The father of a two-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert is now facing charges.

The ordeal started shortly after midnight when, according to police, the man broke into the Brantford home where the girl lived with her mother.

The mother and another adult were assaulted and threatened and the man then grabbed the child and fled in a vehicle with three other people, police said.

Officers were eventually able to contact the man, but he refused to say where he was or to release the child.

That's when police issued an Amber Alert.

Police, who issued the alert early this morning, initially said they believed the father and daughter were travelling in a vehicle with two women. The vehicle was found in Hamilton at around 2 a.m. but the girl and her father were not with the car. However two women and one man were arrested in connection with the vehicle that was found.

Shortly after 4:15 a.m., police confirmed that the child had been safely located in Hamilton. The suspect turned himself in, police said.

The girl's father is now facing a number of charges, including abduction of a person under sixteen, two counts of assault, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, uttering threats to destroy/damage property and break, enter and commit.

He is currently being held pending bail hearing.

The girl was being reunited with her mother, police said.