The Lufkin Police Department has learned its lesson.

A suspected beauty-store shoplifter led officers on an extended chase Saturday after escaping her handcuffs and crawling into the front seat of the patrol unit she'd been placed in, then driving away with the vehicle.

Footage posted on Facebook by the department showed the woman crawling through the partition into the front seat of the police vehicle. (Lufkin Police Department / Facebook)

The department posted video of the incident on its Facebook page Tuesday. The footage showed Toscha Sponsler, 33, of Pollok in the back seat of a police SUV with her hands cuffed behind her back.

First, her seat belt springs free. Sponsler then leans forward and peers into the front seat.

Sponsler manages to shed her handcuffs. Then, after making sure officers don't see her, she squirms head-first through the partition between the front and back seats.

The footage resumes outside the SUV, where officers are going through Sponsler's items when the vehicle suddenly begins to roll away in spite of their attempts to stop it. "What the hell?" one of them says.

The 23-minute pursuit reached speeds of 100 mph, ending in Zavalla when a maneuver by a Department of Public Safety trooper causes Sponsler to lose control of the vehicle, coming to rest against a tree.

Sponsler is at Angelina County Jail on several charges including aggravated assault against a public servant, evading arrest, possession of a controlled substance and unauthorized use of a vehicle. Bond is set at $18,000.

The footage ends with an officer installing a "tactical window limitation device" on the SUV. Text overlaying the scene, including the hashtag #FOOLMEONCE, indicates similar measures will be repeated for all of the department's marked units.