Man arrested after he posted a video of him Drinking-and-driving on Facebook

01:33 - 31 December 2015

A man was arrested after he posted a video of himself drinking while driving on Facebook.

A man who was arrested after he posted a video of himself drinking while driving on Facebook, illustrates how social media can help law enforcement, a police officer said.

Dustin Rittgers, 28 uploaded a 12-second video which shows him sitting in a vehicle, looking into the camera while music plays in the background, then raising his eyebrows and taking a swig from a partially covered bottle.

He doesn't speak. As the clip ends, the camera is flipped around to show a hand with only one finger raised to guide the steering wheel as a wiper moves across the vehicle's windshield.

Someone tipped off deputies about the video after it was posted on Facebook on Monday, and the vehicle was stopped that afternoon south of Columbus, in Hamilton Township, the Franklin County sheriff's office said.

Rittgers pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Franklin County Municipal Court on five misdemeanor charges, including operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs and having an open container in a vehicle. Yahoo News reported.

Court records indicate Rittgers pleaded guilty earlier this year in a separate impaired-driving case stemming from a September 2014 stop by state troopers.

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