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Stepmom Granted Restraining Order

Haleigh's Stepmom Misty Cummings Gets Order Against Brother Hank Croslin Jr.

POSTED: Wednesday, September 9, 2009
UPDATED: 7:01 pm EDT September 9, 2009

Misty Croslin Cummings, the stepmother of missing 6-year-old Haleigh Cummings, has been granted a restraining order against her brother, Hank Croslin Jr.

Channel 4 was told the order involves an incident last month that led to the arrest of her husband, Ronald Cummings.

Misty filed the petition for injunction against domestic violence following a fight between her brother and husband.

Ronald Cummings was later released from jail. He was charged with burglary and battery.

The injunction said that Hank cannot go within 500 feet of Misty or her home and cannot have any weapons.

But in her petition, Misty said it was Hank who "committed or threatened to commit domestic violence" and "threatened, harassed, stalked or physically abused" her.

Misty also said in the petition that her brother has "a criminal history involving violence," and she was afraid because Hank "owns ... a .45-caliber handgun and (a) hunting rifle."

Misty Croslin Knot On Head
This file picture shows a knot on Misty Cummings' head after she said her brother hit her.
As part of the file, Misty wrote a letter describing what happened on Aug. 5, saying her parents and brother came to her home and "a fight started (between Hank and Ronald)."

She said in the letter that after the fight was broken up, "my brother came up to me and took (his) hand in a fist and hit me on the left side of my face and head. ... I am afraid of my brother because he is violent and crazy. ... I feel that he will hurt me."

Included in the file was a picture taken after the fight showing a knot on Misty's head and bruises on her chest.

Hank refused to comment about the restraining order issued Wednesday.

Cummings-Crosling family tree
Outside the home, the family was having a yard sale. Misty's mother told Channel 4 the family is moving to Massachusetts, where one of her other sons lives.

Massachusetts is where the focus of the Haleigh Cummings investigation was this past weekend.

The Putnam County Sheriff's Office confirmed that detectives went there to question someone, but did not say if that was Misty's other brother or someone else.

In Cape Cod, Mass., a tip was called in saying Haleigh had been spotted at a Walmart.

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