Can't find his mugshot as of yet, FReepers in California can you help me out please?
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Does anyone really believe she was kidnapped?
GREAT news! HOORAY tipster.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Bear_Ranch
This guy must have been totally delusional. How did he imagine this would end up?
Maybe he’ll get a nice boyfriend in jail.
The Walmart video looks like she was a willing traveler, and not abducted.
I thought they would have gone to Costa Rica, but OTOH because she was 15, it made her radioactive to anyone who would consider transporting them.
It’s a little creepy that he ran off with a 15 year old. The old joke is to trade in the forty year old for a couple of twenty’s, but fifteen will get you twenty years.
That is seriously remote country up there. It’s Humboldt County, so they’ll be taken to Eureka, CA.
Local paper:
http://www.times-standard.com/
The government agent that keeps an eye on the commune decided he (or she) could call it in without blowing cover.
Sort of like the compound where Tim McVey hung out before OKC - it had both a US agent and a German agent on premises.
It should be clarified that it was a photo of a cabin on the Black Bear Ranch property, not where they were found, and I’ve yet to find anything that says they stayed in the cabin before they were ‘asked to leave.’
Considering the road to the commune, I don’t even know if they made it actually to BBR. Travel time right now is literally 2 hours from the closest highway turn off, and it is about a five hour drive around to where they were eventually found.
Venturing a guess, they made it to Blue Sky Ranch, saying their intention was to become residents of Black Bear, someone there recognized them from media coverage, passed them keys to a cabin along with directions for a long drive, then started making phone calls to police. I sincerely doubt his vehicle would have been up to the challenge of navigating the road to BBR under present conditions.
The Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office reported the following:
On Wednesday, April 19, at about 9 p.m., the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) received a tip that a vehicle matching the description of Tennessee kidnap suspect, Mr. Tad Cummins, 50, was observed in the Cecilville area of Siskiyou County.
Cecilville is a small rural community located in a mountainous area of the county about 68 miles southwest of the county seat, Yreka. According to reports, a male adult and a young female were staying in a cabin off of Eddy Gulch Road in Cecilville. Deputies responded to the scene and verified that the vehicle, a 2015 Nissan Rogue, silver in color, matched the description broadcast nationwide via an Amber Alert dated March 13. The original broadcast indicated the kidnap suspect; Mr. Cummins, was possibly armed with two firearms, which prompted a tactical response by the Department’s Special Response Team (SRT).
The SCSO SRT responded to the scene, established a perimeter around the cabin believed to be occupied by Mr. Cummins and his juvenile female victim and elected to wait until morning to arrest the suspect when he exited the cabin. A citizen who befriended the suspect and victim assisted SRT members at the scene. On Thursday, April 20, shortly after 9:30 a.m., Mr. Cummins exited the cabin and was taken into custody by SCSO SRT members without incident. The female victim exited the
cabin and was walking behind Cummins. She was detained at the scene for her protection and to facilitate further investigation and victim services. Two loaded handguns were recovered in the cabin along with various personal items belonging to both Mr. Cummins and his female victim.
The victim appeared to be in good health and Mr. Cummins was cooperative with law enforcement authorities at the scene. Mr. Cummins was transported to the Siskiyou County Jail in Yreka and booked on a Maury County, TN fugitive arrest warrant for aggravated kidnapping. Contact has been initiated with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Tennessee Bureau of Investigations (TBI) investigators. Memphis FBI and TBI investigators are en route to Siskiyou County to continue their on-going investigation. The kidnapping victim has been transferred to FBI Agents assigned to the Redding, CA office. She will undergo a forensic interview and as a crime victim, receive the care that she needs at this time. Mr. Cummins will be arraigned on Friday, April 21 at 10 a.m. Mr. Cummins also faces local charges for kidnapping and possession of stolen property. These and other charges are pending review by Siskiyou County District Attorney, Kirk Andrus.
According to Sheriff Jon Lopey, “I would like to commend the citizens that played a role in bringing Mr. Cummins’ activities to our attention, which led to a response by members of the Siskiyou County Seriff’s Office. I am proud of the men and women ofthis Department that played a role in this potentially dangerous surveillance and arrest, especially the Special Response Team responsible for the safe and successful resolution of this 6-week ordeal. The SRT worked in freezing weather conditions but resolved this mission without anyone getting hurt, which was a good day for our Department, the female victim, and her family. Like any major crime perpetrated against a young teenager, this case is a difficult one and will plague the victim, her family, friends, and the law enforcement officers and agents involved in the case for years to come. On behalf of the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office, I would like to offer our thoughts and prayers to the victim, her family, friends, and the all involved law enforcement officers and other members of the justice system as this investigation continues to achieve justice for all concerned.“
Anyone with any information about the activities of Mr. Cummins or his victim is urged to contact the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office 24-hour Dispatch Center at (530) 841-2900
Source: http://www.siskiyoudaily.com/article/20170420/NEWS/170429953
Still wondering when Elizabeth turns 16. Her DOB is not listed anywhere.
I hope and pray that those of you on this thread who say that she went “willingly” NEVER have a child or grandchild that has been seduced and led astray in this fashion. If you do and post on here I’ll be as callous to you all as you are to this child. Yes, I say child because she’s under the age of consent in TN. I hope none of you ever have a child that’s been raped. If you believe that this is okay then you’re all on the side of pedophiles and I hope you rot in hell!!!