Ethan Couch back in US

Mexican immigration agents put Ethan Couch on a Texas-bound commercial flight in Mexico City early Thursday.

Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson speaks with media after Ethan Couch was taken into the Scott D. Moore Juvenile Justice Center on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in Fort Worth, Texas. This frame grab taken from a Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016 video provided by Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Migracion, INM, shows Ethan Couch, escorted onto a plane by Mexican immigration agents, in Mexico City… The hearing next month will determine whether the case will be transferred to the adult system, where Couch could face time behind bars.

Prosecutors want his case moved to the adult system, where he could face 40 years in prison for any subsequent probation violation.

An affluent lifestyle got him probation, even after driving drunk and killing four people after fleeing the country to avoid more trouble.

Couch was deported from Mexico and flown to Texas on Thursday morning. The sheriff says he was calm and his only request was for food.

A judge will decide Friday whether to move Couch to an adult jail, keep him at the juvenile facility or to let him go before a February hearing.

A lawyer for Couch said on Friday he will abide by the terms of his probation.

“He’s certainly capable of understanding now what’s going on, and I’d feel better if he was there (in an adult jail)”, Anderson said.

The sheriff says Couch also will undergo a routine medical screening.

Couch was sentenced to 10 years of drug-and-alcohol-free probation for intoxication manslaughter, a punishment condemned by critics as privilege rewarded with leniency.

Couch and his mother, Tonya, were taken into custody last month in the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta.

DALLAS (AP) – An Associated Press review of police and court records shows that long before Ethan Couch became notorious for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving crash, his family had multiple run-ins with the law.

He was deported from Mexico on Thursday and taken to a juvenile detention facility in Fort Worth.

— December 10, 2015 — Ethan Couch, who is now 18, misses a mandatory appointment with his probation officer. He could be seen walking through the airport escorted by law enforcement.

— December 16, 2015 — Authorities publicly announce they’re investigating whether Couch fled with his mother in an attempt to avoid facing accusations that he may have violated his probation.

Couch, who had been on the lam in Mexico with his mother Tonya when he was caught last month, officially dropped his appeal against deportation on Wednesday.

During Ethan’s sentencing in the drunken-driving trial, a psychologist hired by the defense testified that the teen was a product of “affluenza” – a term he used to describe Ethan’s irresponsible lifestyle associated with his affluent upbringing.

News says that Ethan flew back to Dallas, Texas from Mexico on Thursday aboard a commercial flight.

Couch and his mother were apprehended after they used a cell phone to order a pizza. His mother was quickly sent back to the U.S. She was released after posting bail.