Police in Prince Albert, Sask., have arrested a 19-year-old man after a girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert went missing for more than five hours Tuesday.

Charges are pending against Jarrod John Charles, of St. Louis, Sask., who was found late Tuesday, police said.

The eight-year-old girl was reported missing about 3:30 p.m. local time.

She had been alone in a playground in the Crescent Acres area of Prince Albert, near École Vickers School, when a man showed up and remained there for about 15 minutes.

Charles is from St. Louis, Sask., according to police. (Prince Albert Police)

Police said the girl was seen leaving the playground, and the man followed her to the schoolyard and was speaking to her.

She was grabbed and placed in the back seat of his car, and he then climbed into the front of the vehicle and drove away from the school, police said.

The girl was found safe at around 8:40 p.m.

Previous abduction

In September 2016, another Amber Alert involving Charles was issued after two young boys were taken from the northern Saskatchewan community of La Ronge.

At the time, police said Charles had been spotted walking with the boys in the town shortly before their disappearance.

The boys were eventually found at a home in St. Louis and returned to their families. They weren't harmed.

Charles was charged with two counts of abduction of a child and two counts of breaching an undertaking. In December, the abduction charges were dropped by the Crown after prosecutors further examined the evidence.

At that same court appearance, Charles was sentenced for a June 28, 2016 sexual assault in St. Louis. The victim was a nine-year-old girl from the community. He received a 3½-month sentence, which he got credit for as time served, and three years probation. He was ordered to stay from children under 16.

Charles was entered into the National Sex Offender Registry.