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

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

RCMP issued an Amber Alert on a suspected kidnapping case Thursday afternoon after receiving a report that a five-day-old baby had been taken from a home on Montreal’s Lake Cree Nation. The alarm was quickly canceled when the child was found safe.

Police say the man they are looking for is the child’s father. Shortly after the warning was issued, he turned himself in to the Big River RCMP detachment, police said.

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

However, police said the man appeared in Prince Albert provincial court Friday on charges of assaulting and strangling a Montreal Lake woman.

To protect the privacy of the complainant in that case, RCMP say they will not provide any further information, including the man’s name.

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

“This situation is a testament to the power of the Saskatchewan Amber program,” said Saskatchewan RCMP Major Crimes Unit Insp. Ashley St. Germaine said in Friday’s news release.

“We sincerely thank the public and our news partners for their assistance with this investigation, which fortunately had a positive outcome.”