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old steel
6th September 2017, 10:56 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNNwlgyewQ4

Cebu_4_2
6th September 2017, 11:58 AM
That was bad ass! Too bad she lost it, not sure what happened there but it was a good go at it.

How did she undo the cuffs? At first I thought she slipped out of them but looks like they were still on both hands...

Cebu_4_2
6th September 2017, 12:01 PM
From the comments:

LUFKIN, TX ---- A Texas police department has released video of a suspect who stole one of their SUVs after being arrested and placed in the vehicle’s backseat. Toscha Sponsler, 33, of Pollok, took Lufkin officers on a 23-minute pursuit from the Ulta parking lot to Zavalla before the chase ended.

The suspect was initially taken into custody after a foot chase. She had been identified as a potential shoplifter. Police took her into custody near South First Street at Loop 287 and drove her back to Ulta, where she was placed in the patrol unit.

The in-car dash cam shows Sponsler slipping from her handcuffs, climbing through a window and taking off with the SUV. Throughout the chase, officers could see the woman reaching for the officer’s shotgun, which was mechanically locked to the vehicle, according to police.

Speeds in the chase reached 100 miles per hours and at one point, the suspect nearly hit head-on two Lufkin Police units and Constable Chad Wilson. Authorities were able to bring the stolen police unit to a stop using a PIT maneuver.

Sponsler was spun out and taken into custody after crashing. An internal review of the incident is ongoing. “During the initial review we determined that limiting the size of the partition window in its open position could prevent this from occurring in the future if the locking mechanism fails or is not engaged,” Lufkin Police Assistant Chief David Thomas said. Sponsler remains in the Angelina County Jail on bonds totaling $18,000.

She is charged with escape causing serious bodily injury/threat of a deadly weapon, aggravated assault against a public servant, possession of a controlled substance, evading arrest with a vehicle with a previous conviction and unauthorized use of a vehicle.

old steel
6th September 2017, 12:29 PM
That was bad ass! Too bad she lost it, not sure what happened there but it was a good go at it.

How did she undo the cuffs? At first I thought she slipped out of them but looks like they were still on both hands...



Not bad for an amateur, obviously wasn't her first go at having the bracelets clamped on her.

StreetsOfGold
6th September 2017, 12:56 PM
Any relation to Sarah Conner?

Hitch
7th September 2017, 09:47 AM
Authorities were able to bring the stolen police unit to a stop using a PIT maneuver. 

Absolutely amazing video. At the 1:42 mark, she gets pitted. They taught us this in police academy years ago during driver training. Back then we didn't have cameras, but we all got to be the passenger in the pitt car, and the car that got pitted. It was really cool to experience, and see this video of that maneuver in action. They wouldn't let us drive those cars though back then, because the tranny had to be put in neutral at the exact time or else it would get blown out. I'm actually surprised the police even tried this, because an SUV should have flipped over completely. I'm surprised it didn't.

horseshoe3
7th September 2017, 07:16 PM
What were the implants in the back of her shoulders?

Edit: Nevermind, on second viewing it looks like grass blades.