(Red Oak, Iowa) – Police in Red Oak arrested a man on an Assault charge this (Friday) morning. Authorities say 54-year-old Fred Francis Welch, IV, of Red Oak, was arrested at around 6:50-a.m., in the 200 block of E. Corning Street. Welch was charged with Domestic Abuse Serious Assault/2nd offense – an Aggravated Misdemeanor. He was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held without bond, pending an initial court appearance.