A former corrections officer at the Wallkill Correctional Facility has been accused of sexually assaulting a child.
The Ulster County District Attorney’s office said Thomas Banks Jr., 35, of Pine Bush, was arraigned Sept. 11 before Ulster County Court Judge Bryan Rounds on an indictment charging him with predatory sexual assault against a child, a felony, and other related charges.
Those other charges are first-degree incest and first-degree aggravated sexual abuse, according to the State Unified Court System.
Banks entered a plea of not guilty at his arraignment.
According to the district attorney’s office, the indictment resulted from an investigation by the state police. No other details about the allegations against Banks were provided.
The district attorney’s office said Banks was a Wallkill Correctional Facility officer at the time of the alleged conduct for which he is charged, but he resigned from the position while the investigation was continuing.
Following his arraignment, Banks was sent to the Ulster County jail, where he is being held without bail pending further court action.
His attorney, Benjamin Greenwald, could not immediately be reached for comment.
Mike Randall covers breaking news for the Times Herald-Record and the Poughkeepsie Journal. Reach him at mrandall@th-record.com.
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Reporting by Mike Randall, Middletown Times Herald- Record / Times Herald-Record
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