High-speed Houdini: Video shows stupefying moment Texas woman slips out of handcuffs and hijacks cop car, leading officers on 100mph chase for 23

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A Texas woman put on a dazzling magic show in the back of a cop cruiser on Saturday, shortly after being arrested on suspicion of shoplifting.

Video released by the Lufkin Police Department shows Toscha Fay Sponsler, 33, being handcuffed on the ground and then put in the back of a squad car while officers examine evidence at the scene.

In that brief period of time however, the dash cam in the vehicle captured Sponsler easily wriggling out of her handcuffs and waiting until the arresting officers were out out of sight before hoping over the divide and driving off in the police cruiser.

Her second-act attempt at a disappearing act fell short however as she crashed the car after a 23-minute chase during which she hit speeds of up to 100mph.

Officers noted that during the chase she could also be seen grabbing for the gun inside the car, which was mechanically locked to the vehicle.

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