LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A man arrested for trying to retrieve his backpack as police worked to clear Occupy Lincoln protesters last spring has been found not guilty of failing to comply with a lawful order.

The Lincoln Journal Star reports that a Lancaster County judge found 22-year-old Jeffrey Eggerss, or Lincoln, not guilty on Wednesday.

Eggerss was charged with the misdemeanor after Lincoln police ushered him and two others off of Centennial Mall on May 2. Eggerss says an officer told him to leave the area in which he was standing. He says when he went to pick up a backpack filled with water and snacks, he was arrested.

The judge ruled that he could not find beyond a reasonable doubt that Eggerss had refused to comply with a lawful order.