From BTS News
ASTORIA, OR (BTSNews) —An 18 year-old teenager is facing DWI-related charges in Astoria, Oregon after he posted on his Facebook page that he had hit a car while driving drunk last Wednesday. According to a Friday report from the local newspaper, Daily Astorian, the teen, Jacob Cox-Brown sent this message to his friends on Facebook:
Drivin drunk … classsic 😉 but to whoever’s vehicle i hit i am sorry. 😛
Two of Cox-Brown’s Facebook “friend” saw the message and separately forwarded it to local police officers.
Upon receiving the message, local police open an investigation, went to the teen’s home and matched a vehicle there to one that had hit two others that same night. The police then arrested and charged the teen with two counts of failing to report the duties of a driver.
BEHIND THE SCENES, Social Media attorney Bradley Shaw noted that this was a classic example of social media users not being aware ….MORE
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