St Joseph police now say there could be additional victims in the case of a school district employee who worked with children and who now faces charges of sexually abusing a young boy.

In a news release, Commander Jim Connors says new information has surfaced indicating there may be additional victims in the case. Connors says their investigation into the activities of Patrick D. Banks continues.

 

Banks, 24, was charged Wednesday with one count of Sodomy in the first Degree, Deviate Sexual Intercourse with a person under 14. He is being held without bond in the Buchanan County Jail.  He was arraigned via video on the original charge in Buchanan County Court on Friday.

Connors says police have conducted interviews with two more children as part of their ongoing investigation.

The original victim came forward after he and his mother moved out of town.  (click here for more)

Commander Connors says the victim in the original case was ten years old when the report was filed in July of this year.   The incident upon which the charges are centered is alleged to have occurred in St. Joseph between January 2010 and February 2012.

Connors says the two new victims in the case are slightly older than the first, but both are under the age of 14.

Banks has held several jobs within the St Joseph School District.  The District has placed him on paid administrative leave.

“None of the incidents in question occurred at any of Mr Banks’ places of employment,” Connors said.