Ethan has been serving 10 years’ probation in juvenile court for killing four people in a drunken driving wreck in 2013. He was detained Monday in Mexico. Because of his age, he wasn’t certified as an adult for trial and a judge sentenced him in juvenile court to 10 years’ probation and a stint in a rehabilitation center.
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Ethan Couch in court.
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As it pertains to Couch’s conviction DA Wilson explained, “We are bound by the sentence that he received from the juvenile court – which was a 10-year probated sentence”.
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In 2013 Couch pled guilty to four counts of intoxication manslaughter and was sentenced to 10 years probation instead of jail time.
Anderson also said there was “more or less” a party thrown in the days before the Couches fled south of the border, indicating their trip was carefully planned.
In Texas, Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said that when the Couches arrived back in the United States, the young man would appear in juvenile court and his mother would be arrested for hindering an apprehension.
He might be moved to the adult justice system after that. It’s a close question because double jeopardy is going to take effect. “We’re hopeful that’s not the case. We’ve already done a plea bargain”. (After all, it’s her fault he had affluenza in the first place.) “There’s just no chance that she will ever think he needs to be punished or held accountable”, the sheriff said.
U.S. Marshal Rick Taylor and Anderson declined to say how authorities tracked Couch down, but CNN said the marshals used Couch’s mobile phone to track him down. Mexican authorities tipped off the U.S. Marshal Service who found the Couches at another location later that evening.
Almaguer Ramirez told a news conference in Guadalajara, the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco, that US authorities knew the mother and son were in nearby Puerto Vallarta on the Pacific Coast. “The problem with it was, as you can imagine, Puerto Vallarta at Christmas time, a tremendous amount of tourists down there, so American people were prevalent everywhere, it wouldn’t be somewhere they were going to stick out”, he said.
Once returned to Texas, Couch will be held in a Tarrant County facility until a probation violation hearing next month.
Sheriff Anderson said last week that the passports for Couch and his mother had been reported missing by the teen’s father, who has cooperated with investigators.
(Mexico’s Jalisco state prosecutor’s office via AP).
Ricardo Vera, a migration official in Mexico’s Jalisco state, said earlier in the day the pair had filed an injunction to delay their extradition and a judge in Mexico would have up to 72 hours to consider the injunction.
Ethan Couch has not yet been turned over to American authorities.
“Our understanding is that they did drive the truck down there”, Anderson said.
The Couches told immigration officials that they entered Mexico through the crossing in Tijuana. He said the two did not register when entering Mexico, but it was not clear where they came in.
The hunt for Couch began a few weeks ago after he missed a mandatory meeting with his probation officer.
But, if he violates any terms while on adult probation, he could be sent to jail for up to 40 years.
Couch had been ordered to stay away from drugs and alcohol for the duration of his sentence probation.
The case sparked national outrage when Couch’s lawyers claimed the teen suffered from “affluenza” – an irresponsible attitude that was the result of his rich parents not setting any limits for him.
The prosecution asked for the maximum 20 years, which seemed more than reasonable given that it averaged out to five years per death.
During a hearing in February 2014, Boyd told the families that her decision had nothing to do with the “affluenza” comment made by a psychologist during testimony on Couch’s behalf.
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The police report says that when the two appeared on the street, detectives approached them and asked them their names, and that the Couches showed an “evasive attitude”.
