According to the Buffalo News, Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane is the subject of an ongoing police investigation by the Hamburg police. What exactly Kane is being investigated isn’t exactly clear, and the report by the Buffalo News doesn’t really give any hints as to what Kane might have done to warrant the probe.
Here’s more details per the report.
Two sources said Hamburg police officials have forbidden their officers and detectives from publicly discussing the investigation.
“We can neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of a criminal investigation until such a time as a person is charged with a crime,” said Hamburg Police Chief Gregory G. Wickett.
Erie County District Attorney Frank A. Sedita III used very similar language when asked about an investigation.
“We neither confirm nor deny the existence or nonexistence of an investigation until such time as someone has been charged with a crime,” Erie County District Attorney Frank A Sedita said.
That’s a lot of legal dodging.
Kane had previously been in trouble with the law in 2009 in a incident with his cousin involving a Buffalo cabdriver. Both Kane and his cousin pleaded to noncriminal disorderly conduct charges and were given conditional discharges.
This incident could be anything, the report doesn’t exactly make things clear. I echo this tweet from Steve Dangle.
Patiently waiting to see why the Buffalo News felt it was appropriate to publish this story and reveal no details. https://t.co/aQJPywiX6e
— Steve Dangle Glynn (@Steve_Dangle) August 6, 2015
We’ll update you more when news breaks, but as for now, take this whole story with a grain of salt.