A Cochrane man has been charged with an alleged assault that took place at a local Cochrane business at approximately 11 a.m. on Jan. 25.

Three RCMP cruisers responded to a complaint of the alleged assault in the 200 Block of Railway St. The accused man, a passenger in a gray Suburban, was taken into custody in the parking lot of the vacant former Ford dealership on the corner of Centre Ave. and Railway St.

Cpl. Tammy Kiebel, media relations officer of the RCMP southern district, says the man has been released and will appear at Provincial Court on Mar. 1.