A lawsuit?
54 year old David W. Eckert’s arrest history below. I looked at a few of these, mostly drug possession:
M-24-FR-201200039 ECKERT DAVID 1959 Defendant 1 State of New Mexico v. David Eckert Thomas, Mark D. LORDSBURG MAGISTRATE 05/29/2012
D-101-CV-200701920 ECKERT DAVID W Defendant 1 SUNTERRA VS ECKERT Sanchez, Daniel A. SANTA FE DISTRICT 08/06/2007
M-24-CV-200300044 ECKERT DAVID W Plaintiff 1 DAVID ECKERT V. J.SAENZ C.ODOM Thomas, Mark D. LORDSBURG MAGISTRATE 07/09/2003
M-24-CV-200200031 ECKERT DAVID W Plaintiff 1 DAVID ECKERT V. PATRICIA ORTEG Thomas, Mark D. LORDSBURG MAGISTRATE 06/17/2002
M-24-CV-9900083 ECKERT DAVID W Plaintiff 1 DAVID W. ECKERT V. BARBARA GOM Thomas, Mark D. LORDSBURG MAGISTRATE 11/05/1999
D-307-CV-200301255 ECKERT DAVID W Defendant 1 GREEN SERVICING V ECKERT D Robles, Robert E. LAS CRUCES DISTRICT 09/30/2003
D-619-DM-200200052 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Petitioner 1 DAVID W ECKERT VS SUSIE ECKERT Jeffreys, Gary M. DEMING DISTRICT 02/28/2002
D-623-CR-200200011 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 STATE OF NEW MEXICO VS. D. ECKERT Jeffreys, Gary M. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 02/22/2002
D-623-CR-200500041 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 STATE OF NEW MEXICO VS. DAVID ECKERT Robinson, J. C. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 04/21/2005
D-623-CR-200800034 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 STATE OF NEW MEXICO VS. DAVID ECKERT Viramontes, Daniel LORDSBURG DISTRICT 04/10/2008
D-623-CR-201200055 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 STATE OF NEW MEXICO VS. DAVID ECKERT Robinson, J. C. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 08/29/2012
D-623-CV-200300046 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 GREEN TREE V. S. ECKERT Robinson, J. C. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 11/03/2003
D-623-CV-200400015 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 GREEN TREE V. SUSIE ECKER Jeffreys, Gary M. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 05/07/2004
D-623-CV-200800018 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Defendant 1 SYSTEMS VS DAVID W ECKERT Robinson, J. C. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 04/15/2008
D-623-DM-200600004 ECKERT DAVID W 1958 Respondent 1 J. ECKERT V. D. ECKERT Quintero, Henry R. LORDSBURG DISTRICT 03/20/2006
I can see why the cops recognized him. He appears to be a REAL SLOW learner. Innocent until proven guilty. I’d like to get a transcript of the trial if the case ever gets that far.
No excuse. Do you believe that if the police had video that refuted Eckert's claims, that they would NOT have already released it?
Here’s the link for case lookups in NM for those who want to research:
https://caselookup.nmcourts.gov/caselookup/app