Misty Croslin was sentenced in Putnam County on seven counts of drug trafficking. She got the minimum mandatory sentence on all of the counts which total 89 years, but those are to be served concurrently so she'll only serve 25.
Croslin was the last person to have seen Haleigh Cummings, the missing 5-year-old girl who has yet to be found. Less than a month away from the two year anniversary of Haleigh's disappearance her family and friends are worried that once Croslin is locked up so will the truth as to what happened and where Haleigh is.
Crystal Sheffield, Haleigh's mother says she doesn't care for Croslin and her family and just wants her daughter back. She was among close to a dozen others in court who were disappointed by the judge's decision to have Croslin serve her jail time concurrently as opposed to consecutively.
Teresa Neves (pictured on the left), Haleigh's grandmother was also in the courtroom. She says it's been tough and hasn't gotten any easier. She says she's frustrated with Misty, and that her and her son Ronald Cummings just want to know where Haleigh might be. Her biggest worry is that people may have stopped looking.
Before being sentenced Croslin asked the judge to be fair and told the court she wasn't a drug dealer, just made some bad choices and is paying the consequences. She also asked the judge for another chance.
Prior to her getting up in front of the judge her father was asked by Misty to speak to the courtroom. Her attorney advised against it and let it be known, saying he thought it was a bad idea. Nevertheless Hank Croslin Sr. got up and spoke briefly with the judge. He says he doesn't believe his daughter ever sold drugs, and asked for leniency.
The judge was rather lenient in that Misty Croslin not only got concurrent jail time but also got time served. She's already serving time for a similar charge out of St. Johns County. She'll have to serve five years' probation once she is released. She'll have fines of more than $1.3 million, won't be allowed to drive for two years, won't be allowed to drink alcohol or even be anywhere near an establishment that makes more than 50% of its sales from alcohol.
Croslin has 30 days to appeal any of the charges. There was no indication from her attorney that they would be doing that.
