UPDATE 1/30/17 @ 5:30 p.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Columbus Police say 22-year-old Jessica Pickett was warming up her car near Chittenden Ave. and North 4th Street, just east of Ohio State University.

She called dispatchers Monday morning to report her car was stolen with her four-year-old daughter inside. Pickett says, “I want to report somebody stole my car. Ma’am he just stole my car.”

An Amber Alert was issued. Cell phones alarmed thanks to the emergency alert system. Citizens started calling dispatchers with tips and law enforcement officers across central Ohio searched for Fails. One caller says, “I feel like I witnessed the Amber Alert today.”

As the search continued, Pickett’s car was found and a suspect was arrested. 22-year-old Bradley Stroud was charged with grand theft auto, but there was no sign of little Janylia.

One call cracked the case for missing Janylia. The caller explains to the dispatcher, “I am trying to call in about that Amber Alert. She is not missing. She is at her Aunt’s house.”

Columbus Police respond to an apartment off Cassidy Avenue on the eastside where Janylia was found. Columbus Police Sergeant Terry McConnell says, “We were able to determine that the child never was with the mother. She was at another location safe.”

McConnell says, “Information that she gave detectives was that she wanted them to find her car faster.” He later called the decision selfish.

Pickett is being charged with misdemeanor falsification and was issued a summons to appear in court.

McConnell did not know if Pickett would be required to re-pay any tax payer dollars used in the search for daughter.

UPDATE 1/30/17 @ 10:30 a.m.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus Police report 4-year-old Janylia Fails has been found safe in northeast Columbus.

Fails was inside a car stolen from the area of Chittenden Avenue and North 4th Street in Franklin County.

Police confirm one person has been detained in connection to the Amber Alert, but no other details were immediately available.

According to police, the girl’s mother was loading her children into the car. She put the 4-year-old inside the vehicle and went inside her residence to get another child. When she returned the car was gone.

ORIGINAL STORY 1/30/17

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Columbus Police have issued an Amber Alert for a 4-year-old girl that was inside a car stolen from the area of Chittenden Avenue and North 4th Street in Franklin County.

Police say they have located the stolen 2004 silver Chevy Impala near Corrugated Way and East 5th Avenue. The 4-year-old child was not inside.

Police say the child’s name is Janylia Fails. She is a black female last seen wearing a purple floral patterned winter coat and jeans. She is about 3 feet tall and weighs around 40 pounds.

The suspect is described as a light-skinned black male wearing a black coat.

Police confirm one person has been detained in connection to the Amber Alert, but no other details were immediately available.

According to police, the girl’s mother was loading her children into the car. She put the 4-year-old inside the vehicle and went inside her residence to get another child. When she returned the car was gone.

Call or dial 911 if you see the child, the suspect or the vehicle. You can also call 1-877-AMBER-OH (1-877-262-3764) or 911 to be transferred directly to the investigating law enforcement agency or to hear the alert information.