A Northeast Kingdom man was arraigned in Orleans Superior Court on Thursday

A Northeast Kingdom man was arraigned in Orleans Superior Court on Thursday on charges of lewd behavior after being accused of exposing himself.

Joshua Keement of Brownington pleaded not guilty to two felony charges that each carry a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $300 fine.

An Albany storeowner called the Orleans County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday morning to say a man had exposed himself to one of her clerks.

Later that day, she called the sheriff’s department to say the same man had exposed himself at another store she owns in Craftsbury. At the Craftsbury store, one of the employees took a picture of the license plate on the man’s vehicle.

Upon questioning, the man said he was “embarrassed”. He had stopped on the side of the road to urinate on his way to go ice fishing, and when he was finished his ringing cell phone distracted him and he forgot to zip up. He said he drove to the Albany store, for breakfast sandwiches but they didn’t have any so he went to the store in Craftsbury. He reportedly said that it was at the Craftsbury store that he realized he was exposed.

Video surveillance at the store in Albany tells a different story.