The Red Oak Police Department reports two women were arrested on felony forgery charges Tuesday, following a lengthy investigation that encompassed part of Mills County and stretched into the State of Missouri. Officials say 23-year old Desiree Pauline Willis and 23-year old Jessica Lynn Hardman, both of Red Oak, were taken into custody. Willis was arrested at around 3:10-p.m on seven counts of Forgery, while Hardman was arrested just before 7-p.m on a single forgery charge. Both women were being held in the Montgomery County Jail on $5,000 cash bond, each.

And, at around 1:45-p.m., Tuesday, Red Oak Police arrested 51-year old David James Altstad, of Red Oak, on charges that include Possession of Marijuana/3rd offense, Possession of Meth/2nd offense, and Delivery of a Controlled Substance/Meth -2nd offense. Altstad was taken into custody at 2nd and Nuckols Street in Red Oak, and brought to the Montgomery County Jail, where he was being held on $14,000 bond.