The 18-year-old male, identified by the New York Post as Dekota Locklear, was handcuffed when he jumped into the driver's seat and stole the NYPD vehicle in Manhattan at a DWI checkpoint on the Henry Hudson Parkway.
He was apprehended around 4 a.m. Sunday, according to the New York Post. The search involved both aviation and ground units.
Charges against the teen have not yet been released.
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