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Western Pa. man charged with stealing handcuffs he was wearing in escape from cruiser
COMMODORE, Pa. – A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on charges he stole a pair of handcuffs he was wearing when he allegedly escaped from a state police cruiser.
Troopers say 29-year-old Douglas Lydic, of Commodore, was handcuffed but not yet charged while they searched a scene in his hometown for drugs Sunday night.
Police have yet to charge him in that case but say he climbed out a cruiser window while cuffed and wound up at his girlfriend’s home miles away.
Court records don’t list an attorney for Lydic, who also faces a charge of escape at a preliminary hearing scheduled for Jan. 2.
He’s been in the Indiana County Jail since he was re-arrested Monday morning at his girlfriend’s home. She’s being held on charges of hindering his apprehension by police.
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