A man who was being taken to the Boulder County Jail managed to briefly escape Wednesday, despite being handcuffed in the back seat of a police car, Boulder police said.

The man was re-arrested at Larkburger after a brief chase.

According to a Boulder police report, officers first took Landon Christopher Jensen, 23, into custody around 11:30 a.m. Wednesday. Jensen had been serving a community corrections sentence for auto theft, driving under the influence with a previous DUI and eluding a police officer.

According to court records, Jensen has been arrested numerous times on theft, assault and alcohol-related charges.

Jensen was handcuffed with his hands behind his back and placed in the back seat of a patrol car, the police report said. The officer left the window down because it was hot in the car and he wanted Jensen to have some air.

According to the report, the officer heard some scuffling from the back seat while he was stopped at the light at Canyon Boulevard and 28th Street. The officer looked in his rear view mirror and realized Jensen had managed to get his hands in front of his body.

The officer tried to roll up the window, but before he could do so, Jensen reached out the window and opened the door from the outside, the report said. Jensen jumped out of the vehicle and ran south.

Paramedics from Pridemark who happened to be in the area saw Jensen jump out of the vehicle and followed him. They told dispatchers he ran into Pizzeria da Lupo, between Folsom and 28th streets on Arapahoe Avenue.

Officers responded to the area and learned that Jensen had actually run into Larkburger, next door to Pizzeria da Lupo. He was discovered hiding in a boiler room in the back of the restaurant, the report said.

When ordered out of the boiler room at gunpoint, Jensen complied, the report said. He resisted “a little bit” as he was re-handcuffed behind his back. Officers also “hobbled” Jensen, putting restraints on his ankles.

He was taken to the Boulder County Jail in a Pridemark ambulance, where he was booked on suspicion of attempted escape and resisting arrest. A hearing for filing of charges in the escape attempt is scheduled for Tuesday.

According to the police report, during the ride to the jail, Jensen told officers, “I made you guys work for it today. I wasn’t trying to run from you guys. Just the circumstances, I didn’t want to go back to prison.”