Texas businessman arrested on decades old child sex abuse charges

A Texas businessman has been arrested connected kid enactment maltreatment charges dating backmost astir a 4th period successful North Las Vegas.

Curtis Roy Eckman, 39, was booked Thursday astatine the Clark County Detention Center connected 30 felonies, including intersexual battle and lewdness with a kid nether 14. Multiple media reports retired of the College Station, Texas, country bespeak Eckman is the proprietor of a section realty radical determination and a nonmigratory of Brazos County.

The warrant starring to Eckman’s apprehension was secured by North Las Vegas constabulary detectives successful August.

Detectives wrote successful the warrant that 2 women told detectives Eckman assaulted them erstwhile they were children astatine a North Las Vegas home. One of the accusers said she was assaulted by Eckman astir April 1997, erstwhile she was 11 years aged and Eckman was 17 oregon 18. A 2nd pistillate told constabulary Eckman assaulted her sometime betwixt August 1999 and October 2000 erstwhile she was a young child.

Eckman remained successful custody astatine the Clark County Detention Center connected Tuesday. A Las Vegas lawyer representing Eckman could not instantly beryllium reached for remark Tuesday afternoon.

A presumption cheque successful the lawsuit is scheduled for Oct. 27 successful North Las Vegas Justice Court.

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