POWNAL, Vt. — A Pownal man was arrested after police said he trespassed on another couple's property and threatened them, Vermont State Police said Sunday.

Christopher Michael Myers, 46, of Pownal, is charged with unlawful trespass and criminal threatening, according to state police.

Troopers from the Shaftsbury barracks were called to Church Street in Pownal at about 8:57 p.m. on Oct. 24 after a report of threats, police said. Investigators determined that Myers had been trespassing on the property of Stacey Starkey, 42, and David Starkey, 45, both of Pownal, and had threatened them, according to the release.

State police did not say what the threats were or whether Myers knew the Starkeys.

Myers was arrested and booked at the Shaftsbury barracks, police said. He was ordered held at Marble Valley Regional Correctional Facility on $2,000 bail and was scheduled to be arraigned Oct. 26 in Vermont Superior Court in Bennington.

The charges are allegations, and Myers is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

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