Crime & Safety
Nursing Home Patient Sexually Assaulted By Employee, Police Say
Police arrested a 60-year-old Chicago man in connection with the sexual assault after a fellow nurse said she saw the incident last week.
PARK RIDGE, IL — A 60-year-old Chicago man has been arrested after police accused him of sexually assaulting a patient at a Park Ridge nursing and rehabilitation center last week.
Police said a nurse at Avantara Park Ridge, located at 1601 North Western Avenue, told authorities she entered the 62-year-old female patient's room on the morning of July 9 to see Norwood G. Banks assaulting the woman.
Banks is a nursing assistant at the facility, which offers memory care and post-surgical care for primarily older patients, according to Avantara's website.
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Park Ridge police said Banks left the property shortly before they arrived but was later taken into custody at his home and charged with aggravated sexual misconduct with a person with a disability.
The patient was taken to a separate hospital for treatment. Banks is being held without bond at Cook County Jail, according to the Cook County Sheriff's Department.
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The investigation is ongoing.
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