A former teacher who was arrested in California for fleeing from Tennessee with a 15-year-old girl has received a 20-year sentence with lifetime supervision. Tad Cummins appeared in a Nashville courtroom Wednesday. He broke down on the stand after apologizing for the harm he had caused the victim and her family. The teen, Elizabeth Thomas, commented that Cummins was “disgusting” and the effects of his actions on her were “devastating and permanent.”