August 16, 2009
(8-17) Patrick Kane prepared statement (video/text)
(8-17) Patrick Kane talks with reporters (audio)
(8-19) Grand Jury indicts Patrick Kane on misdemeanor charges
Patrick Kane is going to speak to the media tomorrow – his first comments since his arrest over an alleged scuffle with a cabbie over a fare.
Monday through Wednesday, NFL players will be working out at the Seven Bridges Ice Arena in Woodridge in an attempt to get on the US Olympic Hockey Team at the “US Olympic Orientation Camp”.
2010 Olympics are in Vancouver.
The Grand Jury has begun to hear the case and Kane’s lawyer Paul Cambria said Kane is not going to testify.
The charges against Kane: Class C felony = second-degree robbery and two Class A misdemeanors: = fourth-degree criminal mischief and theft of services.
Grand Jury options: defer matter to city court, downgrade the felony charge to a misdemeanor or indict on the felony charges.
Hard to believe they would indict their hometown hero. In the old days this would have had a chance to be handled privately between the three parties. I don’t know about his cousin but Patrick Kane isn’t likely to do anything like this again and is not a “problem” teammate.
