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

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

Police said the wanted man was the child’s father. He went to the Big River RCMP detachment shortly after the alarm was raised, police said.

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

However, the man appeared in Prince Albert provincial court on Friday charged with assaulting and strangling a Montreal Lake woman, according to police.

To protect the privacy of the complainant in this case, the RCMP said it would not release any 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 a testament to the power of Saskatchewan’s Amber program,” said Insp. » Ashley St. Germaine said in Friday’s press release.

“We sincerely thank members of the public and our media partners for their assistance in this investigation, which fortunately had a positive outcome.”