23-year old Jessica Lewin was being detained in the front seat of a patrol car while an officer investigated her for pulling a knife on her younger sister. The young Houdini managed to slip off the handcuffs and slip into the driver seat.

According to WOVT 6 News, a deputy had put her in front seat of his cruiser while he investigated Lewin threatening her sister with a knife.

"I want to apologize to my little sister."

But she'll owe a judge an explanation why she got behind the wheel of the running cruiser and started a pursuit. "I don't want the cop car. I thought it was a joke. I really did and, yeah, now I’m here."

An Ashland officer pursued the stolen sheriff cruiser at 90 miles an hour.



Lewin: "He was behind me. He could see me. He knew where I was going."
Reporter: "Were you speeding?"
Lewin: "Well -- it was a Dodge Charger, of course I was speeding.”

On the cruiser radio, Lewin says she heard the officer break off the pursuit on a country road. So in the late night darkness, she pulled into a farm drive.

"I was not high and I didn't have drugs," said Lewin.

Lewin faces numerous charges including escape and possession of a controlled substance which a Sheriff's report said tested positive for meth.