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Facebook Photo Lands Drunk Driver in Jail

- By - Source : Tom's Guide US

A 17-year-old Niagara County girl is serving six months in jail for a drunk driving offense.

The Buffalo News reports that Ashley M. Sullivan was Wednesday sentenced to six months in jail and five years probation for crashing her car while drunk and killing her boyfriend.

Sullivan went to Florida a month after the crash and a photo posted to her Facebook page is captioned, "Me drunk in Florida." The judge said the reason for her jail sentence was because she was "troubled" by the girl's conduct since the crash.

Judge Matthew J. Murphy III also refused to grant Sullivan youthful offender status for the same reason, stating, 'I don't feel she has earned it." According to the Buffalo News, when Sullivan's defense attorney said, "This young woman is remorseful," one of the two dozen people gathered in the courtroom laughed.

Sullivan's license was revoked and the girl was told when she was released from prison, she would be electronic home monitoring for a year.

Full story here.

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moomooman 01/29/2010 6:02 PM
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Facebook her Dano!

I'm sorry.

joebob2000 01/29/2010 6:03 PM
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E-pwned. It's sad that this girl shows no remorse for the consequences of her actions thus far, hopefully a year in lockup will illustrate just how irresponsible she is.

d-block 01/29/2010 6:03 PM
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six months for killing someone? where is the justice in that?

one-shot 01/29/2010 6:07 PM
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"This young woman is remorseful," one of the two dozen people gathered in the courtroom laughed.

I'm not sure if it can get anymore awesome than that!

I've always wondered how smart these underage people are when they post pics of alcohol and drugs on Facebook or Myspace.

fulle 01/29/2010 6:11 PM
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What kind of bitch kills someone in a drunk driving accident, and then not only continues binge drinking, but posts pics of it up on Facebook to show off? I'd laugh too.

thejerk 01/29/2010 6:14 PM
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Good. I had a friend die from a drunken boyfriend episode similar to this. This type of shit does not need to happen. And, if you're stupid and immature enough to post how hammered or high you are in your FB status and not think that it might, just *might* come back to haunt you, then I really hope Darwinism catches up to you. What a stupid whorebag.

mfarrukh 01/29/2010 6:20 PM
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Where is the JUSTICE

megamanx00 01/29/2010 6:22 PM
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Sad, foolish, and just plain dumb. The sentence is rather light considering it resulted in the loss of a life.

viometrix 01/29/2010 6:30 PM
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i am speechless over the light sentence considering the facts involved.

mayne92 01/29/2010 6:40 PM
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+1 to all! A local woman was driving drunk, crashed and killed her 5 year old...she received 6 months in jail. This article and that...where is the justice?

Facebook blows anyways! Bloated garbage...

konjiki7 01/29/2010 6:42 PM
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I think her being drunk again are signs the natural selection still exist.

I do believe she should have the right to drink as she pleases long as its not while driving. It is her freedom to be self destructive unless its suicidal of coarse.

tonewheelmonster 01/29/2010 6:44 PM
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This is a disturbing article.

Quote :sentenced to six months in jail and five years probation for crashing her car while drunk and killing her boyfriend.

and then she just moves to Florida and keeps on going? Aren't there consequences anymore for KILLING someone? This is bizarre

Parrdacc 01/29/2010 6:46 PM
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Normally I hate when any authority, be it a company or law enforcement use social websites to justify prosecuting or, in the case of business, firing people but I have to say, based on the story that she was already involved in a drunk driving crash that killed her boyfriend and was already facing criminal charges. Then she goes and parties in Florida?

First, that was just plain stupid and second I have to agree this teen has some issues and did not take what she was facing seriously. I mean WOW! Your already facing charges and before sentence is even handed down you go and basically brag about getting drunk.

mlopinto2k1 01/29/2010 6:53 PM
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I resent the word "pwned"

cekasone 01/29/2010 6:57 PM
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dude only 6 months?

sliem 01/29/2010 7:01 PM
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She should get life sentence with parole.
Fucking drunk driver. What if I was her boyfriend's father? She only gets 6 mo? FUCK YOU Justice!

wiyosaya 01/29/2010 7:09 PM
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Another in a list of extremely stupid online moves. Reminds me of the guy who filmed himself doing 150+ in his Ferrari and was subsequently arrested.

That is not the worst of it, to me. Sounds like this girl simply does not understand what she has done. IMHO, the judge should have given her far more time especially due to her flippant attitude.

However, given that people like this rarely learn, I see a good chance of her doing something else like this an ending up spending the rest of her life in jail.

Parrdacc 01/29/2010 7:11 PM
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I'm still reeling, hope that's the right way to say it, from this. I can normally understand how and why a person did what they did wether it be right or wrong. However this girls mentality I can just not comprehend nor understand. Nor the justices 6 month jail sentence. I would have thought it longer under the circumstances.

coldmast 01/29/2010 7:24 PM
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It was the boyfriend's choice to get in with her as a drunk driver, not some random person on the street; that is why she got such a light sentence; I've news stories about family member who accidentally kill their siblings you end up getting no jail time. I have no sympathy to those that choose to drink and drive -- especially those whom show little remorse over the consequences of their actions. If your going to drive don't drink, if you plan on drinking don't drive, it's just that simple. I don't think this "party girl" should ever be allowed to drive a vehicle again.

Annisman 01/29/2010 7:29 PM
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This happened in the town that I live (North Tonawanda NY) Just thought that was interesting....

Also, glad Facebook finally was used for something constructive.

tipmen 01/29/2010 7:30 PM
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d-block :
six months for killing someone? where is the justice in that?



None, Pirating a movie could get you that. It would also come with ridiculous fine that no normal person could pay off without going to massive dept and being financially destroyed.

Regulas 01/29/2010 7:30 PM
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I would stay in jail until I could be released without government monitoring before I accepted being a slave on leash (ankle bracelet). Same goes for those mini education camps the government runs called take this class as part of your punishment.

Anonymous 01/29/2010 7:34 PM
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The shows that young people have on tv especially reality shows encourage young women to be nasty, heartless, shallow, conceited, b'tch's. I read yesterday where the so-called elite girls at a high school on the east coast bullied an Irish girl to the point of suicide and then were laughing about it two days later as they partied! It is time for society to take the bull by the horns and stop allowing the garbage that influences young minds and desensitizes some of them to the point where every ounce of humanity is drained from their souls.

tommysch 01/29/2010 7:36 PM
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ONLY 6 months for a deadly drunken crash?

I just hope she will get raped a few times in jail by a manly looking lesbian.

BoxBabaX 01/29/2010 7:40 PM
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tipmen :
None, Pirating a movie could get you that. It would also come with ridiculous fine that no normal person could pay off without going to massive dept and being financially destroyed.



Exactly what I was thinking, RIDICULOUS.

Raidur 01/29/2010 7:53 PM
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In some countries shed never again see the light of day, let alone ever drive again.

Anonymous 01/29/2010 7:55 PM
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I can't believe our TAX money will pay for this stupid bitch stay in prison!

smithereen 01/29/2010 7:58 PM
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To bad it wasn't in Canada...

CptTripps 01/29/2010 8:01 PM
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I have a friend who did something like this when we were younger. Everyone was drunk and two people died. They were all drunk and knew the driver was as well. She did indeed show remorse (still haunts her) and ended up with 7 years in jail. 6 Months is an insult.

knowom 01/29/2010 8:20 PM
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If she'd been 18 I wonder how much jail time she would've had. She was young enough not to be considered a adult, but she wasn't young enough not to know better than to drink in drive. I wonder how many tv ads she's seen in her lifetime about drinking and driving. I hope she gets sent to federal pound you in the *** prison.

Dekasav 01/29/2010 8:32 PM
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I'm *really* curious how killing someone, in ANY manner, especially while doing something illegal, can only be punished by 6mo. prison. An OWI should be at least six months in prison, never drive again. Killing someone, ANYONE, I don't care if they're 96 with AIDS, cancer, and Alzheimer's, should be 5 years, barring self-defense. 17 or not, at that age, you KNOW killing people is bad.

That doesn't even start on her being a complete dumbass and being remorseful. Honestly, I want to know what happened to her conscience.