A truck full of Louisiana teens, a beach in Florida, and enough booze to stock a small festival — what could go wrong? Deputies in Okaloosa County didn’t have to look hard to spot the issue when they pulled over a truck from Louisiana during spring break. The vehicle’s bed cover was cracked open just enough to reveal what officials called an “extensive amount of alcohol,” and from the looks of the photo, they weren’t exaggerating.
But while police issued citations for underage possession, the internet had a different reaction entirely — one part judgment, one part nostalgia, and more than a few jokes about frozen daiquiris, rookie mistakes, and what it really means to be “from Louisiana.”
Busted on the Beach
A group of Louisiana teenagers was recently stopped by deputies on Florida’s Crystal Beach—and it wasn’t hard to see why. When the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office pulled over a truck for a traffic violation, deputies noticed the vehicle’s bed cover was half open, revealing what they described as “an extensive amount of alcohol” in plain view.
No one in the vehicle was over the age of 21. The driver, a 17-year-old from Louisiana, and a 19-year-old passenger were both cited for possession of alcohol as minors, according to a post by the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office that has now gone viral.
Daiquiris, Crown, and Coors—Oh My!
It didn’t take long for social media to light up once photos were posted. In them, you can clearly spot gallon jugs of frozen daiquiris (presumably from Louisiana), multiple cases of Michelob Ultra, Crown Royal, Coors Banquet, Monster Energy drinks, and Blue Moon beer—and that’s just what was visible on the tailgate…