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A man is expected to appear in court on Thursday in Sampson County after authorities said he kidnapped a child and then led deputies on a chase across multiple counties.
According to court documents, Tyler Ray Toodle, 26, will appear just before 9 a.m. at the Sampson County Courthouse on charges related to the kidnapping of a 1-year-old girl.
Sampson County authorities charged Toodle with felony speeding to elude arrest, felony possession of a stolen vehicle, driving while a license is revoked, misdemeanor resisting a public officer and misdemeanor child abuse.
Man accused of kidnapping child before leading deputies on chase
The North Carolina Center for Missing Persons issued an Amber Alert for Iris Everly-Marie Fargis, a 1-year-old girl, earlier on Wednesday, saying Toodle took her in Randolph County.
The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office said Toodle is not the girl’s biological father, but he knew the girl’s mother.
Deputies in Randolph County first noticed the car listed in the Amber Alert, a Black 2018 Honda Civic on N.C. Highway 24 near Roseboro.
“My captain, as luck would have it, spotted the vehicle and began the chase,” said a Sampson County deputy. “Of course, the car caught the grass on fire, we immediately got the child and the suspect out of the vehicle pretty quick.”
Deputies got Iris, who was uninjured, and arrested Toodle at Mitchell Loop Road before the car caught on fire. WRAL captured the moment Iris was put in a deputy’s vehicle.
Randolph County authorities charged Toodle with felony kidnapping, felony larceny of a motor vehicle and misdemeanor driving while a license is revoked. He will appear in court on the kidnapping charges in October.
WRAL News looked into Toodle’s criminal record and found an assault charge on a woman in Guilford County in 2024. Court records also show Toodle and the alleged victim of the assault shared an address as recently as July.
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