The Regina man arrested following an Amber Alert over a missing four-year-old girl has been charged with abduction.

Anthony Joseph Slippery, 32, the girl's father, has also been charged with uttering death threats, common assault, evading police, and breach of recognizance.

The assault charged refers to an allegation Slippery assaulted his former partner, a 31-year-old woman.

After being arrested Thursday afternoon, he was scheduled to appear in provincial court on Friday morning.

An Amber Alert is the highest level of public notification in missing person cases.

Regina police called the alert Thursday at around 2 p.m. CST after receiving a report that the girl was missing and had allegedly been abducted.

She was found a few hours later at a Regina home. Slippery was arrested about at around 5 p.m.

News about the Amber Alert flooded news websites, as well as Facebook and Twitter. The police said the timely sharing of information helped bring the case to a swift conclusion.