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Domino’s Call Led to Ethan Couch Arrest

PIZZA JUSTICE

Helped police zero in on condo.

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Eighteen-year-old “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch was apprehended in Mexico after he placed an order at a local Domino’s Pizza, the Associated Press reported. Couch, who was on probation in Texas for killing four people while drunk driving, became a fugitive after he violated a condition of his bond and fled the U.S. with his mother this month. A police report claimed the Couches used one of their cellphones to order pizza this week at a condo in the beach resort town of Puerto Vallarta. That call reportedly led to a U.S. Marshal tipping off authorities in Mexico about their location. Agents spotted them later that night.

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