Teen Brags About Drunk Driving via Facebook, Promptly Arrested

January 4, 2013 | News

Worth noting that it was two of his “Facebook Friends” who reported his post to the police.

(DailyMail) An Oregon teen has been arrested after he posted a message on Facebook after a night of partying on New Year’s Eve, admitting that he had been driving drunk and apologizing for hitting someone’s car during his booze-fueled escapade.

Jacob Cox-Brown, 18, used the social media website to inform his friends that he had been ‘Drivin drunk … classic but to whoever’s vehicle i hit i am sorry. .’

One of his friends saw the post and called police on New Year’s Day, just as officers were in the midst of investigating a hit and run that had damaged two vehicles.

Too Much Information: Jacob Cox-Brown, 18, was arrested after he admitted in a Facebook posting on New Year’s Day that he had been driving drunk and hit a car

Police: Two friends of the Oregon teen saw the Facebook posting and alerted police

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