Report: Hawks' Kane subject of police probe
Patrick Kane may be in some trouble in his native New York. (USATSI)
Police in Hamburg, NY, are investigating an incident involving Chicago Blackhawks forward Patrick Kane, according to the Buffalo News. However, police aren’t talking about the alleged incident or Kane’s possible involvement.
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,” Sedita said.
According to the News no charges have been filed and it is unclear if Kane has been questioned by police.
It is difficult to know at this time exactly what happened and to what level, if at all, Kane was involved.
The Blackhawks star has run into trouble with the law before, as Kane pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct, a noncriminal violation, after an altercation with a taxicab driver in 2009. Kane had also come under criticism for excessive partying earlier in his career. That came to a head after unflattering photographs and rumors surfaced out of a weekend Kane spent in Madison, Wis., in 2012. Following that incident, the Blackhawks publicly expressed their disappointment in the forward and Kane expressed his embarrassment, but no criminal charges stemmed from that.
Since the lockout-shortened 2012-13 season, when Kane spent the first half of the year playing in Switzerland before the NHL returned, there had been no known issues.
Kane is set to begin the first season of his eight-year, $84 million contract extension signed last summer.
We’ll have more details as they become available on this developing story.
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