Warrant to be issued for mom of “affluenza” teen

“Couch’s cellphone use might have led authorities to the pair”.

CNN reported that Ethan Couch had been taken into custody in Mexico. The judge essentially continued the trend of not punishing him, according to District Attorney of Tarrant County, Richard Alpert. Abstaining from alcohol was part of the 10-year probation sentence that kept Couch out of prison. The DA wants to move Couch to adult court. If he is in the video, officials will have to determine whether that constitutes a probation violation.

Couch was found guilty, but the defense argued he had “affluenza”.

The 120 days in jail won’t please those who think Couch deserves worse, but as the facts stand now, it is what the law allows.

Couch and his mother’s disappearance triggered a nationwide manhunt involving U.S. Marshals and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

After their detention, they were handed over to Mexican immigration authorities for deportation, the statement said.

When asked to confirm Couch’s attendance at the event, his attorneys Scott Brown and William Reagan Wynn told CNN’s sister network HLN they knew authorities were investigating whether their client violated his probation conditions.

Authorities in Mexico said they’ve captured “Affluenza” teen Ethan Couch and his mother Tonya.

Anderson had said last week it was possible Couch and his mother had fled the country.

In a news release after Couch and his mother vanished, the Marshals Service said: ‘U.S. Marshals are working in conjunction with state, local, and federal agencies in the apprehension of Couch.

A Texas sheriff says that a woman and her son drove a pickup truck to Mexico as they fled his probation for killing four people in a drunken-driving wreck.

An arrest warrant was issued for the teenager earlier this month after he failed to report to his probation officer and officials say he and his mother, Tonya, have been detained in Mexico. Couch was also ordered to enter a “lock down” addiction treatment facility and not to drive or use alcohol or drugs for 10 years.

At the time the teen claimed he hadn’t known better because he had been shielded from the ramifications of real life living on account of being too rich. An assertion a Texas juvenile court took to heart when it chose to spare the then 16 year old, too young to be tried as an adult, any jail time.