Police say the father of a two-year-old girl at the centre of an Amber Alert issued early Thursday morning is now facing charges, including those of abduction and assault.

Shortly after midnight, the suspect is alleged to have broken in through the back door of a house where the girl was living with her mother, Brantford police said in a statement.

Police allege the estranged father broke in while the mother answered her front door to an unknown number of people.

After a call was made to Brantford police about the alleged abduction, the Amber Alert was issued just after 3 a.m. It stated the girl and her father were last seen leaving Brantford in a vehicle with two women.

The suspect refused to return the child or disclose his location to Brantford cops, but after about an hour of “communication” with Hamilton police, he surrendered himself and the child. This brought an end to the Amber Alert.

The child was located safely at a home in the Central Mountain area, Hamilton police spokesperson Const. Jerome Stewart said.

He said officers arrested three other adults in relation to the case at a traffic stop just after 2 a.m.

Brantford police say the child was reunited with her mother and family.

The man, who the Star is not naming in order to protect the identity of the child, is being held for a bail hearing.

Prior to the alleged abduction, police say the man allegedly assaulted and threatened the mother before fleeing the scene, also allegedly assaulting another resident in the house.

The suspect, 37, is charged with the abduction of a person under 16, two counts of assault, uttering threats to cause death or bodily harm, uttering threats to destroy/damage property and breaking and entering.

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With files from The Canadian Press