Mexico puts “affluenza” teen on plane to Texas

Tonya Couch’s arrest affidavit alleges that she and her 18-year-old son fled the state in December as Texas prosecutors investigated whether he had violated his probation in the case of a 2013 wreck that killed four people.

After arriving in North Texas on a flight from Mexico, the Sheriff’s deputies are set to transport “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch to the Tarrant County Juvenile Detention Center.

NBCDFW A news chopper shows the Lynn Ross Juvenile Detention Center in Fort Worth, Texas, where Ethan Couch will be held ahead of his hearing. Couch is later ordered to rehab and sentenced to 10 years’ probation, which prosecutors and law enforcement blasted as too weak. His mother was sent back to the US nearly immediately, but was released from jail after posting bail. Couch also faces a hearing on February 19 to determine whether his case will be transferred to the adult system, where he could face more time behind bars.

” December 28, 2015 ” Ethan Couch and Tonya Couch are taken into custody in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta, a few days after a call for pizza delivery tipped off authorities to their whereabouts. He was then transported to a juvenile detention facility after his arrival, officials said.

Ethan Couch, 18, was seen with his hands behind his back being escorted by uniformed officers through the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. The judge will decide whether he’ll stay there or be held at the Tarrant County jail.

Authorities say “affluenza” teenager Ethan Couch will have to wait a day before facing his first court appearance in Texas following his deportation from Mexico. The expert deemed the condition “affluenza”, which isn’t recognized as a medical diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association and drew widespread derision. The 48-year-old has been charged with hindering apprehension of a felon, itself a felony. Instead of jail, Couch was sentenced to 10 years of parole that barred him from drinking, driving, or being in the presence of alcohol. Couch, who was 16 at the time, had a blood-alcohol level almost three times the legal limit for an adult. She was released on bond in early January, after being fitted with an electronic ankle Global Positioning System monitor, to the home of another son.

About 11:45 p.m. on June 15, 2013, Couch was speeding down Burleson-Retta Road in southern Tarrant County in a F-350 pickup with seven teenage passengers when he drove off the road, clipped an SUV and smashed into its driver and three other people.

He formally ratified his decision to drop an appeal against deportation on Monday.