NORWICH – As part of a plea deal the Chenango County Court received testimony from a Norwich man on his prior cocaine transactions, but when prosecutors accused him of working with another and he denied it, the District Attorney's Office refused his attempt to plea guilty and returned him to jail instead

Alan S. Banks II, 50, of Norwich, was indicted on four counts of third-degree criminal sale of a controlled substance, and in Friday's County Court session he admitted that he sold cocaine to multiple people out of his apartment on Silver Street. The District Attorney's Office has insisted he did not act alone and when Banks decline to name an other defendant in the case the deal was canceled.

According to the grand jury indictment file by prosecutors, Banks sold cocaine at his apartment while, "Working in concert with another."

Assistant District Attorney Laura Parker told Banks that if he wanted to accept the plea, he had to agree to that charge as well, and then she asked who his drug dealing partner was.

Banks denied having a partner and described some of his cocaine transactions, “People came to my house, I sold cocaine to them, and they left.”

Then Parker asked about the involvement of Steven A. White and Banks responded, “He bought cocaine off of me and left, but we’ve never sold together out of my house.".

“I’m the only person who sold cocaine at my house, unless he did it without me knowing about it," Banks said.

After the inquiry, Chenango County Judge Frank Revoir Jr. asked Defense Attorney David Sonn and Parker if Banks' testimony would satisfy the requirements for the plea, but because Banks didn’t admit to selling with another individual, Parker refused to move forward with the plea and Banks was placed back in jail.

With information about another alleged drug dealer, the plea would have Banks serve 6 months in jail with 5 years probation along with mandatory treatment court and no contact with White.

Banks is scheduled to appear back in Chenango County Court on March 30, at 1 p.m.