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No charges after suspected abduction case of 5-day-old prompted Amber Alert: Sask. RCMP

Saskatchewan RCMP said in a news release that there will be no charges in connection with the taking of a baby from Montreal Lake Cree Nation.

Man not being charged in suspected abduction, but is accused of assaulting and choking woman

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RCMP say they are not laying charges in connection with an Amber Alert issued Thursday. (CBC)

A man who turned himself in to police after an Amber Alert was issued in Saskatchewan earlier this week will not face charges in that incident, RCMP say.

RCMP issued an Amber Alert about a suspected abduction case Thursday afternoon,after getting a report that a five-day-old baby had been taken from a home on Montreal Lake Cree Nation. The alertwas quickly cancelled when the infant was found safe.

Police said the man they were looking for was the child's father. He turned himself inat the Big River RCMP detachment shortly after the alert was issued, police said.

After an investigation,he will not be charged in connection with the incident, RCMP said in a Friday news release.

However, the man appeared in Prince Albert provincial court on Friday, on charges of assaulting and choking a woman from Montreal Lake, according to police.

To protect the privacy of the complainant in that case, RCMP said they will provide no further information, including the man's name.

Amber Alerts are the most urgent type of police alert issued in cases of suspected child abduction.

"This situation is testament to the power of the Saskatchewan Amberprogram," Saskatchewan RCMP major crimes unitInsp. Ashley St. Germainesaid in Friday's news release.

"We sincerely thank members of the public and our news partners for their assistance with this investigation, which thankfully had a positive outcome."