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UPDATE: Man accused of kidnapping own daughter captured

GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Channel 2 Action News has learned the man at the center of a Levi's Call has been captured and is now in police custody.

Robert "Joey" Peeples was arrested at a home Thursday night in Gwinnett County.

Arcade police said Robert "Joey" Peeples took his daughter from a home in Arcade just before 2 a.m. Thursday.

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Police said Peeples was dropping Baylee off at her grandmother's home when he and her mother, Tiffany Aycock, got in an argument. Police said Peeples refused to let the toddler out of the car.

Police said Peeples hit Aycock with his van as she tried to get Baylee away from him.

Baylee was later located Thursday afternoon at a family member's home.

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