NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – Tad Cummins, 51, of Columbia, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to charges of transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose of engaging in criminal sexual conduct and obstruction of justice, announced U.S. Attorney Don Cochran of the Middle District of Tennessee.
Cummins was initially charged in a criminal complaint on April 20, 2017, after being located in Cecilville, California with the 15-year-old female victim.
Cummins and the 15-year old had been the subject of a nationwide search by law enforcement, after leaving the Columbia, Tennessee area on March 13, 2017.
Cummins was returned to the Middle District of Tennessee on May 9, 2017, and was indicted by a federal grand jury in Nashville on May 18, 2017. He has been in federal custody while awaiting trial.
Cummins faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison when he is sentenced by U.S. District Judge Aleta Trauger on September 24, 2018.