Teacher filled Cialis scrip before 'kidnapping' teen He sat during the brief hearing clad in an orange jail uniform. He looks forward to returning to Tennessee as soon as possible to answer the charges against him.”Ĭummins still had the beard, mustache and glasses he had when he was arrested. “He surrendered without incident and has been cooperative with investigators. “This was not an abduction or kidnapping as has been suggested,” he added in an emailed statement. “These allegations do not involve force, threats or coercion,” Galloway said. Attorney Jason Hitt said Cummins is a danger in part for “using his position of trust as a school teacher” and for having two guns in the vehicle when he and the missing girl were found.Īssistant federal defender Ben Galloway argued the girl went willingly and that Cummings had no criminal history. Magistrate Judge Kendall Newman ordered him held as both a flight risk and a danger to the public.Īssistant U.S. TAD CUMMINS MUGSHOT LICENSEIn carrying out his “audacious scheme,” the 50-year-old Cummins switched vehicle license plates twice, disabled his vehicle’s GPS system, used aliases, altered his appearance, paid only in cash and used back roads during his nearly six weeks on the run, according to the documents.Ĭummins acknowledged in federal court in Sacramento on Monday that he is the suspect in the case and agreed to return to Tennessee to face charges there. She has returned home and is being treated by a team of therapists.Ĭummins is charged with taking a minor across states lines to have sex. A Tennessee teacher charged with kidnapping a 15-year-old student and driving her to California had planned to take the girl to Mexico and took a boat from San Diego on a test run, according to federal court documents filed Monday.Īuthorities credit the caretaker of a remote northern California property for helping police find the girl Thursday and arrest her alleged abductor, fired teacher Tad Cummins. Missing teen found safe with teacher who 'kidnapped' her
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