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Buffalo Cab Driver With A Not So Clean Past
by Paul on 08/11/09 at 07:52 AM ET
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from Aaron Besecker of the Buffalo News,
The city cab driver who has accused National Hockey League star Patrick Kane and his cousin of robbing and attacking him Sunday morning has two drunken driving convictions and had no valid driver’s license at the time of the incident, The Buffalo News has learned.
Jan Radecki, 62, of Lombard Street, has had a cab license in the City of Buffalo since May 1996 and became licensed with the city for a Chrysler minivan in 2003. Radecki’s driver’s license, however, was revoked in December 1998 after he refused to submit to a chemical test, according to state Department of Motor Vehicle records. He was issued a conditional license by the agency after the incident.
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So…...Kane’s punches didn’t matter because this guy had a past? Glad to see the lawyers hard at work already. 
Posted by Paul From Cali on 08/11/09 at 08:54 AM ET
Asked to elaborate, Cambria said he was not implying James Kane committed a crime, but said was speaking only on behalf of his client.
Nice. So the plan seems to be to lay all of the blame on the cousin. And then the cousin can claim he was just trying to make a citizen’s arrest on a cabbie who was driving without a valid license. 
What really cracks me up about this whole thing is this. If Kane and his cousin has let the cabbie keep the whole $15, they’d still be the biggest cheapskates around. A $1.20 tip on a $13.80 fare is less than 9%. Let’s hope the cabbies in Chicago take note and leave this “big spender” standing on the curb whenever they see him.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 08/11/09 at 09:06 AM ET
It’s sad that now the lawyers are involved and the Cabbies lawyer is now basically calling his own client a liar and that he exaggerated everything. Obviously they’re all working on a settlement, but is anyone, or will anyone be surprised when the comments ” you dont know who you’re messing with” or ” do you know who I am” will be only linked to the Cousin Kane, not Patrick. Not to mention underage drinking…which i think is what Jordan Staal got charged with last summer didnt he?
who cares about the past of the cabbie though, i hope justice is served…
Posted by Greg on 08/11/09 at 09:59 AM ET
youre under the presumption that any cabbies even know who these turd hockey players are. ... or care.
Posted by Death Metal Nightmare from MKE on 08/11/09 at 11:02 AM ET
I guess no driver’s license means you deserved to have your ass kicked.
Posted by Ray from CT on 08/11/09 at 11:04 AM ET
I guess no driver’s license means you deserved to have your ass kicked.
Not only that, but did you see how he was dressed? He was clearly asking for it!
Posted by Garth on 08/11/09 at 12:03 PM ET
Looks like the cousin (James Kane) will be the fall guy here.I guess he’ll take one for his little cousin and the Black Hawks. i hope they compensate him generously.
Posted by Lindas1st on 08/11/09 at 01:58 PM ET
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The NHL’s gloves are off i guess on this one. Can’t have another young superstar f’g up and be the bad the guy, so they make the other guy into a horrible human being. Way to go!
Posted by Alan from NYC on 08/11/09 at 08:18 AM ET