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Handcuffed man escapes police custody, steals cop car in Monterey

Handcuffed man escapes police custody, steals cop car in Monterey
AT FIVE-AM ON KSBW ACTION NEWS 8 SUNRISE. ## ON THE CRIME WATCH. A MAN WHO ESCAPED POLICE CUSTODY THEN LED OFFS ERIC ON A CHASE IN A PATROL CAR IS BEHIND BARS TONIGHT. MONTEREY POLICE SAY IT ALL STARTED WHEN OFFICERS WERE LOOKING FOR A WOMAN WHO LED THEM ON A CHASE EARLIER IN THE DAY. THEY WENT TO HER HOTEL ROOM... BUT FOUND 33-YEAR OLD COREY DUNCAN FM ROSANTA CRUZ. POLICE ARRESTED DUNCAN... BUT DIDN'T SAY WHY. WHILE IN THE BACK OF THE PATROL CAR HE MANANGED TO GET OUT OF HIS HANDCUFFSND A TAKE OFF RUNNING. POLICE CHASED AFTER HIM..... DUNCAN WENT BACK TO THE PATROL CAR... AND DROVE OFF IN IT. HE WAS FOLLOWED BY POLICE TO VETERANS PARK WHERE HE DITCHED THE CAR AND TOOK OFF RUNNING AGAI N. POLICE RE- ARRESTED DUNCAN AFTER THEY FOUND M HI HIDING ON A ROOF OF A HOME NEAR HARRISON STREET. WAL
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Handcuffed man escapes police custody, steals cop car in Monterey
A man who escaped police custody Tuesday afternoon was rearrested after leading law enforcement on a chase in a police cruiser in Monterey. According to Lt. Mike Bruno with the Monterey Police Department, police were looking for a woman who had led police on a recent chase. When they arrived at her hotel room they found Corey Duncan, 33, from Santa Cruz with her. Duncan was arrested and placed in a police car. Police did not say why Corey was arrested. While in the car, Duncan slipped out of his handcuffs and led police on a foot chase. During the chase Duncan double backed and got backed into a parked police car and drove away. Duncan was followed by police to Veterans Park where he then ditched the car and ran on foot, police said. He was re-arrested after hiding on the roof of a home near Harrison Street.Nearby, Walter Colton Middle School was placed on lockdown as police searched for Duncan.

A man who escaped police custody Tuesday afternoon was rearrested after leading law enforcement on a chase in a police cruiser in Monterey.

According to Lt. Mike Bruno with the Monterey Police Department, police were looking for a woman who had led police on a recent chase. When they arrived at her hotel room they found Corey Duncan, 33, from Santa Cruz with her.

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Duncan was arrested and placed in a police car. Police did not say why Corey was arrested.

While in the car, Duncan slipped out of his handcuffs and led police on a foot chase. During the chase Duncan double backed and got backed into a parked police car and drove away.

Duncan was followed by police to Veterans Park where he then ditched the car and ran on foot, police said. He was re-arrested after hiding on the roof of a home near Harrison Street.

Nearby, Walter Colton Middle School was placed on lockdown as police searched for Duncan.