HUNTINGTON, Vt. — An 87-year-old Huntington man has been cited on a charge of unlawful trespass after police said he went onto a property he had been ordered to stay off, according to the Vermont State Police.

Police said they received a report at about 1:11 p.m. on Oct. 26 that Mark Smith had violated an active trespass order. Troopers from the Williston barracks determined that Smith was on a property on Stone Bridge Lane in Huntington after he had been served with a notice against trespass, according to the release, which the agency issued Thursday.

Smith was not arrested. He was given a citation to appear Dec. 12 in Chittenden County Superior Court's criminal division to answer the charge, police said.

The release did not say who owns the property, who sought the trespass notice or why it was issued.

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

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