He would tell students that he had been in the FBI, the CIA and the military and "had the ability to get lost," Noble said. Tad Cummins was arrested in northern California, more than a month. Culleoka is a community about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of Nashville near the Alabama line. 21 April 2017 AP A Tennessee teacher accused of abducting his 15-year-old student has been captured thousands of miles away. Cummins decided to use the name Castro because it was a Hispanic name and he thought they would be better off portraying themselves as having that heritage if they were going south of the border.Ĭummins, a respiratory therapist by training, was a mentor to students at the Culleoka Unit School and kids would often go to him with their problems, the FBI agent said. They tried to kayak from San Diego to Mexico, but the waters were too treacherous, Noble said, decided it was too risky going into Mexico on foot. Testimony at the detention and preliminary hearing showed that Cummins spent $1,500 on a two-seat kayak, and he and the student used it to try to get to Mexico. Yreka, California CNN After five weeks on the run, a Tennessee teacher who kidnapped and fled with his 15-year-old student was arrested Thursday deep in the mountains of northern California. In the days before he left with the girl, Noble said, Cummins had actually looked up teen marriage and age of consent on the internet. They decided to call themselves John and Joanne Castro and tell people that they were married, and he was 40 and she 24, the FBI agent testified. Tad Cummins will remain in custody as the case against him goes to a grand jury, federal Judge Barbara Holmes ruled Friday, saying he was both a flight risk and a danger to the community. That included, testimony showed, disabling his GPS on his vehicle, switching out license plates, and Cummins and the girl throwing their cellphones in the Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama, so they wouldn't be tracked. She said Cummins had abused his position of authority as a teacher and she noted all the ways he tried to evade police. "Here the evidence of danger is substantial," Holmes said.
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