HIGHGATE, Vt. — Vermont State Police have cited a Swanton man who is already in jail on a charge of violating court-ordered conditions of release, after a report of a broken court order in Highgate, police said in a release Saturday.

Police said they received the report at about 11:41 a.m. on Oct. 26. According to police, their investigation found that Mark Maskell Jr., 39, had violated conditions of his release that dealt with contact.

The release did not say whom the contact condition was meant to protect, what case the conditions were imposed in, or how the violation was alleged to have occurred.

Police said Maskell was found to be in jail at the time. The release did not say where he is being held or on what charges.

He was issued a citation and is scheduled to appear in Franklin County Superior Court on Dec. 15, according to police.

The charge is an allegation, and Maskell is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.

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