Putnam County News

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. - The St. Johns County Sheriff's Office arrested 34 people Friday morning in connection with illegal narcotics transactions.

In September, a man wearing flip flops and with a pink towel covering his face tried to ram his way into an East Palatka convenience store.

Putnam County sheriff's detectives said they arrested a Palatka High School student Monday night after she called in a false report of a bomb threat.

Across the street from where 7-year-old Somer Thompson lived in suburban Orange Park, a memorial grows in the shade of an old oak.

A 22-year-old man who confessed to Titusville police about killing his landlord in July 2007 was convicted of second degree murder with a firearm Thursday, officials said.

A new e-mail address has been created for people to communicate tips and leads directly with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office about missing Florida girl Haleigh Cummings.

Halloween doings are of course coming up this weekend. The Haunt is on at the Elks Club on Friday and Satudray.

Putnam County deputies arrested three Miami men and a teenager Tuesday afternoon after investigating the passing of forged bills at a convenience store in East Palatka.

The parents of two young children have been arrested for a drug operation in their home.

The 17-year-old former stepmother of missing Putnam County girl Haleigh Cummings was robbed Monday while at a Palatka apartment complex with two other women.

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The Putnam County Sheriff's Office has responded about the latest series of rumors regarding the search for Haleigh Cummings.

The mother of the woman who put Haleigh to bed before she disappeared is behind bars in Putnam County.

Illegal drugs will be scarcer in the DeLand area after local, state and federal agents dismantled a major marijuana and cocaine distribution ring during a series of coordinated raids.

ORLANDO, Fla. -- The attorney representing Misty Cummings, the stepmother of missing 6-year-old Haleigh Cummings, has stepped down following her recent appearance on CBS' "The Early Show." In an e-mail, Robert Fields, of Putnam County, confirmed that he is no longer representing Misty Cummings.

A nonchalant Misty Cummings shrugged her shoulders Thursday as WESH 2's Bob Kealing asked her how she felt about her pending divorce from husband, Ronald Cummings, father of missing Putnam County girl, Haleigh Cummings.

The teenager who said she put Haleigh Cummings to bed before the little girl disappeared got pulled over in Lake Mary Wednesday as investigators followed up on a report of road rage.

Ronald Cummings wed Misty Croslin Cummings a little over a month after Haleigh Cummings went missing.

Ronald and Misty Cummings appear to be headed for divorce. According to Ronald Cummings' family law attorney, no paperwork has been filed, but the marriage will not last much longer.

The internal affairs investigation results have been released into whether or not an inmate died because of jail treatment.