Be Careful What You Post On Facebook
Facebook Post Caused a More Severe DUI Sentence
You may want to be careful about what you post on Facebook. It isn’t quite a private as you may think. One 17- year old, Ashley Sullivan, found herself being sentenced as an adult because the judge was troubled by the message he saw in her Facebook posting.
Sullivan posted the photo with the title, Drunk in Florida, just a month after the she crashed into a brick pillar at an estimated speed of 56 mph in a 30 mph zone. The impact killed her boyfriend. Her blood tested 0.13%, above the legal alcohol limit of 0.08%.
Sullivan pled guilty to criminally negligent homicide and misdemeanor driving while intoxicated. She faces six month’s jail time and five years probation during which time she will be monitored for any alcohol consumption.
She also faces a wrongful death suit from the family of the young man who died in the crash.
Learn more about how the Facebook posting contributed to this woman’s DUI conviction.
