Red Oak Police report a man and a woman were arrested on drug charges Tuesday evening. 37-year old Becky Jo Hegarty, of Red Oak, was arrested in the 400 block of E. Prospect Street, for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia. Hegarty was taken into custody at around 6:35-p.m. and subsequently released on a citation with a date to appear later, in court. And, at about the same time, 54-year old James Scott Malmquist, of Red Oak, was arrested following the execution of a search warrant at 411 E. Prospect Street.

Malmquist was charged with Theft in the 5th Degree, and Unlawful Possession of Prescription Pills. He was being held in the Montgomery County Jail on a $1,000 cash bond.