'Drivin drunk' Facebook post gets Astoria teen booked into jail [View all]

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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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