Police in Red Oak arrested a man late Wednesday night, on an assault charge. 49-year old Russell Lee Peterson, of Red Oak, was taken into custody at around 10:30-p.m. at a location on E. Maple Street. Peterson faces a felony Assault Causing Serious Injury charge. He was also cited on a simple misdemeanor Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, charge. Peterson was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 bond.

And at around 8:40-p.m., Wednesday, Red Oak Police arrested 21-year old Blake Mitchell Wilkinson, of Red Oak, on a Montgomery County warrant for Providing Alcohol to persons under the age of 21. Wilkinson was booked into the Montgomery County Jail and held on $1,000 bond.