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Drunk Driver Kills Youth Pastor Helping Car

Drunk Driver Kills Youth Pastor Helping Car
Attacks on Clergy | DUI | Vehicle attack

June 15, 2013  Drunk Driver Kills Youth Pastor Helping Car A truck slammed at 70 mph in a 40 zone into the parked car of popular youth pastor and father of three from Burleson, Texas who was helping a driver with a flat tire at midnight. 4 were killed and nine others were hurt. The cause of the crash was that the drunk driver who was found with beer and vodka in his truck. Ethan Couch, age 16, had two previous alcohol citations and was charged with intoxication manslaughter and two counts of intoxicated assault. He pled no contest in both counts and was required to take an alcohol awareness class and participate in 12 hours of community services, though prosecutors are seeking a 20-year prison term. He got 10 years probation after his lawyers argued he was a victim of affluenza, rich parents who set no limits.

.Updates

une 15, 2013 Four people killed when Ethan Couch lost control of his vehicle and struck a group of pedestrians. Prosecutors had asked for a 20-year sentence but walked away with 10 years probation 
teen's pickup plowed into the pedestrians on a road in Burleson, south of Fort Worth. Couch's vehicle also struck a parked car . Couch's vehicle also struck a parked car, which then slid into another vehicle headed in the opposite direction.Two people riding in the bed of the teen's pickup were tossed in the crash and severely injured.,a group of friends stole alcohol from Walmart, drank it and later piled into his pick-up truck. Driving 70 miles in a 40 miles per hour zone, he struck and killed four pedestrians as well as injuring two of his own passengers who remain paralyzed.Defence lawyers argued the youth is himself a victim -- of "affluenza," according to one psychologist -- the product of wealthy, privileged parents who never set limits for the boy.


.Updates 


    1. Raw Story ‎- 1 day ago
      Court records show Ethan Couch had a blood-alcohol content of 0.24, more than three times the legal limit for an adult, when he slammed into ...

  1. Texas man who lost wife and daughter to rich kid ... - The Raw Story

    www.rawstory.com/.../texas-man-who-lost-wife-and-daughter-to-rich-ki...

    2 days ago - Boyle's wife and daughter, Hollie and Shelby Boyles, along with two other people, were killed on June 15 when 16-year-old Ethan Couch's  ...

  2. The Raw Story | Tag Archive | Ethan Couch

    www.rawstory.com/rs/tag/ethan-couch/

    Texas teen kills four in drunken crash but gets probation after parents' wealth blamed.Ethan Couch. tweet. A Texas judge agreed with defense attorneys' claims ...

  3. Anderson Cooper hammers psychologist who ... - The Raw Story

    www.rawstory.com/.../anderson-cooper-hammers-psychologist-who-diag...

    13 hours ago - According to CNN, Couch reportedly told a passenger in his old car, “I'mEthan Couch, I'll get you out of this.” The Boyles and Jennings were  ...
  4. CNN host Anderson Cooper grilled the psychologist who testified in court that the 16-year-old Texas drunk driver who killed four people suffered from “affluenza” and could not be held responsible for his actions. Cooper pointed out to guest G. Dick Miller that District Judge Jean Boyd sentenced a 14-year-old poor Black teen to a 10-year-sentence within the state’s juvenile justice system, while Miller’s client, 16-year-old Ethan Couch — an affluent white teen — was given an extended probationin what Cooper described as resort-like conditions. “Why is that okay for a 14-year-old poor kid, but for a 16-year-old well-off kid, they get to go have equine therapy,” Cooper asked Miller. “Does that seems fair?”
  1. www.foxnews.com/.../man-whose-wife-daughter-killed-by-affluenza-tee...

    13 hours ago - They were two of the four people killed when Ethan Couch lost control of his vehicle and struck a group of pedestrians. A juvenile court judge  ...

  2. Texas teen Ethan Couch gets 10 years' probation for deadly DWI ...

    www.cnn.com/2013/12/11/us/texas-teen-dwi-wreck/

    21 hours ago - Prosecutors had asked for a 20-year sentence for Ethan Couch; "There... There needs to be some justice here," Eric Boyles, who lost his wife and ... when the teen's pickup plowed into the pedestrians on a road in Burleson, south of Fort Worth. Couch's vehicle also struck a parked car, which then slid into  ...

  3. Ethan Couch Sentenced To Probation In Crash That Killed 4 After ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/.../ethan-couch-sentenced_n_442672...

    2 days ago - CBSDFW reports that Ethan Couch was sentenced in a Fort Worth, Tex. ... people in a car accident in June after the judge bought hislawyers' .... A medical doctor said that the child has lost his vision and will likely never walk or talk. ... Thar Kyi, 42 of upstate New York, accidentally hit his 8-year-old son in  ...

  4. Ethan Couch crash: Drink driving teen who killed four is ... - Daily Mail

    www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Ethan-Couch-crash-Drink-driving-teen-killed-sp...

    2 days ago - Ethan Couch, 16, of Keller, Texas, had faced 20 years behind bars but walked ... he struck and killed four pedestrians as well as injuring two of his own ...SUV when they were struck and killed by Couch's out-of-control pickup ... The grouphad only traveled two blocks when their speeding vehicle came off  ...
  5. Drink driving teen who killed four is spared jail 'because he's rich': Judge lets 'spoiled' boy facing 20 years off with probation after lawyers blame his wealthy parents

    • Ethan Couch, 16, of Keller, Texas, had faced 20 years behind bars but walked away with 10 years probation Tuesday
    • Youth pastor Brian Jennings; mother and daughter Hollie and Shelby Boyles; and 24-year-old Breanna Mitchell all died in the June 15 accident
    • A psychologist called by the defense blamed the teen's behavior on his parents, claiming they gave him 'freedoms no young person should have'
    • State District Judge Jean Boyd agreed and said she didn't think he could get adequate therapy in jail


    Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2521743/Ethan-Couch-crash-Drink-driving-teen-killed-spared-jail-hes-rich.html#ixzz2nND7NpOZ
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  6. Ethan Couch of Keller, Texas, had faced 20 years behind bars but walked away with 10 years of probation Tuesday, something that angered his victims' families.
    'Money always seems to keep (Couch) out of trouble,' Eric Boyles, whose wife and daughter were killed in the June 15 crash

    1. CNN ‎- 1 day ago
      (CNN) -- To families of the victims, Ethan Couch was a killer on the road, a drunken ... Brian Jennings, a youth pastor, was driving past and also stopped to help.

  1. Ethan Couch crash: Drink driving teen who killed four is spared jail ...

    www.dailymail.co.uk/.../Ethan-Couch-crash-Drink-driving-teen-killed-sp...

    2 days ago - Ethan Couch, 16, of Keller, Texas, had faced 20 years behind bars but ...Youth pastor Brian Jennings; mother and daughter Hollie and Shelby Boyles; and  ...

  2. Texas rich kid who killed 4 in drunken car crash spared jail - NY ...

    www.nydailynews.com/.../wealthy-16-year-old-killed-4-drunken-crash-s...

    2 days ago - Wealthy brat Ethan Couch killed four people, including a mother and ...Youth pastor Brian Jennings, 41, was helping Mitchell with her car when he was  ...

  3. Ethan Couch-Affluenza: Texas teen spared prison time in deadly ...

    www.slate.com/.../ethan_couch_affluenza_texas_teen_spared_prison_tim...

    22 hours ago - Ethan Couch, 16, avoided prison time after his lawyers offered the "affluenza" ... Brian Jennings, a youth pastor who was also playing the role of good samaritan.

  4. Ethan Couch Sentenced To Probation In Crash That Killed 4 After ...

    www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/.../ethan-couch-sentenced_n_4426722.ht...

    2 days ago - CBSDFW reports that Ethan Couch was sentenced in a Fort Worth, Tex.... for the drunk driving crash that ended the lives of youth pastor, Brian Jennings; Hollie ...

  5. Ethan Couch gets no jail time, probation in fatal drunk driving crash ...

    www.wjla.com/.../ethan-couch-gets-no-jail-time-pro...

    1 day ago
    Ethan Couch gets no jail time, probation in fatal drunk driving crash ... to no jail time after the June 15 crash, which killed ayouth pastor, a teen girl, her mother  ...

  6. Teen in Drunken Crash That Killed Four Sentenced to Probation ...

    www.nbcdfw.com › news › local

    12 hours ago - Ethan Couch, the teenager that admitted he was responsible in the drunken ... 21, who lived nearby, and youth pastor Brian Jennings, 43, who had stopped to  ...

  7. 16-Year-Old Ethan Couch Who Killed Youth Pastor Brian Jennings ...

    sanctifiedchurchrevolution.blogspot.com/.../16-year-old-ethan-couch-wh...

    14 hours ago - The young teen who killed the youth pastor, Brian Jennings and three other people has been given 10 years probation. He does not have to spend time in prison ...

  8. 16-Year-Old Ethan Couch Who Killed Youth Pastor ... - BCNN1.com

    www.blackchristiannews.com/.../16-year-old-ethan-couch-who-killed-yo...

    21 hours ago - 16-Year-Old Ethan Couch Who Killed Youth Pastor Brian Jennings and Three Others in a Car Crash in Burleson, TX Avoids Prison and Gets 10 Years Probation ...

  9. Deadly Drunk Driving Probation Sentence Leaves Families Stunned ...

    dfw.cbslocal.com/.../deadly-drunk-driving-probatio...

    3 days ago
    Youth pastor Brian Jennings was driving past the mother and daughter and pulled over to help. That's when investigators sayEthan Couch slammed into  ...

BY LEONARDO BLAIR , CP REPORTER
June 17, 2013|3:55 pm

A popular youth pastor and father of three from Burleson, Texas, who had stopped to help a stranded driver tragically missed Father's Day by minutes when he was mauled in a deadly crash shortly after leaving a party celebrating the graduation of his oldest child from high school late Saturday night....
According to the report, just after midnight on Saturday, Jennings, a woman and a child were reportedly trying to help the stranded driver in the 1500 block of Burleson Road east of Spinks Airport.
a truck came barreling down the two-lane road and hit a parked car belonging to one of the good samaritans, triggering off the monumental tragedy.
Terry Grisham, executive administrator of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office, said in another report that emergency crews were called to the scene of the accident at 11:59 p.m., Saturday. On their arrival, the four were already dead. He noted, however, that the crash is more than just an accident.





















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