The Chapel Hill Police Department charged a man with first degree kidnapping and larceny late on Monday after issuing an AMBER Alert and starting a search for a five-year-old girl.

In a release Tuesday morning, the department said 28-year-old Dustin Taylor Oakley was taken into custody after he allegedly stole a dark blue 2003 Dodge Durango from Eastgate Shopping Center around 8:30 p.m. — with five-year-old Arielle Williams still inside the vehicle. Police issued an AMBER Alert to the Triangle community at 10:17 p.m. for Williams before releasing a photo of Oakley, a Raleigh man with no listed address, as an unnamed suspect shortly after.

By 11:13 p.m., the alert was canceled and Chapel Hill Police said Williams had been safely located. In its message Tuesday morning, the department revealed Oakley was arrested in Lillington, N.C. — which is more than 50 miles away from the Eastgate Shopping Center on East Franklin Street.

Dustin Oakley, 28. (Photo via the Chapel Hill Police Department.)

In addition to a felony charge of kidnapping, Oakley was charged with two counts of larceny, possession of a stolen vehicle, and possession of stolen goods. He is under a secured $510,000 bond at the Orange County Detention Center and will make his first appearance in court on the charges Tuesday afternoon. Oakley also faces a possession of a stolen vehicle charge in Harnett County, which he is slated to appear in court for on Thursday.

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