Fred Couch, the father of “affluenza teen” Ethan Couch, was found guilty of impersonating a Texas cop. According to local reports, the 51-year-old faked to be a suburban Fort Worth police officer in 2014 when real police arrived at a domestic disturbance scene.

Fred was armed with a gun when he went to Keith Capo's doorstep along with a neighbor to talk about a disagreement that took place days earlier, NBC Dallas reported. Prosecutors reportedly said that Fred claimed to be a reserve officer and flashed a badge when officers from the North Richland Hills Police Department arrived on scene.

Fred was later charged with the Class B misdemeanor and on Wednesday he was sentenced to 120 days in county jail. His jail term was probated for one year, and he will serve time in jail if he is found guilty of another charge or if he violates the probation, according to the Daily Mail.

Fred's son made headlines after he was involved in a car crash that killed four people. The case gained national attention in 2013 after a psychologist testified in court that Ethan, who was 16 at the time of the crash, was suffering from “affluenza.”

The crash occurred in 2013 when Ethan — whose blood alcohol level was nearly three times over the legal limit — lost control of his vehicle and hit a stranded motorist on the side of the road, along with three others who had stopped to help.

Prosecutors had called for a 20-year prison sentence when the case was registered but he was sentenced to 10 years’ probation and ordered to receive mental health treatment, triggering a debate over the sentence. The 19-year-old was sentenced to two years in prison in April for violating parole.

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