CROWN POINT | Defense attorney Rich Wolter withdrew Monday a bond reduction request for the Clark Middle/High School band teacher accused of having a sexual relationship with one of his students.

James Ciammetti, 41, is charged with five felonies -- two counts of child molesting, two counts of sexual misconduct with a minor and one count of child solicitation -- in Lake Criminal Court.

Police have said Ciammetti and a 14-year-old girl had sex multiple times on the Hammond school's grounds during the course of a 10-month relationship.

The Oak Lawn, Ill., man's alleged activities were discovered by the girl's father, who was using a computer program that tracks his children's activities on the family's computers, court records allege.

Ciammetti and the girl had traded more than 1,100 e-mails, most sexual or obscene in nature, prosecutors said. He had been her band teacher since sixth grade, court records state.

Ciammetti was suspended without pay because of the "seriousness of the situation," Hammond schools Superintendent Walter Watkins said.

Ciammetti has taught for 16 years, according to state education records.

He has a hearing scheduled for Nov. 3.