Northern Territory Police have charged a 19-year-old man over an alleged failed child abduction in the community of Tennant Creek.
NT Police said that just after 12:30am on Sunday, the man allegedly took the 9-year-old girl from her home after he had been socialising at the residence earlier on Saturday evening.
The child woke outside a nearby unit complex, and ran home after screaming at the man and alerting her family.
The child's family then called police after finding the girl physically unhurt.
The man was later arrested and has been charged with abduction of a child under 16 years and trespass on enclosed premises.
Detectives from Tennant Creek Investigation Unit are calling for any witnesses to come forward.
He will appear in Alice Springs Local Court in July.
