A Tennesee man who kidnapped a teen girl in March 2018 reportedly wants a reduction in the prison sentence handed down to him earlier this month in federal court. A lawyer for convicted child predator Tad Cummins’ filed an appeal Wednesday on his behalf. Associated Press reports that former Maury County high school teacher Tad …
After kidnapped teen Elizabeth Thomas left Tennessee with her former teacher, Tad Cummins, she started losing hope that she would see or talk to any of her family again. “I saw it on FOX News one time in a hotel,” Elizabeth said, explaining the first time she learned the nation was searching for her. At …
The Tennessee girl who vanished earlier this year with former teacher Tad Cummins said that as she feared for her life while with him, the public perception of her became skewed, as people reportedly began forming opinions before truly understanding what happened. “[People] think they know what happened,” Elizabeth Thomas said in an exclusive interview …
In her first on-air interview, Tennessee girl Elizabeth Thomas sat down to discuss what happened before, during, and after the 38 days her former teacher, Tad Cummins, reportedly abducted her. Elizabeth was just 15 when she disappeared from her Columbia, Tennessee, home in March 2017. Her disappearance sparked an AMBER Alert and a nationwide hunt after …
The disappearance of former Tennessee high school teacher Tad Cummins and high school freshman Elizabeth Thomas last March is one of the hottest topics covered by Crime Stories with Nancy Grace in 2017. Cummins is scheduled to go on trial in January for the kidnapping of the 15-year-old girl. Nancy Grace reviews the sensational case …
Apparently, former health sciences teacher Tad Cummins is trying to get out jail by claiming he’s not allowed to talk privately with his lawyer. Prosecutors said that Cummins’ allegation is simply not true. Tennessean reports that Cummins, 51, and his lawyer, Assistant Public Defender Dumaka Shabazz, filed a motion last Friday that claimed they’ve been denied …
Former teacher Tad Cummins will remain a former teacher, at the least in the state of Tennessee. New York Daily News reports that the Tennessee State Board of Education took Cummins’ teaching license away indefinitely and refused any discussion on the matter. The license revocation comes three months after Cummins was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a …
The defense attorney for former teacher Tad Cummins filed a motion on Thursday, asking for an extension on Cummins’ upcoming federal court trial in Tennessee. WHNT reports that Cummins, 50, wants his July 25 hearing extended to January 2018 so that his legal team will have enough time to research and prepare. The former high school …
The trial for the former Tennessee teacher accused of abducting his teen student and taking her across state lines is less than two weeks away, and the victim’s family is trying to prepare themselves for a “highly emotional” time. “It’s a highly emotional issue,” Anthony Thomas, father of abducted teen, Elizabeth Thomas, told PEOPLE. “[Going to …
Tad Cummins defense against federal charges of taking a minor across state lines for illegal sex is that his former student Elizabeth Thomas wanted to go with him on a cross-country trip. The ex-Tennessee teacher entered a not guilty plea this week in a court filing, avoiding a formal hearing set for Thursday. Also read: …
Tad Cummins, the former teacher accused of abducting a 15-year-old teen from Maury County, Tennessee, pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to federal kidnapping charges. USA Today reports that Cummins, 50, waived his arraignment appearance scheduled for Thursday and entered the not guilty plea in a court filing. On May 18, he was formally charged with …
Tad Cummins’ former defense attorney brought up numerous reasons why his client should remain free on bail during a pretrial release hearing in Nashville, but a federal judge decided that the evidence against the suspect outweighed the arguments made in his defense. According to court documents filed on May 13, Cummins’ defense lawyer argued that his …
