Post by Kelly Jessop on Oct 2, 2007 17:59:27 GMT -5
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Missing Inverness diver found
Monday, October 1, 2007
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James Cummins worked as a lawyer in Citrus County.
HOMOSASSA, (Bay News 9) -- The Coast Guard in Yankeetown found a dive instructor and Citrus County lawyer who was reported missing Sunday.
The body of 40-year-old James Cummins of Inverness was found in a cave Monday morning.
The Coast Guard received a call at 2:24 p.m. Sunday from two men reporting their dive instructor, Cummins, had not resurfaced from a dive.
The three men had been cave diving from a 29-foot vessel in the Gulf of Mexico just offshore of Homosassa. The two students resurfaced after a dive and waited for Cummins to resurface. They waited 15 minutes and called the Coast Guard.
Cummins operated a Crystal River dive shop called Offshore Adventure Dive Center.
An autopsy is pending at the medical examiner's office in Leesburg.
Although no foul play is suspected at this time, the Sheriff's Office is waiting the autopsy results before classifying its death investigation as accidental.
Cummins apparently was not a cave-certified diver.
The Sheriff's Office says it's critical to have the proper training and equipment before attempting to dive in caves, and to always take the appropriate safety precautions.
Cummins worked as an attorney in Citrus County.
Bay News 9 spoke with him several times about a big case he's been working involving a slumber party fight between two teenage girls that wound up on-line.
Since then the state bar has suspended Cummins' law license for alleged client misconduct.
In June, Cummins' law office burned down. The fire marshal's office ruled it was arson.
Missing Inverness diver found
Monday, October 1, 2007
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James Cummins worked as a lawyer in Citrus County.
HOMOSASSA, (Bay News 9) -- The Coast Guard in Yankeetown found a dive instructor and Citrus County lawyer who was reported missing Sunday.
The body of 40-year-old James Cummins of Inverness was found in a cave Monday morning.
The Coast Guard received a call at 2:24 p.m. Sunday from two men reporting their dive instructor, Cummins, had not resurfaced from a dive.
The three men had been cave diving from a 29-foot vessel in the Gulf of Mexico just offshore of Homosassa. The two students resurfaced after a dive and waited for Cummins to resurface. They waited 15 minutes and called the Coast Guard.
Cummins operated a Crystal River dive shop called Offshore Adventure Dive Center.
An autopsy is pending at the medical examiner's office in Leesburg.
Although no foul play is suspected at this time, the Sheriff's Office is waiting the autopsy results before classifying its death investigation as accidental.
Cummins apparently was not a cave-certified diver.
The Sheriff's Office says it's critical to have the proper training and equipment before attempting to dive in caves, and to always take the appropriate safety precautions.
Cummins worked as an attorney in Citrus County.
Bay News 9 spoke with him several times about a big case he's been working involving a slumber party fight between two teenage girls that wound up on-line.
Since then the state bar has suspended Cummins' law license for alleged client misconduct.
In June, Cummins' law office burned down. The fire marshal's office ruled it was arson.
