PERSON COUNTY, N.C. — An Amber Alert in North Carolina has been canceled after officials found a 1-year-old boy taken in Person County, officials said.  

The Person County Sheriff's Office's office said the baby, Gabriel Newman, was abducted from the county north of Durham Thursday night. The baby was found and is safe, according to an update from officials just before 1 p.m.

The sheriff's office said Gregory Wendell Newman abducted the child. They had last been seen driving north on Highway 57 toward Danville, Virginia in a black 2015 Volkswagon Passat, license plate number TDL-8320.