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By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

To hear her family tell it, Misty Croslin woke up the night Haleigh Cummings vanished to see her Tennessee cousin standing in the doorway with the five year old.

Leonard Padilla dropped that mini-blockbuster on HLN’s Nancy Grace Show Wednesday night, saying he’d heard it from Misty Croslin’s sister in law in Massachussetts; I thought the former prosecutor would fall out of her chair, over what Padilla seemed to report as new, but she knew, was not…

Like the undefeated Fulton County prosecutor she was (130 convictions, no acquittals), Grace probed, then reminded Padilla this angle had been out there for some time, and that cousin Joe had never been arrested or charged with a crime. It was Croslin who was behind bars, charged with trafficking in painkillers and facing more than 100 years in prison… Read the rest of this entry »

Letter Misty Croslin lawyer sent Leonard Padilla Monday

By Art Harris, The Bald Truth, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

The Bald Truth has obtained the above letter Misty Croslin’s lawyer tells me he sent Monday via certified mail to Leonard Padilla, emanding the flamboyant California bounty hunter stay away from his client.

“Your attempts to involve yourself in Misty Croslin’s legal defense are unwarranted,” writes Palatka, Florida lawyer Robert Fields, adding that Padilla’s gift of a Ford Taurus, cell phone time and other items to her parents are “unwanted third party contact intended to convince her parents to influence her to work with you.”

And, despite what we’ve heard Misty demanding on tape–that her mother call Padilla and make a deal to bail her out — THAT just ain’t gonna happen, Fields tells me in an exclusive phone call, explaining Misty’s rant to her mother, Lisa, took place before he’d met with her last week to explain the insanity of jumping into the arms of bounty hunters like Padilla. Read the rest of this entry »

Art Harris Reports on HLN’s Nancy Grace Show Mon., Feb. 22

By Art Harris, The Bald Truth (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

After she begged for his help and the family of accused drug trafficker Misty Croslin accepted a $3,000 Ford Taurus as a gift from generous Bounty Hunter Leonard Padilla to drive back and forth to visit their daughter in the St. John’s County, Florida jail, the former stepmother of missing six year old Haleigh Cummings has ordered Padilla not to contact her again.

In an exclusive interview with The Bald Truth, Croslin attorney Robert Fields tells me the California bounty hunter may have missed his first letter, so he’s sending another one, certified, first thing Monday morning, warning Padilla to stop all contact with Croslin, the babysitter who reported Haleigh missing over a year ago, and who police believe knows more than she revealed.

“She understands it’s not a good idea to make a deal with any bounty hunter, and she doesn’t want to hear from him again,” Fields told me Saturday. “They’re just out for the publicity. Working with any of them is about as smart as driving your car into a lake.”

Fields tells me if Padilla or any other bounty hunter tries to contact his client, “we’ll get a cease and desist order to keep them way.” Read the rest of this entry »

Art Harris on Nancy Grace HLN Friday, Feb. 12, 2010

From Bald Truth Staff, (c) www.artharris.com, all rights reserved

While law enforcement maintains the physical evidence at the trailer where Misty Croslin reported 5 year old Haleigh Cummings missing contradicts what the the babysitter turned step-mama has been saying, Croslin tells her father she keeps wracking her brain, but there’s nothing she hasn’t revealed so far…

She does, however, reveal on taped prison phone calls and visits details of her alleged drug transactions that have the mousey 18 year old facing 8 felony counts of trafficking that could send her to prison for as long as 114 years, or at least until she’s “old and gray like you (her mother),” she told Lisa Croslin, who has yet to turn 40… Read the rest of this entry »