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[Kimster]

Video of Ron Cummings - regarding his court date.

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=37943@wtev.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

 

[Kimster]

Video of Ron Cummings - regarding his court date.

http://www.actionnewsjax.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoId=37943@wtev.web.entriq.net&navCatId=5

 

[MADJGNLAW]

2010.05.13 Jail Audio: Tommy Croslin Implicates Cousin in Haleigh Cummings Case

"Snip" http://www.thesky973.com/pages/7040801.php
Newly released audio of a conversation between Tommy & his grandmother, Hollars, implicates his cousin Joe Overstreet in the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings.

Putnam County Sheriff changed the nature of the investigation last month from an abduction to a homicide after items were discovered in the river.

Last month, Tommy Croslin and Misty Croslin were taken from their jail cells by investigators to the boat ramp at Shell Harbour where searches were taking place.

 

[MADJGNLAW]

After a pre-trial hearing with Cummings, Shoemaker said they were trying to negotiate a plea deal in exchange for testimony against the other defendants
May 13, 2010

"Snip" http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/t...155990&catid=3

On the table in the deal, according to Terry Shoemaker, are the two "upper level" trafficking charges, each of which carries a minimum mandatory sentence of 25 years.

By working with the three lesser charges, Shoemaker said he hopes Cummings would end up with a sentence of 15 to 30 years.

Shoemaker clarified the deal being worked out is in no way tied to the search for Haleigh who is now presumed dead, according to Sheriff Hardy.

Failing the deal, Cummings is scheduled to go to trial July 19.

 

[Kimster]

"For the cooperation he has been giving over the Haleigh Cummings case, I would try to argue (his sentence) down...," Werter said. "We brought him to FDLE in Putnam County and that's how they ended up at the river -- through Tommy's help. Otherwise this case would still be in a quagmire. We have the dots, it's just connecting them."

<snipped> Much more at link

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100513/articles/100519677

 

[crocus]

Ronald Cummings Accepts Plea Deal For Drug Charges
Cummings Will Need To Testify Against Ex-Wife As Part Of Deal

[SIZE=-2]POSTED: 6:05 am EDT May 14, 2010
UPDATED: 7:19 am EDT May 14, 2010

PALATKA, Fla. --
It looks as though Ronald Cummings will need to testify against his ex-wife Misty Croslin.

Cummings accepted a plea deal in exchange for his testimony.

He will serve 15 years on drug charges and will also need to testify against Misty Croslin's brother, Hank "Tommy" Croslin, regarding drug charges.

http://www.wesh.com/news/23550990/detail.html[/SIZE]

 

[Kimster]

http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/l...156403&catid=3


Here is an excerpt from the tape:

Hank Sr.: The idea is that whatever you know you need to tell them.
Misty: Daddy, I have!
Hank Sr.: OK.
Misty: Dad, it's not may fault they don't listen.

During the conversation, Misty also told her father that she never pointed the finger at her brother Tommy. Misty said her lie detector tests came back inconclusive because she was too nervous to answer the questions.

They talk a lot about Misty lawyer, Robert Fields, and her upcoming court dates. Misty said she trusts Fields and looks forward to getting out. <snipped>

 

[Zoe Bogart]

Ronald Cummings Considers Plea Deal For Drug Charges
Cummings Would Need To Testify Against Ex-Wife As Part Of Deal

POSTED: 6:05 am EDT May 14, 2010
UPDATED: 2:21 pm EDT May 17, 2010

PALATKA, Fla. --
It looks as though Ronald Cummings will need to testify against his ex-wife Misty Croslin.

Cummings is considering a plea deal in exchange for his testimony.

He would serve 15 years on drug charges and would also need to testify against Misty Croslin's brother, Hank "Tommy" Croslin, regarding drug charges.


http://www.wesh.com/news/23550990/detail.html

 

[Emma Peel]

http://www.gainesville.com/article/...Croslin-and-family-an-unscripted-reality-show

Hank Croslin and family in Putnam: an unscripted reality show
Erica Brough/Staff photographer

Hank Croslin Sr., father of Hank Croslin Jr. and Misty Croslin, says he has had problems with the community harassment and the inability to find a job because of notoriety over the case of missing child Haleigh Cummings.

By Cindy Swirko
Staff writer

Published: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 2:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 at 2:17 p.m.

PALATKA - Hank Croslin never dreamed he would find himself in the situation he is in now -- broke, living in a shelter, two of his children in jail, he and his wife on probation. ....

4 page long article

 

[Patty G]

June 2, 1010
Misty Croslin has court hearing Thursday, June 3, 2010

The hearing in the Putnam County courthouse is set to be an update on the status of Croslin's case. She is being held on the St. Johns County Jail on eight counts of trafficking.

http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100602/ARTICLES/100609867/1002

 

[Patty G]

June 3, 2010
PALATKA -- Misty Croslin, a central figure in the case of missing HaLeigh Cummings, was told Thursday in Putnam County court that she has until mid-August to make a deal with prosecutors in seven drug-trafficking cases that could send her to prison for decades.

On Thursday, the judge set a trial for Aug. 23 on the Putnam cases. Croslin has a "last chance plea date" of Aug. 16 to work out an agreement with prosecutors, LaRue said.

http://staugustine.com/news/local-news/2010-06-04/misty-croslin-gets-deal-deadline

 

[MADJGNLAW]

Judge Sets Trial Date for Misty Croslin on Drug Charges

"Snip" http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/l...storyid=157135

Today in court, Putnam (?) County Court Judge Wendy Berger asked if the prosecution had any offers on the table for her; they do not.Investigators have maintained she may not be a suspect, however Croslin knows more than she's letting on about what happened that night.

The search has continued ever since then, but reintensified in April after a tip led investigators to a boat ramp near Haleigh's home in Satsuma. The tip turned up nothing.

BBM: I think there is a typo in the article because the hearing was in St. John's today not Putnam.

 

[MADJGNLAW]

August drug trial date set in St. Johns for Misty Croslin
Robert Fields, said he is waiting on evidence analysis from the FDLE and expects to ask later for a change in the St. Johns date.
Misty Croslin faces 1 trafficking charge in St.Johns and 7 in Putnam County
Posted: June 8, 2010
"Snip" http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/...st-drug-trial-date-set-st-johns-misty-croslin
By Dana Treen
Trial on the one drug-trafficking charge against Misty in St. Johns Co. has been set for August but will likely be reset before then, her attorney said.

Misty Croslin, a central figure in the case of missing Haleigh Cummings, faces a minimum 25-year sentence in the single St. Johns case involving at least 28 grams of oxycodone.

Today an Aug. 23 trial date was set in the St. Johns County case. The same date was set last week for her trial on 7 trafficking charges in Putnam Co.

Robert Fields, said he is waiting on evidence analysis from the FDLE and expects to ask later for a change in the St. Johns date.

 

[MADJGNLAW]

Misty Croslin's drug trials set for same day St. Augustine and Palatka
By Cindy Swirko

June 8, 2010
"Snip" http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100608/ARTICLES/100609483/1002
ST. AUGUSTINE -Judge in St. Johns CO. scheduled Misty Croslin's trial on a drug trafficking charge for Aug. 23 - the same date as her drug trial in Putnam County.



The Patatka trial date was set there on June 3, 2010.

During the hearing in St. Augustine, neither defense attorney Robert Fields nor the prosecutor mentioned the apparent scheduling conflict to Circuit Judge Wendy Berger.

 

[MADJGNLAW]

Misty Cummings Quiet In Pretrial Hearing - Facing 8 Drug Trafficking Charges
June 8, 2010
"Snip" http://www.news4jax.com/news/23831637/detail.html

ST. JOHNS CO. Fla. -- Misty Croslin didn't say anything at all when she appeared in St. Johns Co. courtroom, where she's facing one of eight drug trafficking charges.


The other 7 charges are in Putnam County.


Misty Croslin - Cummings is to stand trail in Palatka August 23,2010 unless she makes a plea deal by the Aug. 16 deadline.


"I think the drug charges pretty much was a set up, Hank Croslin Sr., told Channel 4. "Misty or (Hank Croslin Jr.) wasn't drug traffickers. They just was middlemen runners. (Police) have not got none of the drug dealers out there. They just went after Misty and (Hank Jr.). It was nothing about the drugs. It was about Haleigh Cummings.


Hank Sr. said his daughter isn't guilty of these charges, even though investigators released undercover surveillance video they said proves Misty, Ronald Cummings, and Croslin Jr., did, in fact, sell drugs.


Hank Sr. said the case boils down to the Haleigh homicide investigation, and that investigators are just trying to get information out of Misty about what could've happened.

 

[twall]

video report on Misty's court appearance yesterday

http://www.news4jax.com/video/23837549/index.html

 

[Patty G]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvBKCLdAW_g

 

[Jelly Doughnut]

http://www.thesky973.com/pages/7386595.php

Tommy Croslin Pleas "No Contest" to Drug Charges


Doug Clifford

Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr., 23, was in court in Putnam County Thursday morning where he entered no-contest pleas to charges of trafficking in hydrocodone and possession of hydrocodone. Circuit Judge Terry LaRue ordered a pre-sentencing investigation.

On the trafficking charge, Tommy Croslin faces a minimum sentence of 44 months in prison.

Tommy Croslin is the brother of Misty Croslin--the last person to see missing Satsuma girl Haleigh Cummings.

Tommy Croslin's lawyer James Werter said in court today, "He wants to get this behind him and move on." Later, Werter said that Tommy has told police everything he knows about the disappearance - and the presumed death - of Haleigh Cummings. Werter added that the State Attorney's Office apears to be looking for more information.

 

[MADJGNLAW]

Guilty plea in drug case for woman with ties to Haleigh Cummings case
She is scheduled for sentencing Sept. 1.
Posted: June 15, 2010
By Dana Treen
"Snip" http://jacksonville.com/news/crime/2...-cummings-case
44 Yr Old Donna M. Brock of Orlando was recorded in an undercover investigator's car with Misty Croslin.

The two were arrested during a sting that resulted in the arrest of five people in separate drug buys, Ronald Cummings being one of the 5.

Today, Brock pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of trafficking in between 14 to 28 grams of the drug, according to court records.

The reduced charge carries a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years, according to state guidelines.

 

[MADJGNLAW]

Croslin co-defendant pleads to drug charge
Donna Brock arrested with Croslin in undercover sting
Posted: June 16, 2010

"Snip" http://staugustine.com/news/local-ne...ds-drug-charge
Picture of DB at link above

By RICHARD PRIOR
A woman who befriended Misty is facing at least 15 years in prison after pleading Tuesday to a drug trafficking charge.

Donna Michelle Brock, 44, was arrested with Misty Croslin in an undercover operation in January, pleaded no contest.

The first-degree felony carries a maximum punishment of 30 years in prison. It calls for a minimum mandatory sentence of 15 years and a $100,000 fine.

Brock stood unmoved with little change in expression as Assistant State Attorney Jackie Roys explained the terms of the plea offer.

Defense attorney Michael P. Hines said he hoped to give the judge reasons to go below the minimum mandatory at his client's Sept. 1 sentencing.

Judge Wendy W. Berger said she didn't believe she had the authority to do that but would research it.

She said she at least would be willing to consider anything Hines could offer to make sure the sentence stayed near 15 years.

Brock also agreed to testify truthfully against "any co-defendants" if the prosecution asks her.

That means Croslin, her only co-defendant.

Misty Croslin, is tentatively scheduled to go to trial August 23, 2010 on the same charge Donna Brock originally faced.

She also faces another seven trafficking charges in Palatka.

Circuit Judge Terry LaRue in Palatka told her on June 3 that Aug. 16 is her "last-chance plea date" to work out a deal with the state on those charges.

Ronald Cummings; Hank Jr. "Tommy" Croslin Jr., and Hope A. Sykes were also arrested during the January sting operation.

Hope Sykes was sentenced April 26 to 15 years in prison.

(Tommy) Hank Jr. Croslin pleaded no contest on June 3. He is scheduled to be sentenced this summer around June 21st.

Ronald Cummings is negotiating for a 15-year sentence on five trafficking charges in exchange for testimony at any future trial.

Misty Croslin is now the only defendant left who has not pled