Man handcuffed behind his back leads police in high-speed car chase

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A man stole a police patrol vehicle and engaged in a car chase with authorities in Kansas, United States, all while handcuffed behind his back.

The suspect, 23-year-old Joshua Swartwout, was already involved in an earlier pursuit with the police at the time of the incident. He was getting transported to a detention facility on suspicion of auto theft when officers noticed a motorcycle crash on the way to the facility, as per trooper Tod Hileman of Kansas Highway Patrol in a release posted on Facebook last Saturday, April 3.

Swartwout, whose hands were handcuffed behind his back, managed to sneak into the driver’s seat of the patrol vehicle while officers assisted the crash vict…

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