Quincy sex offender denies rape charges

Boston Herald
Quincy sex offender denies rape charges

2 victims have no memory of encounter

By Laura Crimaldi Wednesday, January 27, 2010

A Level 2 sex offender accused of raping two women he hooked up with in a Quincy bar first told cops he stayed awake to care for the drunken women but then admitted he had sexual encounters with both.
But Patrick Banks, 21, of Quincy insisted the woozy all-nighter with the two women, ages 23 and 24, was not rape.
Banks was ordered held yesterday on $25,000 bail at his Quincy District Court arraignment on five counts of rape and two counts of indecent assault and battery on a person over 14.
Norfolk County Assistant District Attorney Beth Walston said the two alleged victims have “no recollection” of what happened after drinking a beer and a fruity drink Banks bought for them at a Quincy bar Friday night.
Walston said the women learned what happened from what Banks told them Saturday morning and from text messages he sent to them over the weekend.
Both women submitted blood and urine samples for testing to determine whether they were drugged. Walston said the test results are pending.
Banks was arrested Monday afternoon at the Quincy police station after being interviewed by cops, said police Capt. John Dougan. Banks initially told police after leaving the bar he accompanied the women to one of their homes, where one of the alleged victims threw up for 25 minutes in the bathroom.
“He stated he was concerned because the girls were so intoxicated,” Walston said. Banks later changed his story, saying he had sexual intercourse with one woman and touched the breasts and put his tongue in the mouth of the second woman, Walston said.
She added Banks told the second woman they did not have sex, but then informed her they did in a text message.
Banks’ defense attorney, Robert Tutino, said the police report has “major inconsistencies” and noted one of the alleged victims sent Banks a text message earlier on Friday about going to the bar.
Banks had to register as a sex offender and serve time in the Department of Youth Services for a juvenile conviction for two counts of open and gross lewdness, assault with intent to rape and witness intimidation, Walston said.
Three restraining orders have been issued against Banks, including one that is permanent. An affidavit submitted on behalf of a juvenile girl for the permanent order states Banks tried to rape the girl in a playground on Oct. 27, 2004, records show.
Banks is due back in court on Feb. 18.