Eugene police have arrested a man on accusations he sexually assaulting a woman in an alley Sunday morning.

At 10:45 a.m. Sunday, officers were called to the 1000 block of Garfield Street in west Eugene for a report of an assault in progress.

Police arrived and discovered a man and a woman in an alley. The man was not cooperative, police spokeswoman Melinda McLaughlin said, and he was placed in handcuffs.

Officers investigated and found that the man and the woman did not know each other.

The man, 33, was arrested on suspicion of attempted first-degree rape, public indecency, first-degree sexual abuse and multiple warrants.

The man has not yet been formally charged.

