A 30-year-old Tennessee man is accused of kidnapping a 10-year-old girl from her home, allegedly ripping an air-conditioning unit from her bedroom window and dragging the child into the nearby woods, tying her to a tree, and holding a knife to her throat.
Authorities took Steven Devonte Harris into custody Wednesday evening and charged him with two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, two counts of aggravated assault, aggravated burglary and attempted rape of a child.
Harris was booked into the Dyer County Jail and is scheduled to appear in court Monday morning, records show.