The Daytona Beach News-Journal has provided a little more information about Dr. (hopefully, soon to be Mr.) Jerrold Ecklind’s adventure last week. In case you haven’t heard of Ecklind, he’s the deranged Doc who was arrested back in April for impersonating a police officer and false imprisonment. He had interrupted an argument and took off with the female half of the altercation in handcuffs. He had pointed a gun at the man involved, saying he was “the police.”

This flaky physician, who, as of this writing, still retains the title of “Doctor,” was arrested again last week. This time he was apparently under the influence of his own medicine. Police found Xanax and morphine in his possession, hidden in a flashlight holder and a glass case, respectively. Ecklind refused a urine test, probably because he was so blasted out of his mind he had put his boots on the wrong feet. Ecklind couldn’t explain the childish mistake, saying he didn’t put them on. He only remembered that his boots felt “big.”

Ecklind couldn’t pass the field sobriety tests. He couldn’t stand on one foot. He couldn’t walk a straight line (how metaphoric). He passed a breath test, indicating he hadn’t been drinking, but it was very clear he was under the influence of something. The photo’s shown were taken at his arrests. The one on the left is from April. The one on the right is from last week.

It is official: Jerrold Ecklind is NOT, I repeat, NOT a suspect in the Daytona Beach serial killings –at least not anymore. His DNA, volunteered willingly, does not match DNA found at the crime scene(s). However, no mention has been made of Ecklind’s resemblance to a Smyrna Beach sexual assault suspect. (See the sketch.) The man in the sketch is wanted for kidnapping a 26 year-old woman at gunpoint and sexually assaulting her in a remote, wooded area near New Smyrna Beach. It might be interesting to know if the Ecklind’s owned a white van back then.

Ecklind may not be the Daytona Beach Serial Killer, the rapist in New Smyrna Beach, or the Big Bad Wolf. He is, however, proving to be a very dangerous individual. He should not be a doctor. This is plain to just about everyone. Yet, as of this writing, he’s still a licensed physician. The Florida Department of Health’s website shows no disciplinary action. In fact, it shows Ecklind still holds privileges as a physician at three area hospitals.

Back in April, Ecklind was found with two loaded guns in his car, and one in a holster on his person. He even pointed one of the guns at another man. Last week. Ecklind’s proclivity for firearms was displayed once again, as a Bushmaster M-16 was found in his car –along with a supply of ammo. He was armed and dangerous and wearing his boots on the wrong feet. He was spaced out of his mind as he sped through Daytona Beach with a carbine rifle in his car. Was he going hunting? Was he going to impersonate a S.W.A.T team? Make a house call? Provide someone with “end of life” care? Who knows what he was up to? The drugged up doc didn’t even know what he was doing. We’ve known since April that this guy is one pill short of a prescription, but here we are in July and he’s still a doctor, still collecting guns, and still cruising the streets of Daytona Beach. What is wrong with this picture? As Daytona Beach Police Chief Mike Chitwood said, “We are heading to a not-so-happy ending with this guy.” If you live in Daytona Beach, maybe an apple a day would do you some good.

Sources:

Ormond doctor faces drug charges after 2nd run in with police

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For some reason, this song popped into my head. This one’s for you, Jerry:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWxYTDa6lgs