Teen babysitter sentenced to 25 years on drug charges

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(CNN) -- Misty Croslin, the last person known to see a 5-year-old Florida girl before she was reported missing in February 2009, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and more than $1 million in fines, court officials said.
Croslin, 19, was sentenced on drug-related charges Monday, involving the trafficking of prescription narcotics, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, according to Assistant State Attorney Christopher Kelly.
"I am not a drug dealer," Croslin said during Monday's hearing, according to CNN affiliate WJXT.
She pleaded no contest to a 25-year sentence on similar charges last year.
At the time 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings went missing, Croslin was living in the family's mobile home with her then-husband, Ronald Cummings, Haleigh and her 4-year-old brother.
Croslin and Ronald Cummings were both arrested in January along with three others after allegedly selling about $3,900 worth of drugs to undercover officers, authorities said. The two divorced after Haleigh's disappearance.
Croslin told police she tucked Haleigh and the brother into bed about 8 p.m. February 8, 2009, and went to sleep two hours later.
She said she awoke at 3 a.m. to find Haleigh missing and a cinder block propping open a back door.
Ronald Cummings reported Haleigh missing when he returned from work at dawn.

read more at: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/11/florida.teen.drug.sentencing/

 

[Eyes On the Roll]

yup, oxy's and other scripted pain meds are a serious epidemic down here in florida.. like really bad. All of the nice preppy kids that I graduated from highschool with have all given up college and are now hooked on smoking blues daily..

I've noticed a lot of these prescription-opiate-bust news reports have been in florida.

Also, when my best friend was 19, and had a full scholarship to any university, he got arrested for trafficking opium derivatives by selling to an undercover cop (blues/roxiez), and when he got out on bond he got arrested again for the same damn thing.. not 3 weeks later

 

[paranoid android]

How in the name of fuck can someone get 25 years in prison for drug charges? That is insane. As bad as Canada's drug laws are atleast she would only get probably a year max for that. So much for living in the land of the free

 

[MemphisX3]

How in the name of fuck can someone get 25 years in prison for drug charges? That is insane. As bad as Canada's drug laws are atleast she would only get probably a year max for that. So much for living in the land of the free

how do the cops let her sell them $3900 worth of oxy before making an arrest?

 

[cj]

How in the name of fuck can someone get 25 years in prison for drug charges? That is insane. As bad as Canada's drug laws are atleast she would only get probably a year max for that. So much for living in the land of the free

The DA is worried the murder case may be iffy this way shes fucked either way. Also I thought Misty was the stepmom but I could be wrong

 

[slimvictor]

She will be in jail for much of her life because of pain medication.

If you take the pain medication when you are not in pain, you feel good.

You are not allowed to take the pain medication to feel good.

What a surreal world we live in.

 

[RegisteredStoneeer]

She will be in jail for much of her life because of pain medication.

If you take the pain medication when you are not in pain, you feel good.

You are not allowed to take the pain medication to feel good.

What a surreal world we live in.

Well Summed up!

 

[phenethylo J]

How in the name of fuck can someone get 25 years in prison for drug charges? That is insane. As bad as Canada's drug laws are atleast she would only get probably a year max for that. So much for living in the land of the free

Origionly she was faceing life from what I heard on my local news a while ago.

how do the cops let her sell them $3900 worth of oxy before making an arrest?

So they could try to get her with the worst charge possible; they do shit like that all the time.
If they are trying to "save our chilldren from drugs" you'd think they would try to nab a dealer as quick as possible.

A bit back in my area a cop trying to make a little money on the side got busted selling 1000 oxy pills to some-one that turned out to be an undercover. I bet his charge was no where near as bad.

 

[Wesley_pipes_27]

how do the cops let her sell them $3900 worth of oxy before making an arrest?

Here in good ole' Florida they don't do it any other way. If an undercover officer purchases illegal narcotics from someone once, they will continue to make as many purchases as they possibly can, all the while requesting as many different substances in as large a quantity as they suspect you can provide. Many times this is how they eventually tip their hand, but by then it's too late. Unfortunately this is something I have had first hand experience with. If you are caught selling drugs just once in this state, they will see to it that it ruins the rest of your life.

WP

 

[Eyes On the Roll]

also, let me make note, my friend that got busted for trafficking roxies twice, once while on bond, was only in jail for a month until his court date. The first arrest was a sale of $2000 worth of blues to an undercover, the other arrest was a search and seizure while he was on bond for the first arrest, and he had a couple grand worth of oxys with him then too.
So he only stayed in jail till his court date (bond revoked because he was arrested on bond) then bonded out and got a great lawyer, and his trial ended and he didn't get any jail time at all. Just several years of probation.

I know he did a little inside work to drop down his sentence, but it's still amazing that he walked away with no jail time. Considering each time he got arrested, he got 2 counts of trafficking opium derivatives because half of the blues were one generic form, and the other half was another generic form, and they made that count as 2 counts of trafficking each time. also considering he got busted not 3 weeks after he got out of jail the first time for the same exact thing..while on bond

 

[mattnotrik]

also, let me make note, my friend that got busted for trafficking roxies twice, once while on bond, was only in jail for a month until his court date. The first arrest was a sale of $2000 worth of blues to an undercover, the other arrest was a search and seizure while he was on bond for the first arrest, and he had a couple grand worth of oxys with him then too.
So he only stayed in jail till his court date (bond revoked because he was arrested on bond) then bonded out and got a great lawyer, and his trial ended and he didn't get any jail time at all. Just several years of probation.

I know he did a little inside work to drop down his sentence, but it's still amazing that he walked away with no jail time. Considering each time he got arrested, he got 2 counts of trafficking opium derivatives because half of the blues were one generic form, and the other half was another generic form, and they made that count as 2 counts of trafficking each time. also considering he got busted not 3 weeks after he got out of jail the first time for the same exact thing..while on bond

Yeah thats great apart from your friend is a weedy snitch, dont forget.

 

[Eyes On the Roll]

/\ yea i know, but comparing his situation to this teen baby sitter that got 25 years... her sentence was rediculous

 

[qwe]

(CNN) -- Misty Croslin, the last person known to see a 5-year-old Florida girl before she was reported missing in February 2009, has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and more than $1 million in fines, court officials said.
Croslin, 19, was sentenced on drug-related charges Monday, involving the trafficking of prescription narcotics, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, according to Assistant State Attorney Christopher Kelly.
"I am not a drug dealer," Croslin said during Monday's hearing, according to CNN affiliate WJXT.
She pleaded no contest to a 25-year sentence on similar charges last year.
At the time 5-year-old Haleigh Cummings went missing, Croslin was living in the family's mobile home with her then-husband, Ronald Cummings, Haleigh and her 4-year-old brother.
Croslin and Ronald Cummings were both arrested in January along with three others after allegedly selling about $3,900 worth of drugs to undercover officers, authorities said. The two divorced after Haleigh's disappearance.
Croslin told police she tucked Haleigh and the brother into bed about 8 p.m. February 8, 2009, and went to sleep two hours later.
She said she awoke at 3 a.m. to find Haleigh missing and a cinder block propping open a back door.
Ronald Cummings reported Haleigh missing when he returned from work at dawn.

read more at: http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/11/florida.teen.drug.sentencing/

is there some connection between drugs and the kid going missing or is this just sort of like a read 1 read 1 free-at-the-same-time article?

 

[villian]

yup, oxy's and other scripted pain meds are a serious epidemic down here in florida.. like really bad. All of the nice preppy kids that I graduated from highschool with have all given up college and are now hooked on smoking blues daily..

I've noticed a lot of these prescription-opiate-bust news reports have been in florida.

Also, when my best friend was 19, and had a full scholarship to any university, he got arrested for trafficking opium derivatives by selling to an undercover cop (blues/roxiez), and when he got out on bond he got arrested again for the same damn thing.. not 3 weeks later

I know that people smoke pills all over the country, but smoking pills seems especially popular in FL. I wonder why. Maybe because they are cheaper?

 

[Z Y G G Y]

is there some connection between drugs and the kid going missing or is this just sort of like a read 1 read 1 free-at-the-same-time article?

exacty what I was thinking...dunno thou...

maybe they think that the kid went missing due to the actions of this woman...like a revenge of drug dealers or something and because she lived in the same house as the kid, they took the kid...that's the closes I got to any reasoning.

 

[hydrochron]

I know that people smoke pills all over the country, but smoking pills seems especially popular in FL. I wonder why. Maybe because they are cheaper?

because people are fucking stupid Imo. to much paint thinner. Anyone that smokes pills is a dumb ass in my book.

 

[Tommyboy]

is there some connection between drugs and the kid going missing or is this just sort of like a read 1 read 1 free-at-the-same-time article?

I had watched this story on the news for a while. There was speculation that the kid might have swallowed an 80mg oxy, and died, leading the babysitter to freak out and dump the body. They still didn't find the body, and were hoping to get her to confess and give up the location by charging her and waving that big sentence in her face.

 

[Wesley_pipes_27]

I know he did a little inside work to drop down his sentence

Where I'm from we call that snitching.