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"Affluenza teen" to be released from jail
Couch was arrested Thursday after probation officers reported that a drug monitoring patch he wears returned a "weak positive" result for THC.
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Couch was arrested Thursday after probation officers reported that a drug monitoring patch he wears returned a "weak positive" result for THC.
Tonya Couch's son, Ethan, was released from prison last March after serving time for actions in a wreck that killed four people
A Texas man who as a teen invoked the "affluenza" defense in a deadly DUI wreck was released April 2 after spending two years in jail for violating his probation.
Ethan Couch, who killed 4 people while driving drunk in 2013, used an "affluenza" defense that was widely ridiculed
Tonya Couch has been free on bond pending trial on charges she fled the country with her son Ethan, who killed four people in a 2013 DUI crash
A dashcam video caught Fred Couch telling two police officers that he was a reserve officer
Ethan Couch's attorneys tried to argue Texas District Judge Wayne Salvant had no authority because it should be a civil case
Tonya Couch is accused of money laundering for allegedly withdrawing cash before she and her son fled to Mexico
Judge orders 19-year-old to spend 180 days in jail for each of the four people he killed in a 2013 drunk driving crash
A Texas judge ordered the 19-year-old to serve four consecutive 180 day sentences in Tarrant County, Texas jail, but gave his attorneys two weeks to prepare arguments against the order
Couch, who turned 19 Monday, will face his first adult court judge on April 18
Mother of an 18-year-old left a quadriplegic after Couch's drunk driving crash tells CBS News, "I just want my son back"
The case of the teen who killed four in a drunk driving wreck will be moved to adult court after he turns 19 in April
The 18-year-old infamous for using an "affluenza" defense after killing four in a drunken driving wreck was moved from a juvenile detention center to a Texas jail Friday
Ethan Couch formally ratified decision to drop appeal against deportation to U.S. days ago
Ethan Couch formally ratified decision to drop appeal against deportation to U.S. days ago
Teenager who used an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck fled to Mexico with his mother over possible probation violation
"Affluenza" teen's lawyer in Texas said documents have been filed to lift the objections to Couch's return to the U.S.
Attorneys for the teen, who allegedly fled to Mexico in December, convinced a judge to recess Tuesday's hearing, because Ethan Couch's mother wasn't notified
Mothers Against Drunk Driving wants Ethan Couch's case moved from juvenile to adult court
The Texas woman accused of fleeing to Mexico with her son, who killed four in a drunk driving crash, will be fitted with an ankle monitor
Arrest warrant says Tonya Couch withdrew $30,000 from a bank account and cut ties with the boy's father before fleeing to Mexico
"She expressed a slight displeasure about her accommodations, and I told her this was a jail and not a resort," a sheriff said
The mother of the so-called "affluenza teen" is expected to appear before a Texas judge Friday
Los Angeles law enforcement officials are working to coordinate Tonya Couch's return to Texas. The mother of the so-called “affluenza” teen appeared before a Los Angeles judge Tuesday and waived her extradition. Her son, Ethan, is still in a Mexico City immigration facility fighting deportation. Mireya Villarreal reports.
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