Federal Bureau of Investigation on the search for a Texas teenager Ethan Couch
This is egregious. “Affluenza” aside, Ethan Couch appears to show blatant disregard for the law, and he must be held accountable.
“Any mess-ups from now on, he’s going to be over with us”, Terry Grisham, the county sheriff’s spokesman, told reporters.
The Texas teenager whose trial on drunk driving charges included a defense witness saying that he was afflicted with “affluenza” may be on the run from his parole, authorities said.
An order to find and detain Couch has been logged into the national database and authorities have been interviewing people every day.
A warrant for Ethan’s arrest has been issued and an investigation into his disappearance has begun.
Juvenile probation check-ins are typically monthly, authorities said.
“If we [had] a top 10 wanted list today, he’s number one”.
“He got a big jump on us because he was gone before any of us knew that he was missing”, Anderson said. Get out of the country.
“Instead of the golden rule, which was ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you, ‘ [Couch] was taught we have the gold, we make the rules at the Couch household”, Dr Dick Miller testified in court, according to ABC News. Couch’s mother, with whom the 18-year-old had been living, is also missing, said attorneys Scott Brown and William Reagan.
An FBI official said Friday that his organization has offered assistance but is not directly involved in the search now.
A law-enforcement insider told The ENQUIRER: “We’re still looking forward to catching him, and we’re also thinking that the judge did us a favor!”
Earlier this month Couch made headlines again a video posted to Twitter, allegedly showed the teen at a party with several people playing beer pong. Terms of his probation forbid use of alcohol. Couch pleaded guilty to four counts of intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxication assault causing serious bodily injury. It ends when a young man dives onto the table, and it collapses.
“He’s going to have to look over his shoulder the rest of his life”, Anderson promised on Wednesday. News 8’s Facebook page has been flooded with comments, blasting Couch, the judge who gave him probation, and the idea of “affluenza”. “You have to remember, you can rob a million dollars and go off the grid”.
Now, Texas officials fear the pair may have left the country.
Billy Woodrich, the popular owner of Billy’s Oak Acres BBQ in north Fort Worth, says, as a former bounty hunter, he would only be looking at one thing if he were tracking Couch: money.
However, not being in contact with probation was the easiest requirement to fulfill she said, and is an immediate problem for Couch’s future. It’s never showing any remorse. He needed rehabilitation, not a stiff jail sentence, his legal team said.