DANVILLE, Va. – UPDATE FRIDAY 1:10 P.M.
The 1-year-old at the center of an Amber Alert out of North Carolina has been found safe and his father, his suspected kidnapper, arrested, according to WRAL.
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Authorities believed that Gabriel Newman was taken out of Person County, N.C. by his father, Gregory Newman and the two were believed to heading toward Danville. arrested.
On Friday, Gregory was arrested by U.S. Marshals in Virginia and Gabriel safely recovered.
ORIGINAL STORY
The Person County Sheriff’s Office out of North Carolina has issued an Amber Alert for a 1-year-old baby boy who authorities believe is headed towards Danville Thursday night.
Gabriel Newman, the 1-year-old baby boy, was last seen wearing a black and white Nike outfit with shorts.
Authorities said the alleged abductor is Gregory Newman who they described as 6 feet tall, 190 pounds and has long black-colored dreadlocks and brown eyes.
He has a tattoo of a dollar sign over his right eye, the words “love and hate” tattoed over his left and right hands and a tattoo of the letter “G” on his right arm.
Gregory was last seen wearing a white shirt with fire flames on it, light-colored jeans with patches and a scarf over his hair.
Authorities said they were last seen traveling northbound on the NC Highway 57 towards Danville in a Black 2015 Volkswagen Passat North Carolina registration TDL8320.
Officials have not provided a photo of either the victim or the alleged abductor.