Prior to sentencing, Cummins broke down crying as he apologized for the harm he caused the victim, now 17, and his own family, some of whom were in the courtroom, including his two daughters.ĭressed in a gray-and-black-striped prison uniform, Cummins repeatedly said he had no idea why he did what he did, calling it a “misguided attempt to help that went sideways in a way I don’t know I’ll ever understand.” The daughter of Tad Cummins is standing by him, despite allegations that he kidnapped a 15-year-old student and spent more than a month on the run while traveling across America. Cummins had asked for the minimum sentence of 10 years. US District Judge Aleta Trauger acknowledged that Cummins committed a “pretty despicable crime” but said there were also mitigating factors, including that he had no criminal record, that he was unlikely to reoffend, and that he promptly admitted to his crime and pleaded guilty. In arguing for a stiff sentence, Meyers focused on the preparation that Cummins put into his flight with the girl, including taking his wife’s car, which he thought would be less conspicuous than his own filling a prescription for an erectile dysfunction drug and taking out a loan so that he could pay for everything in cash. The statement also said the girl was convinced Cummins would have eventually discarded her had he not been captured near a remote California cabin in April 2017 after a national manhunt. The victim’s statement said Cummins saw “a broken girl who was lonely, scared and traumatized.” She needed protection, the statement said, but Cummins only wanted sex. “What you did to me was unspeakable,” Meyers read. After a discussion with the prosecutor and the judge, Assistant US Attorney Sara Beth Meyers read the girl’s statement. The victim was in the federal courtroom in Nashville, but when the time came for her to speak, she did not come forward. Prosecutors had asked for a 30-year sentence after Cummins pleaded guilty to transporting a minor across state lines for sex and obstructing justice. A Tennessee teacher who was on the run for weeks with a 15-year-old student was sentenced on Wednesday to 20 years in prison.Ī statement from the victim called 52-year-old Tad Cummins “disgusting” and said the effects of his actions on her were “devastating and permanent.” Tad Cummins was an intensely sought fugitive, trumpeted from coast to coast as the Tennessee teacher accused of running off with his 15-year-old student.
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Investigators believe the teenager is traveling with Tad, her former teacher at Culleoka Unit.
Friday morning the FBI issued a federal arrest warrant.Īndrus said that they "took custody immediately after serving the warrant this morning" and that there was "no more reason for an extradition procedure" in Siskiyou county since the Federal Warrant outweighs their own proceedings. Tad Cummins is a former teacher at Culleoka Unit School. Tad Cummins wept in court on Thursday as the former Tennessee teacher pleaded guilty to having sex with his teenage student and taking her across state lines, triggering a headline-grabbing. The girl is expected to be returned to relatives in Tennessee on Friday, her family says.Ĭummins was expected to be in court in Siskiyou to discuss his extradition back to Tennessee. The former teacher, facing federal and state charges stemming from her disappearance, is in federal custody and is expected to be arraigned in Sacramento on Monday, Siskiyou County prosecutor Kirk Andrus said. Cummins had a warrant for his arrest with the charges of transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity after he allegedly kidnapped 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas last month.Ĭummins was arrested - and the girl was found safe - Thursday outside a cabin in Cecilville, California, ending a 39-day hunt for the teen who was reported missing some 1,900 miles away in her hometown south of Nashville.
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