Teacher who fled with teen student and forced her to have sex with him every day sentenced to 20 years in prison
52-year-old Tad Cummins was sentenced to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty to obstructing justice and taking a minor across state lines for sex
Predatory school teacher Tad Cummins, 52, has been sentenced in the abduction case that saw him coerce then-15-year-old student Elizabeth Thomas to run away from home with him and force her to have sex with him every day.
Cummins, who had previously pleaded guilty to obstructing justice and taking a minor across state lines for sex, was sentenced to 20 years in prison this past Wednesday, January 17, by US District Judge Aleta Trauga in Nashville. His defense team's argument that he should be given the minimum 10-year sentence because of his lack of a previous criminal record failed, though he did avoid the maximum possible sentence of 30 years.
