Haleigh Cummings went missing in February 10th of 2009. Before her disappearance Haleigh’s father was arrested a bakers dozen times. All charges were dropped. Since the disappearance, Misty Croslin and her family have had numerous arrests. Now it’s her Mom and Dads turn.

Police said Lisa and Hank Croslin Sr. bought the crack cocaine from an undercover agent this weekend. A completely random drug buy from a not-so-random family of miscreants.


Along with the buying charges, they are also charged with tampering with evidence for trying to get rid of the crack. Both are being held on a 5-thousand dollar bond.

They are the parents of Misty Croslin, the last person to see Haleigh alive before she vanished. Misty and Haleigh’s father Ron are both in jail on drug charges unrelated to Haleigh’s disappearance.

Hank Croslin Sr., 41, was arrested in November 2009 and accused of doctor shopping. It was reported that Croslin Sr. got approximately 300 Oxycontin and Hydrocodone pills from three different doctors between April and May 2009.

Hope Sykes

Haleigh Cummings aunt is one of the family members who has been jailed for months has now learned her sentence.

She entered a guilty plea earlier this month.

Ronald Cummings was arrested along with his now-ex-wife Misty Croslin, her brother Tommy and Sykes in January.

They face multiple charges of trafficking hydrocodone.

Sykes is the first of the four to be sentenced.

After listening to the jail conversation last night and seeing how cocky she was with her mom about the sentencing, I can only imagine she might have been this way with the judge.

I didn’t think they would give them this much time but I guess either she was the first to be made an example of or she went in that courtroom with the same attitude, I can see her pissing the judge off and making this situation worst than what it could have been.

The police have announced that Haleigh is dead, and are searching the river for evidence. Multiple persons of interest identified.

Misty Croslin’s grandmother appeared on Nancy Grace saying that Timmy Croslin had called her from jail and said he was in the Cummings home with Misty and Joe Overstreet the night Haleigh went missing. The grandmother also said that Joe had went there to steal a gun and when Misty couldn’t find it he took Haleigh instead.

Apparently Misty confirmed this story fifteen minutes later in a similar conversation with her grandmother. Misty has reportedly said that Joe Overstreet had held a knife to her throat and told her he would kill her if she ever told and she was frightened.

Rumors are spreading that Joe killed Haleigh and tied cinder blocks to her body and threw her in a river near Misty’s parents former home.

This entire story is suspect because Misty has already named Joe over a year ago as someone that might be involved because “he has been a criminal all his life.”

This from the Nancy Grace blog…

Flora Hollars laid out multiple versions she says Misty and Tommy Croslin gave her about the night Haleigh vanished, all of them ending in the little girl’s brutal death. One of them, that a yellow rope was put around Haleigh’s body, a brick tied around the bottom of the other end of the rope and Haleigh thrown into the river.

After we see Misty Croslin on video in handcuffs standing on the dock of the Saint Johns river, investigators reveal Misty Croslin went to the river voluntarily. But what exactly did she tell police? We also learn she’s not the only one who was at the river with cops. Tommy Croslin’s attorney says he was the one who brought investigators to the St. Johns River in the first place, the same spot where unnamed sources say dive teams have been searching for a murder weapon.

We know cops have pulled “items” from the river for testing, but are Haleigh’s remains among them? And are multiple arrests about to go down.

This might very well be the way the crime went down but Misty’s justification that she was scared and didn’t tell is ridiculous. That defense only works to the point that Joe left the home. Was she to scared to tell when she being questioned by the police for countless hours? Did she believe Joe would burst into the police station at any minute and kill her? Would he break into jail where she is currently incarcerated on drug charges and kill her?

The “scared of Joe” defense is likely only a justification to absolve herself and her brother Timmy from any wrong doing in the murder of Haleigh Cummings. They all kept their mouths shut for the past 14 months because the were likely all involved in some way. IMO.

It just doesn’t end with these Croslin folks. Misty’s brother, mother and now her father have all been arrested since Haleigh’s disappearance on February 10, 2009.

Hank Croslin Sr. is being charged for withholding information from a practitioner and has been booked into the Putnam County Jail.

It is being reported that Croslin Sr. got approximately 300 Oxycontin and Hydrocodone pills from three different doctors between April and May 2009.

The practice is known as doctor shopping which is considered a third-degree felony. His bail has been set for $7500. This happens hundreds of times a day among the drug addict types but with the spotlight on this family the cops are not letting nothing slip by them.

To bad they don’t have a family member in the police department like ex-hubby Ron Cummings to get these things overlooked.

Lisa Croslin

Croslin is the mother of Misty Croslin, who police say was the last person to see Haleigh Cummings, now 6, when she disappeared Feb. 10 from a mobile home in Putnam County, Fla.

At the time of the disappearance, Misty Croslin was the girlfriend of Cummings’ father. They married about a month after Haleigh’s disappearance.

The Gainesville Sun reported Saturday that authorities in Putnam County are looking for a woman who dropped off a letter at the sheriff’s office that allegedly has information about Haleigh.

Authorities would not reveal the letter’s contents but said it could be “very helpful.”

Lisa Croslin’s arrest is not related to her granddaughter being missing but it is showing a pattern of criminal behavior from many member’s of the family. I’m sure you remember Tommy Croslin, Misty’s brother, being arrested a couple of weeks ago.

Tommy & Lindsy Croslin

According to the Sheriff’s Dept., Marvin Martin, told deputies that he wanted to file charges against Hank Jr. (Tommy) for stealing his .38 caliber Colt revolver.

Tommy and his mother had come into his house to use the phone and Tommy went to the bathroom while his mom called someone. Later, Mr. Martin, who is elderly and legally blind, found the gun missing and knew they must have had something to do with it. The victim called Tommy’s sister-in-law and told her he knew either Tommy or his mom took his gun and he wanted it back or he would involve the police.

A few hours later, Tommy’s mother and dad brought the gun to him. His mother said that he stole it and hid it in the shed behind his house. Mr. Martin said he wasn’t really sure whether it was Tommy or his mother that did it, but he suspected it was Hank.

Sounds familiar doesn’t it? Tommy had stolen Ronald’s gun on or about the night Haleigh went missing and hid it in a culvert.

Ronald Cummings has been arrested over a dozen times with the charges being dropped almost every time. Most likely the fact that his mother works for the police department has something to do with that.

Lots of criminals in little Haleigh’s life, seems it was only a matter of time before something like this happened. She never had a chance.

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A private investigator and bondsman related to the disappearance of Haleigh Cummings was arrested and charged with false imprisonment Friday.

William Eugene Staubs, 51, of Weston, Fla., is accused of taking Daniel Everett Snodgrass, 51, from his Satsuma home against his will on March 20.

Staubs, also known as “Cobra,” had been working closely with attorney Kim Picazio, who represents Crystal Sheffield, the mother of Haleigh Cummings. Haleigh has been missing since February, and was last seen in her Satsuma home.

Haleigh Cummings, 5, was reported missing on Feb. 11.

It all started when Snodgrass was arrested and charged with sexual battery of a child under 12. Snodgrass filed a complaint saying that Staubs called him out of his home on a loudspeaker with a siren on.

According to a news release, Snodgrass told Detective Ken Taylor that Staubs told Snodgrass he was revoking Snodgrass’ bond, threw Snodgrass to the ground, handcuffed him and forced him into Staubs vehicle. Staubs then reportedly drove away from the residence headed towards Palatka, according to the release. After driving a short distance and making several telephone calls, Staubs reportedly turned around, drove Snodgrass back to his residence and released him, the news release said.

Jail officials said that Snodgrass had been bonded out of jail when the incident occurred.

Staubs is being held on $5,004 bond at the Putnam County Jail.

is the attorney Haleigh Cummings’ mother has hired to sue for custody of Haleigh’s little brother, JR.

Kim Picazio

Her law office, The Law Office of Kim L. Picazio, P.A., is located at 100 SE 2 Street Suite 3550 in Miami, Florida 33305.

She has a second office listed with divorce360.com at Bank of America Tower at International Place, 100 Southeast Second Street in Miami, Florida 33131.

Kim Picazio indicates that she will set up a command post this morning as the search for Haleigh is priority at this time. Picazio also indicates that interviews conducted around the area give her team enough information to go to the authorities in regard to Ronald Junior’s safety within the home.

Some information from people who know Ronald Cummings may include that of physical abuse against the children.

If you have any information in the case of missing Haleigh Cummings, you are urged to call 1-888-277-TIPS.

Practice Areas: Family/Matrimonial Law(90%); Contracts(5%); Civil Litigation(5%).

Admitted: 1995, Florida

Law School: Florida State University, J.D., summa cum laude, 1995

College: University of Miami, B.S., 1991

Member: Dade County, Broward County, Florida (Member, Family Law Section; Support Committee and Litigation Support Committee) and American Bar Associations; American Trial Lawyer’s Association; Florida Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Biography: Recipient: Corpus Juris Secundum Award in Contract Law, American Jurisprudence Award in Contract Law, 1993; Best Young Lawyer Award-First Family Law Inn of Court, 1999. Listed: Top Lawyers by South Florida Legal Guide, 2005-2008; Who’s Who of Emerging Leaders, 2007; Who’s Who in America, 2007-2009; Who’s Who in the World. Member: American Association for Justice; Florida Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.

Reported Cases: Benitez v. Benitez, 976 So.2d 75 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008)(marital settlement agreement; waiver of alimony modification); Ciudad Real v. Ciudad Real, – So.2d – (Fla. 3d DCA 2000-) (child support modification; modification of final judgment); EEOC v. Joe’s Stone Crab, Inc., 969 F.Supp. 727 (S.D.Fla.1997)(labor law/employment discrimination).

Born: Greenville, North Carolina, January 8, 1969