COMMODORE, PA.—A western Pennsylvania man has been jailed on charges he stole the pair of handcuffs he was wearing when he allegedly escaped from a state police cruiser.

Troopers say 29-year-old Douglas Lydic, of Commodore, was handcuffed but not yet charged while they searched a scene in his hometown for drugs Sunday night.

Police have yet to charge him in that case but say he climbed out a cruiser window while cuffed and wound up at his girlfriend’s home miles away.

Court records don’t list an attorney for Lydic, who also faces a charge of escape at a preliminary hearing scheduled for Jan. 2.

He’s been in the Indiana County Jail since he was rearrested Monday morning at his girlfriend’s home. She’s being held on charges of hindering his apprehension by police.