Published: 22:41 BST, 16 January 2019 | Updated: 12:26 BST, 17 January 2019Ī federal judge has sentenced a married Tennessee teacher who went on the run for weeks with a 15-year-old student to 20 years in prison after his victim confronted him in court. A civil lawsuit is also pending against Cummins and Maury County Public Schools, brought by the father of Thomas.He was sentenced on Wednesday by US District Judge Aleta Trauger in Nashville.Cummins pleaded guilty in April of 2018 to obstructing justice and taking a minor across state lines for sex, after first pleading not guilty in May of 2017.Thomas said Cummins kept a gun in the car's console and she couldn't escape.The two went on the run after Cummins was suspended from school in February of 2017, when a 12-year-old student reported seeing Cummins kiss the teenager.Thomas told authorities she and Cummins had sex 'every day as they traveled from state to state,' between March 13 and April 20, 2017.Elizabeth Thomas, 17, cried as she confronted Cummins during his sentencing in a victim impact statement that called what he did to her 'unspeakable'.Tennessee teacher Tad Cummins, 52, who went on the run in 2017 with a 15-year-old student, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. If you spot the vehicle and can verify the license plate to be TN 976-ZPT, call 911 immediately.'I was just a kid, a broken girl': Student victim, 17, confronts pervert teacher Tad Cummins, 52, as he is sentenced to 20 years for going on the run with her when she was 15 and 'having sex every day as they traveled from state to state' The TBI would urge the public to remain vigilant and report any information that may prove beneficial in the ongoing search to 1-800-TBI-FIND. There is a $1,000 reward for information leading to his capture.Īs of this morning, the TBI received more than 1,200 tips from across the country. On Friday, the TBI added him to the state’s ‘Top 10 Most Wanted’ list. A warrant has been issued for Cummins for Sexual Contact with a Minor and Aggravated Kidnapping. He is believe to be armed with two handguns and driving a silver Nissan Rogue with Tennessee tag 976-ZPT. Cummins is a white male, who stands 6’0”, weighs approximately 200 pounds, and has brown hair and eyes. She was last seen wearing a flannel shirt and black leggings. Thomas is a 15-year-old white female, with hazel eyes, stands 5’0” and weighs 120 pounds. The school district in Maury County terminated Cummins in the wake of an ongoing investigation into alleged inappropriate contact he had with Thomas at the school earlier this year. Thomas, 15, disappeared on Monday, March 13 th and is believed to have been kidnapped by 50-year-old Tad Cummins, a former teacher at her school in Maury County, Tennessee. Efforts to determine what vehicle they were traveling in remain ongoing. The same images show Elizabeth may currently have red hair. The surveillance images of Cummins and Thomas – the first obtained by investigators since the alleged kidnapping on March 13 th – clearly show Tad Cummins with an altered appearance to darken his hair. Cummins used cash to purchase various food items, but did not purchase anything else of significance. “Late Thursday, after receiving information from a tip, investigators obtained surveillance images from a Walmart on East I-240 Service Road in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from the afternoon of March 15 th, showing Tad Cummins and Elizabeth Thomas shopping at the store. The TBI posted the following on their website Friday morning: (WIAT) - The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation says they have confirmed a sighting of 15-year-old Elizabeth Thomas and her alleged kidnapper Tad Cummins.
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