UK has suspended Robert N. McAllister, a systems integration analyst for Information Technology, after UK Police arrested him on child pornography charges.

At his arraignment on Tuesday, McAllister pleaded not guilty to the charges, according to Fayette County Circuit Court documents.

McAllister’s posted the $5,000 bail. No previous charges are listed under his name, according to the court documents.

“We were given an anonymous tip that there may be inappropriate material on computers belonging to an individual, so we conducted a search warrant on the (UK) computer as well as the one in his house, and we found several hundred images of child pornographic material,” UK Police Chief Joe Monroe said.

Monroe said police are still searching for additional information and more charges could be forthcoming.

Monroe could not comment further because it is a pending investigation.

McAllister’s girlfriend, who was listed as his emergency contact on the court document, said she and McAllister are not making any statements to the media.

McAllister’s court date is set for Jan. 15 at 8:30 a.m.

Check back with the Kernel for more updates.

-Staff reporter Laura Clark contributed to this story.