Local authorities coordinated efforts to arrest a Wellman man on Tuesday night.

According to the Washington County Communications Center, at around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office checked on a subject at 304 3rd Street in Wellman for Keokuk County in reference to an assault that had occurred earlier in Keota. Authorities arrested 51-year-old Jeffrey Jay Smith of Wellman who is charged with simple assault. He was transported to the Keokuk County line for extradition.