'Drivin drunk' Facebook post gets Astoria teen booked into jail

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By Lori Tobias, The Oregonian
on January 03, 2013

Some things just aren't meant to be shared – not even on Facebook and especially not when you have 655 – ahem –"friends."

That's the New Year's lesson for Jacob Cox-Brown, 18, who wound up in Clatsop County Jail after posting a message on Facebook, complete with emoticons, admitting he'd been driving drunk and apologizing for hitting someone's car.

Astoria police were already investigating a hit and run on Fifth Street involving a Scion that received significant damage after being sideswiped, police said. A second car was also damaged.

That call came in at about 1 a.m. New Year's day.

Later that day, an Astoria officer got a phone call from someone who wanted to share Cox-Brown's message, which read: "Drivin drunk ... classic but to whoever's vehicle i hit i am sorry. "

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[onehandle]

1. He was either too drunk or not drunk enough. nt

[vanlassie]

3. "Not drunk enough?." What does that mean?

[appleannie1]

2. Judging from some of the replys too many are learning the wrong lesson from this.

They seem to be learning "don't drink and post" instead of don't drink and drive. This young man should be thankful he did not kill someone, including himself, instead of lamenting the fact that he bragged about his poor judgement on facebook.