Liberal Scumbag of the Week: Justice Matthew Sciarrino

Claim to Fame: Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice

Why He's the Liberal Scumbag of the Week: for his kid-gloves treatment on repeated felon and drunken driver Zakiyyah Steward that would eventually lead to the death's of innocent young couple Yisroel Levin, 21, and his fiancée, Elisheva Basya Kaplan, 20.

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Steward, 25, was indicted in March 2017 for breaking into the cafe where she used to work — Stonefruit Espresso & Kitchen on Bedford Ave. — and stealing money from the safe, authorities said.

She burglarized the trendy coffee shop a stunning four times, allegedly making off with more than $3,000 in cash. The brazen bandit, unable to come up with the cash to post $10,000 bail, remained in jail for eight months. She was facing up to 25 years in prison if convicted. Prosecutors floated Steward an offer: Plead guilty in exchange for two-to-six years behind bars, sources said. But Sciarrino stepped in and instead sent her to a court-mandated alternative to incarceration program.

She was booted from the Fortune Society-run program and twice missed court appearances. Sources said prosecutors requested a bench warrant but Sciarrino refused. Instead, a March 5 hearing ended with the judge giving Steward a second chance to complete the program. She walked out of the courthouse that day, and a month later, hopped into her Hyundai Genesis, setting a deadly sequence of events in motion.

"Affluenza Teen" Killer Ethan Couch Leaves Texas Jail After Nearly 2 Years

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About freaking time. And if the coward had any guts he'd tell his lawyers not to challenge the sentence. But he doesn't.

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‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch’s Case Sent To Adult Court

KFOR.com:

A Texas judge on Friday recommended that “affluenza” teenager Ethan Couch‘s probation for a 2013 fatal drunken-driving crash be transferred from juvenile court to adult court – a long-expected move that prosecutors said could see him serve more jail time.

At its core, the decision in Tarrant County juvenile court should ensure that Couch’s eight remaining years of probation won’t evaporate when he turns 19 in April.

But, Couch, already jailed after he and his mother were arrested in Mexico in December on suspicion of trying to avoid a probation hearing, should serve a minimum 120 days extra days behind bars, prosecutors said.

That’s not punishment for the Mexico arrest but a provision of state law for certain young probationers moving to the adult system, prosecutors said.

“We have been waiting for this day for the last two years, and we’re very pleased with the court’s ruling,” said Tarrant County Prosecutor Riley Shaw on Friday.

The case of Couch, convicted of manslaughter in the deaths of four people in a drunken-driving crash in 2013 when he was 16, made national news when a judge sentenced him to 10 years of probation instead of jail time.

During the trial, his lawyers cited the now notorious “affluenza” defense, suggesting he was too rich and spoiled to understand the consequences of his actions.

On Friday, Couch, wearing a red jail jumpsuit, said little as Judge Timothy Menikos recommended that an adult court take over the supervision of his probation when he turns 19 on April 11.

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Drunk Driving Killer Ethan Couch Transferred to Adult Men’s Prison

NBCNews.com:

The Texas teenager whose lawyers infamously invoked an "affluenza" defense while he was on trial for a fatal drunken-driving crash was moved from a juvenile detention facility to an adult jail Friday. 

Ethan Couch, 18, was booked at 1:45 p.m. The move does not mean that Couch's probation case will be transferred to the adult system, officials said. 

"He was very soft spoken, not at all defiant," Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said, recalling their three- to four-minute conversation. "He made no requests, voiced no concerns about what was happening." 

Anderson said he did not know why the judge decided Thursday to transfer Couch before a scheduled Feb. 19 hearing where he will decide if Couch's controversial case belongs in the adult system. 

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Drunk Driving Killer Ethan Couch Drops Extradition Appeal; Returns to the U.S.

AP.org:

The teenager who used an "affluenza" defense in a fatal drunken-driving wreck was booked into a Texas juvenile detention center following his deportation from Mexico on Thursday, more than a month after he and his mother fled the U.S. as prosecutors investigated whether he had violated his probation.

Ethan Couch, 18, arrived at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport late Thursday morning and could be seen walking through the airport escorted by law enforcement. Couch and his mother were apprehended in the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta on Dec. 28, after a call for pizza delivery tipped off authorities to their whereabouts.

Couch initially fought deportation, but he dropped the fight this week. His mother was deported last month.

"We've reached a great milestone," Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said outside the juvenile facility in Fort Worth. "This is a day we've looked forward to, when we have them both here and back under the jurisdiction here. We're hoping that the day comes for justice for the families and the four victims that were killed."

Couch is scheduled for a court hearing Friday where a judge could decide to move him to an adult jail, which Anderson said he would support given the severity of Couch's offenses. Couch also faces a hearing on Feb. 19 to determine whether his case will be transferred to the adult system, where he could face more time behind bars.

"He's certainly capable of understanding now what's going on, and I'd feel better if he was there (in an adult jail)," Anderson said.

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‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch and His Mother Caught in Mexico After Days-Long Manhunt

Mediaite.com:

Ethan Couch, the teenager infamous for using an “affluenza” defense to get a light sentence for murder, was caught in Mexico with his mother after a days-long manhunt for both of them.

CNN is reporting tonight that Mexican authorities arrested both of them near Puerto Vallarta, a popular beach resort area. 

Back in 2013, Couch was not sentenced to prison for killing four people while he was drunk driving. His legal team successfully argued that he has “affluenza,” characterized as “a lifestyle where wealth brought privilege and there were no consequences for bad behavior.”

Earlier this month, someone tweeted a video of him violating his probation by drinking, and after that, his probation officer was unable to contact him. A Texas court issued a warrant for his arrest, and there was a huge manhunt underway.

Both Couch and his mother were found in Mexico and are expected to be handed over to U.S. authorities.

Great, now this miscreant/murderer and his stupid mother will finally have to do some time in prison.

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Massive Manhunt Ongoing To Find Ethan Couch

WaPo.com:

Amid a nationwide manhunt for a Texas teen — infamous for the “affluenza” defense that helped him avoid prison time following a fatal drunk-driving crash — authorities now say the 18-year-old’s mother has been listed as a missing person.

For the past week, U.S. marshals have been searching for Ethan Couch, who is wanted for a possible probation violation in a 2013 vehicular manslaughter case.

Authorities said in a statement Monday that his mother, Tonya Couch, 48, has been named a missing person “in all relevant national databases” and may be traveling with her son in a pickup truck.

“He continues to believe the law doesn’t apply to him, which is how he was raised,” Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson said during a news conference, according to the Dallas Morning News. “If he has enough money, he can get out of it.”

Authorities have enlisted the public’s help in finding Tonya Couch’s pickup truck — a black 2011 Ford F-150 Harley Davidson edition. Authorities said it has 23-inch chrome wheels, “crease-like damage to the passenger side real panel” and a Texas license plate: BC50945.

In June 2013, Couch was driving his friends down a two-lane road in Fort Worth, about 30 miles from Dallas, and had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit and Valium in his system, authorities said. 

He crashed into passersby who had stopped to help a stranded motorist.

Four people were killed.

Couch, who was 16 at the time of the fatal crash, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and assault while intoxicated, according to the Associated Press.

It was his trial that thrust him into the national spotlight.

His attorneys argued that he was a spoiled rich kid whose privilege prevented him from distinguishing right from wrong. Indeed, his family is reported to be worth millions, thanks in part to a booming sheet metal business. It’s their success — and the way they have handled it — that contributed to Couch’s reckless behavior, his attorneys argued.

They recommended a lesser sentence — and won.

Couch was sentenced to drug-and-alcohol-free probation for 10 years as well as time in a rehabilitation center. But the term was tricky. Under Texas law, because Couch was younger than 17 when he committed the crime, his case would remain in juvenile court until his 19th birthday — and then his sentence would disappear, said Sam Jordan, a spokeswoman for the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office.

The prosecutor’s office filed a motion last month to have the case moved from juvenile court to adult court when he turns 19 next year, so that he would have to serve out his sentence.

If there's one issue that should be uniting Americans everywhere, it's finding this spoiled, rich murderer.

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The Families of Two Men Want You to Watch Them Die in a Car Crash (VIdeo)

TheDailyBeast.com:

The families of two men, killed while speeding in the U.K., want the video of their final moments shown as a warning to other would-be reckless drivers.

 

Kat Owen wants people to watch the shocking, fast, and furious last few minutes of her son Michael’s life, for the simple reason that if it “stops one person from making the same mistake, then some good has come from showing this video. I'm hoping it will have an impact on young people and make them see that a bit of fun can have such devastating consequences.”

Michael, 21, and his friend Kyle Careford, 20, died instantly when the car that Careford (unlicensed and uninsured) was driving smashed and overturned at high speed, into the wall of a church in the U.K. town of Crowborough, East Sussex, on April 12 this year.

The two men, from Tunbridge Wells, had taken a cocktail of prescribed and illegal drugs, with Owen filming their careening progress down the country roads right up until the moment of the crash and their deaths.

The video was retrieved from Owen’s phone the next day.

The two-and-a-half minute video was released by Sussex Police with “the knowledge and support of the victims’ families." A warning states that viewers may find it distressing to watch.