Ex-teacher accused of kidnapping student jailed in Kentucky
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A former Tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping a teenage student and taking her to California has been returned to face charges and is being held in a Kentucky jail.
A recording at Kentucky's Henderson County jail Monday said 50-year-old Tad Cummins is being held there. Cummins was arrested in April when he and the 15-year-old girl were found in northern California. The girl has since returned home.
Cummins faces federal charges of bringing a minor across state lines for sex and state charges of aggravated kidnapping and sexual contact with a minor. Cummins' attorney said the girl went with her teacher willingly.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The girl's father has said Cummins brainwashed his daughter.
The Associated Press isn't naming the student or relatives because she is an alleged victim of a sex crime.