A 35-year-old Colorado Springs man was prepared to carjack a truck Wednesday night. Andrew Lazcano allegedly had a loaded gun, a criminal mindset and the ambition but not the skill to drive a stick shift.

That single lapse led to him getting struck by a stun gun, handcuffed, arrested for investigation of robbery and booked into jail, according to a report by the Colorado Springs Police Department.

At 6:57 p.m. Wednesday, Lazcano allegedly threatened a person with a gun in the 1700 block of West Boulder Street. He climbed in the car, but couldn’t drive away.

The police report gave a jargon-laced explanation of what went wrong: “The suspect was not able to steal the truck as he could not start it due to the fact he was not familiar with a manual transmission.”

That would be just the beginning of troubles Wednesday night for the convicted felon who has proven to be such a nuisance that his nickname is “Little Ra,” which is short for little rascal.

After the truck wouldn’t go, Lazcano quickly abandoned his theft plans and took off running, police say.

Police officers from the Gold Hill Division began searching the area and located Lazcano in a nearby King Soopers shopping center near 19th and Uintah.

“The suspect had to be subdued by a Taser and was found to be in possession of a loaded firearm,” the report says.

The victim positively identified the suspect.

Lazcano has a long rap sheet of misdemeanor and felony arrests for a variety of crimes including assaults, theft, drug dealing, obstructing police, domestic violence, disturbing the peace and drunken driving dating back to 1999.

He’s been arrested across the Front Range in Lakewood, Denver, Wheat Ridge, Arvada and Littleton, and Arapahoe, Adams and Jefferson counties.

His biggest penalty was in 2002, when he was sentenced to prison for four years for drug distribution, according to Colorado Bureau of Investigation records.