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GREELEY, Colo., Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Police in Colorado say a man arrested and handcuffed after being stopped for drunken driving tried to escape in the police car of the officer who stopped him.
Adam Segura, 32, was recaptured after a chase lasting about a mile, The Greeley (Colo.) Tribune reported Sunday.
Segura had been pulled over near Greeley for speeding, and the police officer allegedly noticed alcohol on his breath and slurred speech.
Segura was cuffed with his hands behind his back and placed in the back seat of the unmarked patrol car.
As the officer, along with a backup patrolman, questioned a woman passenger in Segura's car, Segura allegedly managed to get the handcuffs in front of him, climbed into the patrol car's front seat and drove away, the newspaper said.
As the officers pursued in the backup car, Segura stopped after about a mile near the entrance to the Greeley Mall and surrendered.
He faces multiple charges, including aggravated vehicle theft, escape, resisting arrest -- and two counts of DUI.
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