up, Miller said this week.

Paying someone to be an informant is not illegal. It is not clear whether Putnam County investigators were aware of Brock's role with the search group.

"They met each other when we were doing the search for Haleigh," Miller said. "Misty trusted her and liked her." Later, Brock, 44, indicated she could get Croslin, 18, to speak.

"Donna says, 'Tim, I think I can break her. I think I can find out what happened to Haleigh,''' Miller said.

That never happened. Haleigh's whereabouts remain a mystery. An investigation into her disappearance continues in Putnam County.

Brock's life took a sharp turn Wednesday when she was arrested on a prescription-drug-trafficking charge along with Croslin. Ronald Cummings, Haleigh's father and Croslin's ex-husband, and two others also were arrested after a sting operation led by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.

Brock was held at the St. Johns County Jail on Friday on $250,000 bail, charged with trafficking in oxycodone. Croslin was held there too, on six trafficking charges, with bail set at $950,000.

Putnam officials have said the prescription-drug case and the continued effort to determine what happened to Haleigh are separate investigations. But they expressed hope the drug case will provide new information about Haleigh's disappearance.

Croslin's relationship with Brock, who has a residence in Orlando and one in North Carolina, could be an important link for investigators, or her value in finding the child may be worthless.

"It started out she was trying to get information," Miller said.

Miller paid Brock several thousand dollars during a few months to take Croslin places and to entertain her with the hope the young woman would provide a better explanation of what happened the night Haleigh went missing, he said.

Brock was with Croslin in early October when, according to Seminole County Sheriff's Office reports, they chased and harassed a driver on Interstate 4. The incident immediately gained media attention.

On Oct. 30, Miller sent Brock a letter terminating her membership with Texas EquuSearch. He said he became concerned that her membership in the search organization would undermine its credibility.

An undercover detective with the Putnam Sheriff's Office bought prescription medications from Croslin's and Brock's group seven times recently, officials said. They estimated the drugs' street value at $3,900.

The arrests of Croslin, Cummings and the others is the latest chapter in a long, sad story surrounding Haleigh's disappearance.

The investigation has been marked by speculation, rumors and unsuccessful searches in the largely rural stretches around Satsuma and outside the nearby Ocala National Forest.

"The shame of it is all this stuff has taken the focus off of Haleigh," said Miller.

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-misty-croslin-donna-brock-20100122,0,6915774.story

[Amy]

Haleigh's mom regains custody of girl's brother

Haleigh Cummings' brother is now in the custody of his mother following the arrest of Ronald Cummings.

"He's already gone," Annette Sykes, paternal grandmother of Haleigh, said Friday afternoon. "It's really hard with his daddy gone to let him go. He has been with us all of his life."

The state Department of Children and Family Services confirmed Friday that Junior was taken into the custody of his mother, Crystal Sheffield, as decided by the judge.

"The first priority of DCF is the safety of all children," John Harrell, a spokesman for DCF, said.


Haleigh was reported missing from her Satsuma home on Feb. 10, where she lived with her younger brother, Ronald Junior, in the custody of Ronald Cummings.

Cummings and the children's biological mother, Crystal Sheffield, have been estranged for several years.

Sheffield's former attorney, Kim Picazio, was glad to hear the news.

"It looks like the amount of bond will keep Ronald in jail for a while, so naturally the child would go to the biological mother in this case," Picazio said. "It is definitely the safest place for Junior."

Cummings was jailed Wednesday evening along with Haleigh's former stepmother, Misty Croslin; her brother, Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr.; Cummings' cousin, Hope Sykes; and former Equusearch volunteer Donna Brock.

The five were arrested following a month-long narcotics investigation that involved the trafficking of Hydrocodone and Oxycodone within St. Johns and Putnam counties.

Street value of the drugs was estimated at $3,900.

Sykes declined to comment as to whether she knew the drug trafficking was taking place.

"Right now we are just basically numb," Sykes said.

Arraignment is expected to take place in mid-February, Chris Kelly, State Attorney's Office spokesman, said.

Charges include:

n Misty Janette Croslin, 18, of Satsuma, charged with six counts of trafficking in prescription medications. Bond was set at $950,000.

n Ronald L. Cummings, 26, of Satsuma, charged with three counts of trafficking in prescription medications. Bond was set at $500,000.

n Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., 23, of Satsuma, charged with one count of trafficking in prescription medications. Bond was set at $100,000.

n Hope A. Sykes, 18, of Satsuma, charged with one count of trafficking in prescription medications. Bond was set at $150,000.

n Donna Brock, 43, of Orlando, charged with one count of trafficking in prescription medications. Bond was set at $250,000.

http://www.palatkadailynews.com/articles/2010/01/23/news/news01.txt

Seems like someone is getting serious. All the other bonds for all people I have read about being arrested for various and sundry things has been $1004.

[One2Snoop]

Levi Page
UPDATE: Misty's brothers bail has been REVOKED according to T.J. Hart.

[samanthajane13]

What???

No link?

For SHAME, Snoop...for SHAME!!!!

:eek:

[One2Snoop]

What???

No link?

For SHAME, Snoop...for SHAME!!!!

:eek:

It's on facebook. Comment 14 I don't know if you need to be a member to read his wall.....


Levi Page Tune in tonight at 10 PM EST for the latest in the Haleigh Cummings case! BREAKING NEWS: BOND LOWERED FOR TOMMY CROSLIN the brother of Misty Croslin! Tune in tonight as Tricia Griffith Stacy Dittrich Donna Pendergast and Raymond V Giudice discuss the latest explosive developments in this fast breaking story @ http://www.blogtalkradio.com/levipage

http://www.facebook.com/levi.page?ref=nf

[samanthajane13]

It's on facebook. Comment 14 I don't know if you need to be a member to read his wall.....

http://www.facebook.com/levi.page?ref=nf


Of course you have to be a member...and I'm NOT.

Damned social networking sites...I HATE them.

Won't join them.

[One2Snoop]

Of course you have to be a member...and I'm NOT.

Damned social networking sites...I HATE them.

Won't join them.

Some are public. I thought his might be since he's a public figure on the radio but I guess it isn't.

ETA - I've connected with a lot of people from grade school, high school, the different places we've lived etc... actually it's been fun catching up.

[lorettalockhorn]

Bond Revoked For One of 5 Suspects in Putnam Co. Drug Sting

The bond amount for one of the five suspects arrested as a result of a month-long drug sting operation in Putnam County has been changed.

Hank Thomas "Tommy" Croslin, who was arrested along with Ronald Cummings, Misty Croslin, Donna Brock and Hope Sykes January 20, 2010 was originally being held on $100,000 bond on charges of trafficking in controlled prescription medications.

Lt. Johnny Greenwood with the Putnam county Sheriff's Office told the SKY Sunday, "Tommy Croslin's bond hasn't been lowered. $0.00 means no bond in the computer system. A judge revoked his bond do to the other currently pending charges."...


The arrests stemmed from a tip from a source with knowledge of the alleged dealing of oxycodone and hydrocodone, according to Putnam County Sheriff's officials.
Misty Croslin is facing six counts of trafficking in prescription medications. Three counts of the same charge are pending against Cummings and one against Hank Croslin Jr., Sykes and Brock, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Misty Croslin remains held in lieu of $950,000 bail; Cummings, $500,000; Brock, $250,000; Sykes, $150,000; and Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr. is being held on $7508.

Ronald Cummings is the father of missing 6-year-old HaLeigh Cummings of Satsuma, FL who was abducted from her home February 9, 2009. Misty Croslin was babysitting the girl and her younger brother that night and was the last person to see her. Croslin and Cummings married a few weeks later and got a divorce a few months ago.

Misty Croslin, Hank Croslin Jr. and Brock are incarcerated in the St. Johns County Jail. Cummings was moved to the Flagler County Jail. Sykes is in the Putnam County Jail.

All but Sykes were moved to jails outside of Putnam County for security reasons. Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin were placed in separate jails to avoid the possibility of communication between them.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement Agent Dominick Pape said that potential maximum sentences if convicted are: Misty Croslin, 74 years; Cummings, 43 years; Brock, 25 years; Sykes, 15 years; and Hank Croslin, three years...

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/6190386.php

Didn't see any new warrants for Hankie in PC or SJ County.

Wonder why Donna Brock hasn't bonded yet? Not well-heeled anymore? Spent all her $$ on dope?

[SaraSidle]

Some are public. I thought his might be since he's a public figure on the radio but I guess it isn't.

ETA - I've connected with a lot of people from grade school, high school, the different places we've lived etc... actually it's been fun catching up.

I cannot do it either because of my background O2S. don't want to be found. No I was not bad........LOL

[SaraSidle]

...A massive search was launched for the missing child, but no trace of Haleigh was found. Because of health problems that Haleigh had and the amount of time that had passed, investigators announced that Haleigh was presumed dead several months later.

http://www.huliq.com/9516/90713/missing-child-haleigh-cummings-father-behind-bars-drug-trafficking

HUH? I thought LE had continued to say that they hoped to bring Haleigh home. Granted, they don't usually say dead or alive, but I don't remember anything about presumed dead.

What is Huliq? Is this just another site where some wannabe journalist is working an angle on the back of a victim?


http://www.huliq.com/about-us

http://whois.domaintools.com/huliq.com

http://www.aboutus.org/Huliq.com

[samanthajane13]

Some are public. I thought his might be since he's a public figure on the radio but I guess it isn't.

ETA - I've connected with a lot of people from grade school, high school, the different places we've lived etc... actually it's been fun catching up.


HELL NO!!!

There's nobody from school I want to reunite with. Didn't like many of them then, don't need them now. A bunch of suburban wanna-be thugs.

[lorettalockhorn]

http://www.huliq.com/about-us

http://whois.domaintools.com/huliq.com

http://www.aboutus.org/Huliq.com

So, what is huliq? A bunch of wannabe journalist/reporters? (Who haven't bothered to keep up with stories?)

Seriously, any "news" source that doesn't source the news is pretty iffy in my book.

[grneyes]

I cannot do it either because of my background O2S. don't want to be found. No I was not bad........LOL

Yes she was! Don't let her kid you. Sara is a "BAD" girl. ;-)


Just teasing Sara, you know I love ya. :rose:

[Amy]

I cannot do it either because of my background O2S. don't want to be found. No I was not bad........LOL

I am on FaceBook and MySpace, but have no idea what to do with it, lol. So, there would be no information from me except what DD set me up with. She keeps up with everybody in the world who has even a distant acquaintanceship with anybody any of us know!!! I leave it up to her.

[Amy]

HELL NO!!!

There's nobody from school I want to reunite with. Didn't like many of them then, don't need them now. A bunch of suburban wanna-be thugs.

I was reading (or hearing) about the social sites, and that people are hooking up with more people this way than going to reunions. So, wonder if attendance @ reunions will be going down?

I don't hook up with people I didn't like so much in high school. Don't go to the reunions, either. I tell my friends--why would I make a 2 hour drive to sit with and not talk to people I didn't talk to in high school? Actually, that did happen the last one I went to. I think I hit 3 in 40+ years.

ANow, all these bloggers seem to have facebook and twitter and tweets and all that. Do the Putnam county folks involved in this drama do computers? I don't recall seeing any facebook or MySpace accounts for Misty or Nae-Nae or Teresa or Lindsey, of any of the fellows, either. Wonder if this would be a good way to run the drug business, or would it probably be a tad bit too risky? I guess, if they set it to Private, the only ones who could see what is on would be the "friends" they allow?

[One2Snoop]

I was reading (or hearing) about the social sites, and that people are hooking up with more people this way than going to reunions. So, wonder if attendance @ reunions will be going down?

I don't hook up with people I didn't like so much in high school. Don't go to the reunions, either. I tell my friends--why would I make a 2 hour drive to sit with and not talk to people I didn't talk to in high school? Actually, that did happen the last one I went to. I think I hit 3 in 40+ years.

ANow, all these bloggers seem to have facebook and twitter and tweets and all that. Do the Putnam county folks involved in this drama do computers? I don't recall seeing any facebook or MySpace accounts for Misty or Nae-Nae or Teresa or Lindsey, of any of the fellows, either. Wonder if this would be a good way to run the drug business, or would it probably be a tad bit too risky? I guess, if they set it to Private, the only ones who could see what is on would be the "friends" they allow?

Facebook monitors the site closely. There was a discussion page for missing mom Susan Powell and they shut it down because someone kept posting porn on it. I highly doubt anyone would get away with advertising or selling drugs on the site. I was never into Myspace - signed up once a long time ago to keep track of my daughters but they don't even use their accounts there any longer.

You can set your profile to private where only the friends you invite can see your info. They also have an instant chat but I had to turn it off because one of my husbands cousins wanted to chat all the time. Hi, how are you, how's the weather? What did you have for breakfast? What did you have for lunch? etc... LOL :rolleyes:

[Amy]

Facebook monitors the site closely. There was a discussion page for missing mom Susan Powell and they shut it down because someone kept posting porn on it. I highly doubt anyone would get away with advertising or selling drugs on the site. I was never into Myspace - signed up once a long time ago to keep track of my daughters but they don't even use their accounts there any longer.

You can set your profile to private where only the friends you invite can see your info. They also have an instant chat but I had to turn it off because one of my husbands cousins wanted to chat all the time. Hi, how are you, how's the weather? What did you have for breakfast? What did you have for lunch? etc... LOL :rolleyes:

Too funny about the cousin. DD seems to use the instant chat a lot. I guess I'm just too lazy, but the times I do get directed to facebook, there are all these so-and-so send you a heart. or a pig from farmville. Or, help me gather my crops. :eek::eek: Mixed in there are a few actual posts. ;)

[lorettalockhorn]

These were posted awhile back:

http://www.myspace.com/crystalsheffield

http://www.myspace.com/sheffieldjohnny

http://www.myspace.com/lindsy_croslin

http://www.myspace.com/chelsea_croslin

http://www.myspace.com/tim_tim1

http://www.myspace.com/418138401

http://www.myspace.com/418190888

http://www.myspace.com/chelsea_croslin

http://www.myspace.com/allaboutubabi

http://www.myspace.com/380818970

http://www.myspace.com/memec014

http://www.myspace.com/81898882 (Too stoned to log in? Lindsy never noticed his background?)

Noticeably missing is Marie's myspace and her twitter has also been disabled. Was private (or whatever you call it) for awhile.

[lorettalockhorn]

Facebook monitors the site closely. There was a discussion page for missing mom Susan Powell and they shut it down because someone kept posting porn on it. I highly doubt anyone would get away with advertising or selling drugs on the site. I was never into Myspace - signed up once a long time ago to keep track of my daughters but they don't even use their accounts there any longer.

You can set your profile to private where only the friends you invite can see your info. They also have an instant chat but I had to turn it off because one of my husbands cousins wanted to chat all the time. Hi, how are you, how's the weather? What did you have for breakfast? What did you have for lunch? etc... LOL :rolleyes:

LMAO that's nothing. Did you poop your breakfast/lunch? Now that's what I call trivial/nosy/quidnuncery/major yenta. :hat:

[lorettalockhorn]

Postcards From A Lurker On The Edge

Opened up my email early this morning to find a huge email from an anonymous emailer who claimed to be a full time lurker...

...how “ignorant” she thought most of the posters were in AH, Tru TV Crime Library, Crimeshots, IS, Unexplained Mysteries, Topix, WS, Crime & Punishment, Forums for Justice ….

...This lurker was rooting for favorite posters and wanting them to bust others in the mouth, kick their ass, slam them hard, etc…. pretty funny stuff!!...

http://radionewz.net/?p=12024&cpage=1#comment-2569

[One2Snoop]

Postcards From A Lurker On The Edge

Opened up my email early this morning to find a huge email from an anonymous emailer who claimed to be a full time lurker...

...how “ignorant” she thought most of the posters were in AH, Tru TV Crime Library, Crimeshots, IS, Unexplained Mysteries, Topix, WS, Crime & Punishment, Forums for Justice ….

...This lurker was rooting for favorite posters and wanting them to bust others in the mouth, kick their ass, slam them hard, etc…. pretty funny stuff!!...

http://radionewz.net/?p=12024&cpage=1#comment-2569


LMAO tramps.

[lorettalockhorn]

Calling us HObos?

http://ladyandria.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/hobo-739433.jpg

[SaraSidle]

Yes she was! Don't let her kid you. Sara is a "BAD" girl. ;-)


Just teasing Sara, you know I love ya. :rose:

yeah greenie. Love ya too.........:seeya:

[SaraSidle]

Calling us HObos?

http://ladyandria.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/hobo-739433.jpg




Well some of them are just wannabe trolls!


http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv230/upyourstruly/widget_afC2wTlJDd7OEzVwsD5DTY-1.jpg

[lorettalockhorn]

http://i686.photobucket.com/albums/vv230/upyourstruly/widget_afC2wTlJDd7OEzVwsD5DTY-1.jpghttp://www.artharris.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/tommy-croslin-240x300.jpg

[lorettalockhorn]

Jailhouse interview: Ronald Cummings talks about arrest
Father of missing Haleigh Cummings calls drug charges 'a setback in my life'

From his one-man cell at the Flagler County jail Sunday, Ronald Cummings said he hasn’t been questioned yet about the disappearance of his daughter, Haleigh, but said her still open case made him a target.

“They told me their main focus is not putting me in jail, it was finding Haleigh,” Cummings said in a phone call to a Times-Union reporter.

Cummings, 26, said the assertion was made after he was grabbed Wednesday evening after he stopped at a convenience store on U.S. 17 south of Palatka in San Mateo. When Cummings came out of the store after buying a pack of cigarettes he said he was called over to a car by a man he knew.

When he climbed in, his ex-wife, Misty Croslin, 18, was also inside.

When Cummings got out of the car, officers from state agencies and the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office swarmed in and arrested him and Croslin on charges of trafficking in prescription pills. Cummings said he was thrown on the ground, handcuffed and told there was a warrant for his arrest.

Cummings wouldn’t discuss the drug charges other than to say he thinks he will go to prison.

Meanwhile, authorities have made no secret that Cummings, Croslin and others arrested in the undercover drug operation will be asked about Haleigh. She was 5 when she disappeared from the double wide mobile home where she was living with her father, Croslin and brother Ronald Cummings Jr.

Cummings said he didn’t recognize the person who told him about the focus on Haleigh, but said he was fingerprinted in Putnam County and taken directly to the Flagler County jail, where he is in what he described as a solitary cell with a toilet-sink combination unit, bunk and mirror.

Investigators have said the two cases are not connected. Detectives working on the disappearance were kept in the dark about the drug case that evolved from a tip, authorities said after the arrests.

Croslin was taken to the St. Johns County jail, where she remained Sunday. Her brother, Hank Croslin Jr. was also arrested in the operation and is jailed in St. Johns. Two others, Cummings’ cousin Hope A. Sykes and a friend of Misty Croslin, Donna M. Brock, are also charged. Sykes is being held in Putnam County and Brock in St. Johns.

Misty Croslin faces six counts of trafficking in prescription medication, Cummings is charged with three counts. Hank Croslin Jr., Sykes and Brock face one count each.

There were 330 pills of oxycodone and hydrocodone involved, authorities said.

Separating suspects involved in the same case is not uncommon, but for the duration of the case, detectives have been especially intent on questioning Misty Croslin, who was the last person to see Haleigh. She called 911 early on the morning of Feb. 10 last year to report the kindergartner missing.

Cummings said Croslin has not told him any more about what happened that night. The two married in March and divorced in October and Cummings said their relationship now is “ex-wife, slash, friend.”

The night Haleigh disappeared, Cummings had been at work and was arriving home as Croslin was making the 911 call.

He said he doesn’t know if she knows more about what happened that night.

“That’s a hard question to answer,” he said. It is hard to think she does not know more, he said, but equally hard to think she could have kept it secret from detectives for nearly a year.

He said he had nothing to do with a tattoo with his name on it that Croslin got this month. Croslin and Sykes each paid for tattoos they got at the same time, he said.

Cummings said he is housed in a cell alone and that there are no other inmates nearby.

The door to the cell is solid with a narrow pass-through for food. When he uses the phone, it is handed through the slot, he said.

Cummings blames the isolation on being involved in a “high profile case,” he said. His treatment at the jail has been mixed, he said, with some corrections officers easier to get along with than others.

He said he has been allowed only one shower so far, though three a week is the routine, and has not been allowed recreation time.

“I’m going to prison,” he said. He said he had no idea how long any sentence might be. When Cummings was arrested, a Sheriff’s Office spokesman said convictions on all the charges could mean 43 years in prison.

“This is a setback in my life,” Cummings said.

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2010-01-24/story/jailhouse_interview_ronald_cummings_talks_about_ar rest

[samanthajane13]

Postcards From A Lurker On The Edge

Opened up my email early this morning to find a huge email from an anonymous emailer who claimed to be a full time lurker...

...how “ignorant” she thought most of the posters were in AH, Tru TV Crime Library, Crimeshots, IS, Unexplained Mysteries, Topix, WS, Crime & Punishment, Forums for Justice ….

...This lurker was rooting for favorite posters and wanting them to bust others in the mouth, kick their ass, slam them hard, etc…. pretty funny stuff!!...

http://radionewz.net/?p=12024&cpage=1#comment-2569


I sent Lurker a message through the radionewz comments-LOL!!!

"Lurker-

Please do grace us with your superior presence over at the lowly CrimeLibrary message boards!!

I'd LOVE to have the opportunity to have a lively little exchange with you about my friends and I posting on the boards!!

I've set out the Welcome mat for you and your ilk many times...and I've done it again today-bumping it past my daughter's birthday thread.

PLEASE-COME IN!!

Introduce yourself, and make sure you mention that you're the Lurker stated here, so we can give you the welcome you deserve!

Waiting to make you acquaintance...SOON!!!

Samanthajane13
Crime Library Supreme Member"

Ya think she'll bite???

[Amy]

Loretta, thanks for the myspace links. That did nudge my memory that there were some linked early in the case. That was where we read I think it was Misty threatening (I can't remember her name) about taking her baby from her.

So, Ronnie is looking @ things realistically? Saying, yep, he's going to prison for sure. Perhaps he would like it there, not have to worry about the press following his every move!!!! And, it would keep him out from under Misty's influence :biggrin: So, she's his ex-wife slash friend. That would be friend w/benefits? :D (The youngens I work with were AMAZED that I knew that phrase, let alone what it means, lol!!!!)

[SaraSidle]

I sent Lurker a message through the radionewz comments-LOL!!!

"Lurker-

Please do grace us with your superior presence over at the lowly CrimeLibrary message boards!!

I'd LOVE to have the opportunity to have a lively little exchange with you about my friends and I posting on the boards!!

I've set out the Welcome mat for you and your ilk many times...and I've done it again today-bumping it past my daughter's birthday thread.

PLEASE-COME IN!!

Introduce yourself, and make sure you mention that you're the Lurker stated here, so we can give you the welcome you deserve!

Waiting to make you acquaintance...SOON!!!

Samanthajane13
Crime Library Supreme Member"

Ya think she'll bite???

Probably but not obviously. IMO

[samanthajane13]

But we could have so much fun with her!!!

[SaraSidle]

But we could have so much fun with her!!!


Yes but the wonders that be have protected us from nastiness now so no one is rude anymore. Pretty cool I think........we are all nice and respect each other............sara

and let's bring Haleigh home

[samanthajane13]

Well-I put the welcome mat out-just in case...:biggrin:

[lorettalockhorn]

I sent Lurker a message through the radionewz comments-LOL!!!

"Lurker-

Please do grace us with your superior presence over at the lowly CrimeLibrary message boards!!

I'd LOVE to have the opportunity to have a lively little exchange with you about my friends and I posting on the boards!!

I've set out the Welcome mat for you and your ilk many times...and I've done it again today-bumping it past my daughter's birthday thread.

PLEASE-COME IN!!

Introduce yourself, and make sure you mention that you're the Lurker stated here, so we can give you the welcome you deserve!

Waiting to make you acquaintance...SOON!!!

Samanthajane13
Crime Library Supreme Member"

Ya think she'll bite???

Well, I asked The Lurker to please name names, but I don't think it'll happen. If it does though, it could be funnyfunfun. :hat: