Post by pavel on Jan 11, 2016 17:38:04 GMT -6
A Tarrant County judge has reduced the bail of Tonya Couch from $1 million to $75,000.
If Couch, the mother of “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, posts bail, she will be under electronic surveillance, State District Judge Wayne Salvant ruled.
Couch will also have to submit to weekly check-ins and will be required to undergo regular drug testing.
Her defense attorney argued during a hearing Monday that even many violent offenders in Tarrant County haven’t had a bail amount set as high as Couch’s was.
Read more: crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/judge-lowers-tonya-couchs-bail-from-1-million-to-75000.html/
If Couch, the mother of “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch, posts bail, she will be under electronic surveillance, State District Judge Wayne Salvant ruled.
Couch will also have to submit to weekly check-ins and will be required to undergo regular drug testing.
Her defense attorney argued during a hearing Monday that even many violent offenders in Tarrant County haven’t had a bail amount set as high as Couch’s was.
Read more: crimeblog.dallasnews.com/2016/01/judge-lowers-tonya-couchs-bail-from-1-million-to-75000.html/