When Misty Cummings, nee Croslin, was picked up on January 20, law enforcement officials hoped her arrest would help solve the case of Haleigh Cummings, her one-time step-daughter who disappeared last February. Misty and Ron Cummings were two of five people charged with multiple counts of drug trafficking. Also arrested was Donna Brock from Orlando, who accompanied Misty on a recent trip to the Orlando area and who was affiliated at one time with Texas EquuSearch. Her membership with TES was terminated in late October.

Misty, 18, was baby-sitting Haleigh while her father Ronald Cummings, 26, was working that night. She told investigators she woke up and realized the 5-year-old was gone about 3:30 a.m. There were no signs of forced entry, and the back door was ajar.

The search for answers about the missing girl and the drug case are separate investigations, Lt. Johnny Greenwood of the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said, but officials are hopeful the recent arrests will help them understand more about the Haleigh case.

“Hopefully, something will come out of it on the Haleigh side, but that was not the intention,” Greenwood said. “This was totally unrelated. It was a very good narcotics case.”

Acting on information from a tip, an undercover sheriff’s detective purchased $3,900 worth of drugs from Croslin, Cummings, Brock, Hank Thomas “Tommy” Croslin Jr., 23, and Hope A. Sykes, 18. Brock’s age was not available.

Felony warrants hinted that Croslin was found selling or holding oxycodone and hydrocodone in Putnam and St. Johns counties several times over the past couple of months. The warrant stated that she had or sold over 28 grams of the drugs. ”She [Misty] was involved in all of them,” Greenwood said. “She was the common denominator in all seven buys.”

In my opinion, they are idiots. They have been under a law enforcement microscope since the day that Haleigh disappeared.

According to the Orlando Sentinel, Hank Croslin, Sykes and Brock face one count each of the trafficking charge. Hank Croslin’s bail is $100,000; Sykes is $150,000; Brock’s is $250,000 bail.

Ronald Cummings is being held at the Flagler County Jail, on $500,000 bail. Misty and Hank Croslin and Brock are held at the St. Johns County Jail. Sykes is in the Putnam County Jail, said State Attorney’s Office spokesman Chris Kelly. Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin could face a minimum-mandatory sentence of 25 years in state prison, the Sheriff’s Office said.

Misty Croslin faces six counts of trafficking in prescription medication. She was being held on $950,000 bail, but I learned from a reliable source that her bail was reduced to $500,000. Now comes word that famed bounty hunter, Leonard Padilla, has expressed a strong interest in bailing Misty out of jail. We could only guess what his intention is, but he may be doing it to break her down, something he was not able to do with Casey Anthony while she was in his custody. One of his assistants, Tracy McLaughlin, had a modicum of success. If my source is correct, let’s hope this one’s the charm and that little Haleigh comes home.

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