A Hastings man was arrested on Monday by Red Oak Police on Theft charges. 40-year-old John Robert Washburn of Hastings was arrested at 6:52 p.m. at 106 West Coolbaugh Street in Red Oak on charges of Theft 3rd Degree and Theft 5th Degree. Those charges stem from an investigation of a theft that occurred in the 1600 block of North Broadway Street in Red Oak. Washburn was booked in to the Montgomery County Jail on $2,000 bond. The Mills County Sheriff’s Office assisted in the arrest.