A former Hygiene firefighter, who was rearrested on suspicion of child sex assault while he had another sex assault case pending, has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a minor who was interning at the same fire department as him.

Kamron Barnaby, 32, pleaded not guilty Thursday to one charge of sexual assault on a child — statutory rape. In his other case, in which he is accused of sexually assaulting four women, Barnaby pleaded not guilty to six counts of sexual assault — submission against the victim’s will; and four counts of unlawful sexual contact.

In the child sex assault case, a motions and trial date were set off the record. His three-week trial in the sex assault case was set to begin on July 7, according to online records, but in a Thursday motions hearing the trial was continued.

Lawyers said Thursday that the cases will be set for the same times.

According to an affidavit, on Sept. 25, a Boulder County Sheriff Deputy received an email from a victim who stated they had heard about the ongoing sexual assault case against Barnaby and believed they may have been a victim.

The deputy and an investigator from the District Attorney’s Office reached out and learned that the victim was an intern at Hygiene Fire when the assault occurred. According to the affidavit, the victim was 17 years old when she was accepted for the internship with hopes of one day becoming a firefighter.

Barnaby, who was training to be captain at the time, hired the intern and began sending her messages over Instagram before moving to Snapchat. The victim told police that Barnaby asked the 17-year-old for nude photos and sent videos of himself masturbating. Barnaby was 27 years old at the time.

The victim told police that Barnaby asked her repeatedly for sexual photos and videos and she felt very pressured. Barnaby then began asking the victim to work overnight shifts with him despite the Fire Chief telling the victim she would never work overnight. Barnaby reportedly kept telling the victim that he would try to work things out so she could work overnight.

One day, when Barnaby and the victim were alone at the station, Barnaby reportedly stood up tapped the victim on the shoulder and told her to follow him. The victim later told police that she knew what was going to happen but didn’t know how to stop it, and that she didn’t know what would happen if she said no to Barnaby as he was 6-foot-5-inches tall and weighed over 200 pounds.

Barnaby then walked with the victim to the back of the station where he reportedly raped her, according to the affidavit. The victim recalled that while it was happening she was wishing it would be over, felt like she did not have control over the situation and believed that if she went along with it, it would be over faster.

The victim told police she was worried about possible workplace retaliation if she didn’t go along with Barnaby’s requests. Barnaby also reportedly asked the victim for nude photos while he was getting onboarded at Mountain View Fire Rescue.

The victim told police that she ended her internship early and is no longer considering a career in firefighting due to the assault.

The victim is the fifth to come forward and accuse Barnaby of sexual assault or unlawful sexual contact in various instances from 2018 through 2021. Two of the women were subordinates under Barnaby while he was Hygiene Fire captain.

The allegations include sexual assaults that occurred while Barnaby was on duty and incidents of Barnaby sending sexually harassing messages to subordinates.

Several women reported not coming forward initially due to fear of retaliation.

According to the affidavit, there was an investigation into Barnaby having an inappropriate relationship while at Hygiene Fire, but Barnaby was allowed to resign to avoid being fired.

Barnaby had been employed with Mountain View Fire Rescue following his departure from Hygiene, but he was placed on unpaid leave when the department was notified of the allegations. Barnaby’s last day with the department was the day of his arrest, according to Mountain View Fire Rescue spokesman Rick Tillery.