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Chihuahua leads police on chase across Bay Bridge

In this scene from a video, a California Highway Patrol officer chases a chihuahua across the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Sunday, April 3, 2016. The dog was eventually captured unharmed. (AP / AP)
In this scene from a video, a California Highway Patrol officer chases a chihuahua across the Bay Bridge in San Francisco Sunday, April 3, 2016. The dog was eventually captured unharmed. (AP / AP)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A Chihuahua is in animal custody after leading police on a chase across the Oakland-San Francisco Bay Bridge.

The California Highway Patrol tweeted the small black dog “led us on quite a chase” Sunday and posted a video of it running furiously on the upper level of the bridge as it was trailed by a motorcycle officer.

After it was captured, the Chihuahua was taken to a San Francisco animal shelter where staff members named him Ponch, after the CHP Officer Frank Poncherello played by Erik Estrada in the TV series “CHiPs.”

A spokeswoman for the city’s Department of Animal Care and Control said the dog wore a tag decorated with a human skull, but it had no identification. Deb Campbell said the dog was recovering from its misadventure.