A Vineyard man was arrested this weekend for allegedly threatening to bring a shotgun to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Stephen Green, 67, was arraigned on Monday in Edgartown District Court and pleaded not guilty to a terroristic threats charge. 

According to a statement from the Oak Bluffs police on Monday, Mr. Green threatened a hospital employee over the phone on Sunday morning after calling to inquire about a bill. When the employee informed him that the billing department was closed and advised him to call the following day, Mr. Green told the employee he would be arriving at the hospital with a shotgun, police said.

“Investigating officers formed the opinion that Green had willfully communicated by telephone, a threat that a shotgun would be present at the hospital (a public building) in the near future, with the obvious implication being that this shotgun would be used in its capacity as a deadly weapon against the staff at the hospital, and that this implied threat did thereby cause fear and anxiety to the staff of the hospital,” police wrote.

Police claim Mr. Green made incriminating statements when police called him by phone and again when meeting with officers at a business on State Road in Tisbury, at which point they arrested him.

Mr. Green’s bail is set at $300. He is scheduled to reappear in court for a probable cause hearing on Sept. 22.