The man accused of kidnapping a kindergarten student from Earl Kitchener Elementary School is back in police custody and facing four charges on Thursday night.

Dakota Hart, a 47-year-old Hamilton resident, was apprehended under the Mental Health Act on another matter on Monday, four days after he allegedly led a young boy away from the school before a witness intervened.

Today, police executed a warrant for his arrest after he was released from a mental health facility. Hart has a bail hearing scheduled for Friday morning.

He is charged with one count of forcibly seizing a person, assault with a weapon and two counts of breach of probation.

The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board has already made new rules in reaction to the incident. Outdoor staff wear will wear high-visibility vests, use two-way radios and work with police to deliver safety messages to students.