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Man accused of stealing cruiser while handcuffed is sentenced

Tyler Tibbetts was accused of stealing a Dexter police cruiser while handcuffed, then leading police on a high-speed chase down rural roads in Penobscot County last May.

BANGOR, Maine — 23-year-old Tyler Tibbets was sentenced after a plea agreement with the state on Thursday at the Penobscot County Courthouse. 

Tibbets will serve five years with the Department of Corrections for stealing a Dexter police cruiser while handcuffed, then leading police on a high-speed chase down rural roads in Penobscot County last May. 

Tibbets will also pay three-thousand dollars to the owner of the car he stole and crashed in the same police chase after dropping the cruiser.

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Tibbets had been indicted on nearly a dozen charges, including theft, driving to endanger, and reckless conduct with a dangerous weapon. 

Penobscot County District Attorney Marianne Lunch said it was lucky that no one else was hurt in this case. 

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