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Tiny Chihuahua Helps Calif. Police Nab Fugitive

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Dec 28, 2007 6:48 am US/Central

Tiny Chihuahua Helps Calif. Police Nab Fugitive

3-Pound Pup Named Tink Took A Bite Out Of Crime

AUBURN, Calif. (CBS) ― A three-pound Chihuahua mix named Tink is being praised for helping police catch a Christmas Day fugitive.

The dog's adventure began when four suspects who were fleeing police crashed a stolen minivan into a hillside.

Auburn, Calif. homeowner Wendy Anderson says Tink, her son's dog, found a suspect hiding under a neighbor's motorhome and chased him into the woods. Her son and husband directed a law enforcement helicopter to where the man was hiding.

Tink is a Pomeranian and Chihuahua mix.

Three suspects are juveniles from the San Francisco Bay Area, the California Highway Patrol says. They crashed the van in the Sierra foothill town east of Sacramento.

A passenger, 19-old Marvin Gonzales of San Pablo, was arrested with public intoxication and resisting arrest.

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