A Red Oak man was arrested Wednesday afternoon for allegedly taking chopped wood that didn’t belong to him. Officials say 60-year old James Donald Uhlmann, Sr., was taken into custody at around 4:25-p.m. after he allegedly walked onto property owned by Gail Ann Rohner and took chopped wood valued at $200 that had been prepared by Rohner. Uhlmann had been previously warned not to commit the crime but ignored the warning. He was charged with 5th Degree Theft and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where he was being held on $300 bond.

And, at around 2:30-p.m. Wednesday, Matthew Wayne Echternach, of Essex, was arrested for Driving While Suspended, after the vehicle he was operating was pulled over on east Nuckols Street, in Red Oak. Echternach was also charged with Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. He was brought to the Montgomery County Jail and later posted a $300 bond before being released.