(Red Oak, IA) – Police in Red Oak arrested a man on several charges, including a felony charge related to the use of an explosive device, following an investigation into a loud explosion that occurred late Tuesday night in the area of 600 Hammond Street. Officers arrived on the scene and located a device that had exploded next to the Methodist Church. They were quickly able to obtain surveillance video of a man igniting the device, and running into a nearby apartment.

Officers with the Red Oak Police Department and Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant in the 600 block of Reed Street, and at around 10:42-p.m.,  arrested 42-year-old Matthew David Sloan, of Red Oak.

Sloan faces the following charges:

• Possession of an Incendiary Device with Intent – a Class C Felony.
• Possession of a Controlled Substance/Methamphetamine- 2nd Offense (An Aggravated Misdemeanor), and
• Disorderly Conduct/Loud Noise – a Simple Misdemeanor.

Sloan was transported to the Montgomery County Jail and held on a $10,000 bond.