Misty Croslin at arraignment

right: Misty in Chains

jacksonville.com

By Dana Treen

February 19, 2010

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PALATKA — As Misty Croslin stood before a judge in shackles and chains Thursday to face seven drug trafficking charges, a California bounty hunter was offering her a way out of jail in an exchange of information...

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...bounty hunter Leonard Padilla said he was willing to pay a bond he estimated at $135,000 to get her out. The deal...“It’s got to lead me to Haleigh.”

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...Padilla wants to question Croslin, then decide if he will arrange a bond.
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On jail tapes with her mother Lisa, Misty Croslin is adamant that she be bonded out before they talk. That's not going to fly. Leonard was stung on that by Casey Anthony.

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Padilla said he also has been helping Croslin’s parents and bought a 2001 Ford Taurus for her father, who is not working and says notoriety from Haleigh’s case has kept him from getting a job. Padilla said he also gave Hank Croslin money to meet expenses.
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Croslin was arraigned on seven charges of trafficking Thursday and was brought to the courtroom in a blue jail uniform and with cornrows in her hair. Two of the charges were new, and could increase the bail. She faces an additional trafficking charge in St. Johns County.
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...She looked somber during the appearance, wearing waist chains and handcuffs. Investigators from Haleigh’s case stood in the back of the courtroom during the hearing...

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In another twist Thursday, Croslin’s mother, Lisa, was arrested on a warrant as she left the courthouse following an earlier hearing. The charge stems from an incident at the Palatka Walmart around Christmas, Hank Croslin Sr. said of his wife.

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Lisa Croslin is charged with grand theft after a purse was reported stolen to the Palatka Police Department, authorities said. She was released on bail later in the day, according to Putnam County Sheriff’s Office jail records...

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Good grief. What is wrong with these people?

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They act without any apparent thought of consequences--is it a sense of entitlement or contempt for others who have dish soap?--mother and son are habitual thieves, Tommy is a burglar.

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Not one seems to understand the concept of working a job to pay the bills, to be responsible to not only family but their community.

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On the Croslin jailhouse tapes Tommy and Misty each try to get THEIR phone and commissary accounts padded and bail posted ahead of the other. They sound like they are 10 and 12, fighting over whose turn it is to sit in the front.

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In Tommy's communications he constantly puts his wants over the needs of his wife and kids. He told his wife Linsey not to spend the income tax refund to buy beds for the boys, in case he could bond out. wth? He told her they could get money from her grandparents.

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And both Tommy and Misty have spent many dollars on the phone telling their parents and sibling Timmy to spend their income tax refunds to get them out. No one works at all. It's really mind-boggling how selfish Tommy and Misty are. And then their mama likes a five-finger discount as well.

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So, Padilla. He bought Hank and Lisa a 3K used car, which I'm sure is wired for sound, if not video. He also gave them money for "expenses" and is reportedly willing to help them get a place to live, which I would also suspect to be bugged. He's given Lisa a cell phone, a nice one "like Chelsea's". You can bet that has a nifty GPS device activated, and a detail monthly report with the bill. (If I remember correctly, Drew Peterson could pull up a website at any time and see where his missing wife's cell phone was, geographically--he could completely track her movement.)

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If Padilla is doing this because his heart is in the right place, more power to him. But I suspect he really enjoys seeing his face on television.

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