A 5th grade teacher was arrested Monday for alleged sexual misconduct with a child.

Roger Talley, 53, of Upland, was arrested and booked at the West Valley Detention Center on suspicion of one count of lewd acts on a child and on one count of criminal threats, according to a Chino police news release.

Talley, who worked at Walnut Elementary in the Chino Valley Unified School District, had been the focus of a two-week investigation, officials said.

During that time. Chino police detectives spoke with current and former students of the suspect, who was placed on leave from the school district on Feb. 10, according to the news release.

Anyone with information about the incident can call police Detective Ted Olden at 909-464-0745.

– Staff report