Cummings, Croslin plead not guilty to drug charges

Ronald Cummings and Misty Croslin have entered pleas of not guilty to trafficking prescription narcotics in Putnam County.

Cummings, 26, the father of missing Satsuma girl Haleigh Cummings, is charged with five counts.

Croslin, 18, who was Cummings' girlfriend at the time of the disappearance in February 2009, is charged with eight counts.

Croslin is being held in the St. Johns County Jail but was briefly booked into the Putnam County Jail on Thursday morning before being returned to St. Johns County.

Haleigh, age 5 when she vanished, has not been found despite an intensive investigation by multiple agencies. Authorities have said Cummings is not a suspect, but they believe Croslin is a key to possibly solving the case.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office said Croslin has given inconsistent information.

Croslin, Cummings and three others - including Croslin's brother Hank "Tommy" Croslin Jr. - were arrested in January following an investigation in which an undercover detective allegedly made multiple buys of prescription narcotics such as oxycodone and hydrocodone.

Cummings entered a written plea Wednesday while Croslin pleaded not guilty on Thursday morning.

Officers and family members of Haleigh said they hope the arrests could lead to a break in the disappearance case.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office asks that anyone with information about Haleigh's disappearance call Northeast Crime Stoppers at 888-277-TIPS.

Contact Cindy Swirko at 374-5024 or swirkoc@gvillesun.com.