JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 50-year-old sexual predator has been sentenced to indefinite confinement at the Florida Civil Commitment Center in Arcadia.
Edward Cummings has spent the last six years at the sexual predator facility.
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In 1984, Cummings was convicted on a charge of committing a lewd act in the presence of a child. He received a two-and-a-half-year sentence and three years of probation for the crime.
In 1989, Cummings was found guilty of lewd, lascivious or indecent act upon a minor child. In this case, Cummings inappropriately touched two young girls, ages 5 and 8, while the girls climbed a fence. He was sentenced to seven years in prison.
In 1999, Cummings was convicted again on the same charge after evidence showed he inappropriately touched a 7-year-old girl. He received one year in jail and two years of sex offender probation.
Cummings violated his probation in 2001. He also failed to register as a sex offender numerous times.
After a civil trial regarding his release, a jury decided Wednesday afternoon to send Cummings back to the commitment facility.