For most people, Facebook is a place to share your thoughts, boast about your accomplishments and show off pictures of you, your friends and your family.
But for one Astoria man, it was also a place to share his crime – a crime he had yet to be caught for, until now.
“Drivin drunk … classsic 😉 but to whoever’s vehicle i hit i am sorry. :P”
That is what Jacob Cox-Brown, 18, of Astoria, posted on Facebook. That post was soon sent to Astoria Police Officer Nicole Riley by one of Cox-Brown’s friends. Another friend soon called in the same thing to Sgt. Brian Aydt.
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