Overview

• Tyler Ray Toodle, 26, made his first appearance Thursday morning in Sampson County, where a judge imposed a $1 million bond and barred contact with the child and her mother.
• The AMBER Alert for 1-year-old Iris Everly-Marie Fargis ended Wednesday after deputies recovered her uninjured, and she was returned to safe care.
• Sampson County deputies located the suspect’s vehicle near Roseboro, ended a short pursuit with stop sticks on Mitchell Loop Road, and removed the child and Toodle after the car went into a ditch and ignited nearby grass.
• Sampson County charged Toodle with felony fleeing to elude arrest, felony possession of a stolen vehicle, misdemeanor reckless driving, driving while license revoked, resisting a public officer, and misdemeanor child abuse.
• Randolph County charged Toodle with felony kidnapping, felony larceny of a motor vehicle, and driving while license revoked, with a court appearance on the kidnapping charges set for October; authorities say he is not the child’s biological father but knew her mother.