( CNN ) -- A 48-year-old Utah man was arrested after police said his attempt to abduct a little girl was foiled by the child 's stepfather . Troy Mitchell Morley is suspected of two felonies -- child kidnapping and burglary , the Sandy , Utah , police department said in a written statement . `` The motive for the abduction and intentions of the suspect towards the child are not known , '' police said in the suburban Salt Lake City community . A spokesman for the family told CNN affiliate KSL on Friday afternoon that the girl was OK. `` At this moment , she seems pretty healthy and pretty happy , '' Miles Holman told the station . Police said there was no connection between Morley and the family . According to a news release from the Sandy police , Morley broke into the family 's home around 4:30 a.m. Friday and found the girl sleeping in the basement . He woke the girl and told her to come with him , the statement said . The girl 's parents were awakened by the sound of the front door and the stepfather saw the assailant carrying his daughter across the front lawn . In the 911 call attained by CNN affiliate KUTV , the girl 's mother describes the moment when she and her husband realize something is wrong . `` We heard the front door open and I heard her talking . She 's just the sweetest little thing . I heard her voice and we ran out , '' the sobbing woman says . The dad confronted the suspect and the man let go of the girl and ran . He was unarmed , the 911 caller says . `` But he was saying something that he 's messed up and someone 's going to hurt him , '' she tells the dispatcher . The man was later caught while hiding in another home after crawling through a doggie door , authorities said . KSL spoke to the home owner . `` I went downstairs , and he was crouched up , kind of by the back door with no shirt on . And he just said like , 'Am I bad ? Am I in trouble ? ' I just started screaming and ran up the stairs and told my husband , 'There 's a man in the house , ' '' Tina Olsen told KSL . After Morley refused to come out , a sheriff 's canine went in and bit the suspect on the shoulder and upper right arm , police said . Morley is being held in the Salt Lake County Jail and has n't had a preliminary hearing , said Sgt . Cammie Skogg , a spokeswoman for Salt Lake County Sheriff 's Office . CNN 's John Newsome contributed to this report .
NEW : 911 caller says she and her husband heard door open and their little girl talking . The woman said the child was crying for help as they were leaving a restaurant in New York City. Family spokesman tells CNN affiliate child is doing fine . Morley will face felony charges .