In Texas, Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said Couch will be placed in a juvenile detention facility once he returns to the United States and that an arrest warrant was issued for his mother.
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Couch and his mother, Tonya, were captured in western Mexico following a two-week search by authorities.
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The father then called police, telling authorities he feared his son may try to hurt him, the law enforcement source said. As the sun set, some protesters began to push up on police officers and shout at them, which resulted in some scuffling.
Authorities say it was a pizza order on a cellphone that led them to Ethan Couch and his mother in a Mexican resort city. An arrest warrant has been issued for Tonya Couch, and Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson said Tuesday that she will be charged with felony hindering apprehension, a charge that could result in a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
This indicated to investigators that Couch’s disappearance “was carefully planned and timed to get out of the country”. “The details of the crime, and then the lack of justice in the sentence, outraged people in this area in a way that I haven’t ever seen people outraged”.
During the sentencing phase of his trial, Couch’s attorneys relied on a defense expert who argued that Couch’s wealthy parents coddled him into a sense of irresponsibility – a condition the expert termed “affluenza”.
The American Psychiatric Association does not recognise “affluenza” as a medical diagnosis.
The controversy was reignited this month after the emergence of a video showing Couch at a party taking part in a drinking game, which violated the terms of his probation.
No immediate charges were planned for others who may have known about or assisted with the flight plan, Mr Anderson said. He said the home they shared had been cleared of its contents.
In the vehicle accident that changed his life and the lives of several others, “Affluenza Teen” Ethan Couch, who was just 16 years old at the time, had a blood alcohol content of 0.24, which is three times the legal limit.
Mexican prosecutors say the pair was picked up Monday at 6 p.m. local time.
After the pair’s capture Monday in the Pacific resort town of Puerto Vallarta, prosecutors said Tuesday they are unsure of the extent to which they may be punished – owing to the complexities of the juvenile and adult court systems in Texas that officials now find themselves navigating.
Ethan Couch, his hair darkened, was also said to have regularly visited a corner store across the street from the apartment.
The US Marshal’s office said the two will likely be “expelled” from Mexico, but would not elaborate.
Anderson previously told the Star-Telegram that he believed Couch fled because the district attorney’s office was investigating a video that appeared to show him clapping as friends played beer pong. If found to be drinking, Couch’s probation could be revoked and he could face up to four months in jail.
A Texas mother, Tonya Couch, and her Affluenza-stricken son, Ethan, have been found in Mexico and taken into police custody, authorities say.
Even if he is transferred to an adult court, however, the maximum amount of time that he will spend in jail is 120 days since the adult court is bound by the terms of the original probation.
DA Wilson said that when they go before a judge in January, “Our request of the court is going to be to transfer his probation to the adult court and deal with him in the adult system, where we no longer have to be concerned about the “best interest of the child” or the child defendant in this case”.
Couch’s attorneys, Scott Brown and Reagan Wynn, said they won’t comment until they speak with him, which likely won’t happen before Couch reaches the U.S.
Ricardo Ariel Vera, the representative of Mexico’s immigration institute in the western state of Jalisco, said the mother and son were being held at immigration offices in the state capital, Guadalajara, and would be returned to the United States aboard a commercial flight to Houston sometime Tuesday.
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A reporter in the audience remarked that it “seems even crazier” that Couch could be released on his birthday.
