A Rialto Unified high school teacher and Calimesa resident who was arrested Thursday on suspicion of having sex with a 16-year-old student has pleaded not guilty.

Barry Todd Noden, 57, first got on Rialto Police Department’s radar almost a year ago, on Feb. 24, 2017, when they were called to Eisenhower High School after receiving a report that Noden was having sexual contact with a minor student, both during and after school hours.

On Jan. 29, a warrant was issued for Noden’s arrest and he was charged with two counts of sexual penetration by a foreign object, oral copulation with a person under 18 years old, two counts of unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, distributing or showing pornography to a minor and contact with a minor for sexual offense, court records show. All of the crimes are alleged to have occurred between March 1 and May 31 of 2016.

Noden, the school’s band director, turned himself in on Thursday. He has pleaded not guilty and remains jailed at West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga in lieu of $475,000.

He is next scheduled to appear in court Feb. 22.

“Mr. Noden began employment at Eisenhower High School, as a music teacher, in August 2006,” Rialto Unified spokeswoman Syeda Jafri wrote in an email on Thursday afternoon. “He was put on administrative leave on February 22, 2017, as Rialto Police Department continued its investigation. We will continue to cooperate with authorities referencing these recent charges. It would be premature to make additional comments at this time.”

Anyone with additional information on this case is asked to contact Rialto Police Department Detective Floyd Blue at 909-820-2521 or email fblue@rialtopd.com