Tonya Couch indicted on charges of hindering apprehension, money laundering

[christx30]

Source: KVUE-TV

TARRANT COUNTY -- The mother of "affluenza" teen Ethan Couch now faces her own serious legal trouble.

News 8 has learned that a Tarrant County grand jury has indicted Tonya Couch on two charges.

The first is hindering apprehension for helping Ethan Couch flee to Mexico while on probation for killing four people in a drunk driving crash in 2013. The grand jury also indicted Tonya Couch for money laundering for allegedly using $30,000 to finance the trip to Mexico.

The U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force located Ethan and Tonya Couch in Mexico late last year.


Read more: http://www.kvue.com/news/crime/tonya-couch-indicted-on-charges-of-hindering-apprehension-money-laundering/216169325

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Update on Ethan Couch story. Some good news. Solid dose of reality for these people.

[deathrind]

1. Interesting I expected.

Something along the lines of the first one, Obstruction/Hindering, but not the second one. Money laundering...wow.

"Ethan's father, Fred Couch, is also battling his own legal troubles. He faces a misdemeanor charge of false identification after showing a fake police badge to an officer who pulled him over."

What?!?!

[maxsolomon]

2. "Hindering Apprehension"

sounds very existential.

[Jack Rabbit]

3. Afluenza runs in the family

. . . or so i appears.

[mountain grammy]

4. Another reason to tax the rich..

save them from themselves.