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A 48-year-old Roy man was charged Wednesday with allegedly snatching a 5-year-old girl from the bedroom of her Sandy home last week.

Troy Mitchell Morley was charged in 3rd District Court with first-degree felony child kidnapping, second-degree felony burglary, class A misdemeanor criminal trespassing in a dwelling and class B misdemeanor interference with an arresting officer.

The child kidnapping count is punishable by a maximum of life in prison, if convicted.

Morley is being held at the Salt Lake County Jail in lieu of $2 million bail.

His initial court appearance has been set for next Tuesday before Judge Bruce Lubeck in West Jordan.

The alleged kidnapping occurred at about 4:30 a.m. on Nov. 7, Morley — a stranger to the family — allegedly entered the home of Aaron and Stephanie Edson, near 10600 S. Rembrandt Lane (90 East), through an unlocked door.

Sandy police Sgt. Dean Carriger said Morley had been "roaming the neighborhood, checking their doors."

Morley went into the basement of the home, came across the sleeping girl and took her from her bedroom, police said.

Aaron Edson was awakened by a noise, then heard the voice of his step-daughter, Lainey, down the hall, according to charging documents.

Edson told investigators that because the girl's bedroom was in the basement, it was unusual to hear her voice that early in the morning on the main floor.

When Edson then heard the front door and screen door open, he jumped out of bed, went outside and started calling for the girl.

At the end of the driveway, Edson saw a man holding Lainey in his arms while walking away from the home, charges state.

Sandy police Sgt. Dean Carriger has said that Edson screamed words to the effect, "What are you doing, that's my daughter, you're not taking her!," and confronted the man — later identified as Morley — who handed the girl over and ran away as the parents called 911.

Carriger said police quickly set up a search perimeter and blood hounds indicated on a path that led to the home of a woman who lived several blocks away.

The woman, who was awakened by the police and K-9s in her backyard, went into her basement to check on her dog and saw Morley crouched in a corner.

Morley told the woman, "I'm in trouble. I'm bad," according to charges.

After seeing Morley — who had entered through a dog door — the woman ran outside yelling to officers, "He is in my house," according to a probable cause statement filed with the Salt Lake County jail.

Morley ran from the home, but police spotted him in a neighbor's yard, charges state.

Morley obeyed when ordered by police to come back over a fence and into the woman's yard. But when Morley refused to keep his hands in the air, he was taken to the ground with help of a police dog.

Morley was bitten on the shoulder and upper right arm, according to the probable cause statement.

Carriger said Morley was taken to a hospital for treatment of the bites.

During a later interview with police, Morley "admitted he went inside the home" and asked the girl to come with him, charges state.

Attorney Miles Holman, who represents the girl's parents, has said that the child was not physically harmed during the episode.

"... the child appears to be happy," Holman said, adding: "This has been an anxiety producing day... It's a nice family. They seem to be doing well considering the circumstances today."

The girl's parents initially declined to comment, but later told The Associated Press that they and their daughter, Lainey, remained calm throughout the encounter.

"I believe he would have tried to harm her if she would have been screaming or anything else," Stephanie Edson said.

Lainey told her mother that she sat up when a man came into her bedroom, Stephanie Edson said. The child told the man: "Excuse me. I need to get some more sleep," the mother said. The man told Lainey he needed a church and she tried to give him directions. "She was just trying to help him," Stephanie Edson said.

Aaron Edson said when he went outside, he approached the man and asked him who he was. The man turned around and told him he was in trouble, that he needed the child with him or else he would be killed and that he needed to get to a church, Edson said. "I said, 'I want to help you, but you can't take her,' " Edson told The Associated Press.

Edson said the man responded with a sigh and handed the child over.

Carriger has said investigators are "fairly certain" that the family and Morley do not know each other.

"There are no ties between Mr. Morley and this family or its home," Carriger said. "This appears to have been a random act, not targeted at them or their house."

He said the motive for the abduction and the intentions of the suspect toward the child were not known.

A check of Utah court records shows Morley has a 2011 conviction for class B misdemeanor impaired driving in the South Salt Lake justice court, for which he was sentenced to 10 days in jail. He also has a 2009 conviction for class B misdemeanor impaired driving in the Syracuse justice court, for which he served two days in jail.

He is not listed in the state's sex offender registry.