Where did you see that?
It's been published in msm. He plead no contest to the charges and got probation.
Where did you see that?
1 night?
Ethan Couch spent more than $2,000 on strippers and alcohol at two Puerto Vallarta clubs Prestige and Harem, the latter of which boasts on a sign outside its building of Boobies & Booties Galore. Couch spent hours inside Harem.
Ethan Couch maxed out his debit card and was so drunk that employees had to help him back to the hotel and forced Tonya to pay the remainder of Ethans two tabs.
Tonya was furious Ethan had spent so much money at the clubs.
http://www.fox4news.com/news/68773478-story
but he was never even charged with anything to do with that. So it apparently does not count as a "prior"
1 night?
Ethan Couch spent more than $2,000 on strippers and alcohol at two Puerto Vallarta clubs Prestige and Harem, the latter of which boasts on a sign outside its building of Boobies & Booties Galore. Couch spent hours inside Harem.
Ethan Couch maxed out his debit card and was so drunk that employees had to help him back to the hotel and forced Tonya to pay the remainder of Ethans two tabs.
Tonya was furious Ethan had spent so much money at the clubs.
http://www.fox4news.com/news/68773478-story
The video, posted by Twitter user @BlondeSpectre, was tagged to the Twitter accounts of the Burleson Police Department and the Tarrant County District Attorney with the comment "ya boy ethan couch violating probation. i got more if u want."
"We were made aware of the video and along with the video the person had written they had additional video that they were willing to share," Samantha Jordan, a spokeswoman for the Tarrant County District Attorney, told ABC News.
I have read in a few articles (don't have any links handy but it's been mentioned on here somewhere in the first thread as well) saying that they had much more video footage then what was released to the public. So there was probably video of him drinking at the party as well. I don't know for sure obviously but why else would he run when it would be so easy for him to say that he wasn't drinking, he was just visiting friends.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/affluenza-teen-investigation-beer-pong-video-surfaces/story?id=35579306Couch’s probation terms stated he could not drive, drink alcohol or use drugs. Violating those terms could result in a jail sentence of up to 10 years, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office said at the time.
What I want to know is what where they thinking when they decided to flee to Mexico just cause he was caught laughing and clapping at a beer pong game ? I would think the act of fleeing and missing a probation officer meeting would be much more serious than just being filmed at a party ? If I had been his counsel I would have told him to get his litttle butt down to the probation office and tell them he was just visiting that party etc etc and then face whatever he has coming for that. This situation they are in now is so much more serious they both deserve prison just for being dumb.
Thanks for the link.
From the link:
BBM
According to the link provided, in no way, shape, or form, is the Specter "program" (put into effect by US Congressional law, not Texas law, and not even limited to just Texas anyway) providing a "FREE 4 year ride to any state college of their choice, books and all" to violent offenders coming out of juvie in Texas. There is tuition assistance for some incarcerated prisoners WHILE serving their sentences, which, by the way, has been shown to reduce recidivism in these inmates after they are released into society.
That's a scary scenario. Peeps going in, as dumb as a rock, and coming out smarter that we are.
In Florida, Specter funds were used to support a number of prison vocational programs, including web design courses at the Lawtey Correctional Institution and Hernando Correctional Institution; a culinary arts program at the Madison Correctional Institution; and a landscape irrigation course at the Suwannee Correctional Institution.
NCEA President Don Kiffin, who is in charge of education at a prison in Oklahoma, said his institution was down to its last semester of funding after losing $7,000 to $10,000 in annual Specter funds.
This part of that article confuses me:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/affluenza-teen-investigation-beer-pong-video-surfaces/story?id=35579306
So what changed? Why did the district attorney office say if he violated his probation he could face up to ten years in jail but now all of a sudden it's only that he could face up to 120 days??
They may be dumb but it seems to work for them. They never suffer any consequences.
Yes, looks like he still was on probation for the previous alcohol consumption when he drunk again and killed four people. So judge's sentence doesn't make sense whatsoever.Thanks. I missed seeing that article before.
This only makes the judge look even worse then. This wasn't his first offense on the record, he had an official prior yet she still only gave him 10 years probation.
The article mentions he was given probation for that in March and then the drunk driving incident occurred on June 15.
So was he also violating his probation then? Also I don't understand why he wasn't charged for being caught on camera as the getaway driver when his friends stole the alcohol that night.
This part of that article confuses me:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/affluenza-teen-investigation-beer-pong-video-surfaces/story?id=35579306
So what changed? Why did the district attorney office say if he violated his probation he could face up to ten years in jail but now all of a sudden it's only that he could face up to 120 days??
What I want to know is what where they thinking when they decided to flee to Mexico just cause he was caught laughing and clapping at a beer pong game ? I would think the act of fleeing and missing a probation officer meeting would be much more serious than just being filmed at a party ? If I had been his counsel I would have told him to get his litttle butt down to the probation office and tell them he was just visiting that party etc etc and then face whatever he has coming for that. This situation they are in now is so much more serious they both deserve prison just for being dumb.
Hey, speak for yourself.
They don't get any smarter, just a tad more educated. And therefore potentially more employable in real jobs. As stated, research shows that education reduces recidivism.
$7,000 to $10,000 annually isn't funding a whole lot of education. It's not like anyone's getting a Ph.D in prison in how to rip of the public through shady landscape irrigation or cooking schemes.
LOS ANGELES- The mother of a fugitive teenager known for using "affluenza" defense in a deadly drunken driving case has agreed to be sent from Los Angeles to Texas to face charges.