♫And he handed me 15 dollars for a $13.80 fare and he said, "Harry, SOCK! POW! BIFF!"♫

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Looks like Chicago is gonna be a less of a toddlin' town tonight, at least for the fans of the Black Hawks.

Patrick Kane, South Buffalo native and Chicago hockey superstar, spent part of Sunday night in the pokey, after he and his cousin got arrested for beating up a cabdriver following a dispute over $1.20 of change from the cabbie's fare.

The Kanes are accused of assaulting the cab driver and failing to pay their fare after getting a ride from Chippewa Street in the downtown night club district, according to police reports.

The Kanes were arrested at about 5 a.m. on Eastwood Place, off Main Street near Canisius College, according to Buffalo police reports.

The two allegedly punched the cab driver and grabbed money they had handed him after he told them he didn't have 20 cents in coins to give them their change, the report said.

Their fare was $13.80 and they handed the driver $15, according to a report.

The cab driver told police he was punched in the face and head, grabbed by the throat and his glasses were broken during the incident.

Paddy has gone and hired the highest-priced defense lawyer in town to save his not-quite-Canadian bacon after this (and he better, because Canada will deny him entry to the Remaining Six NHL venues there if he's got a felony on his record). The local fishwrap is full of comments from Angry White Guys blaming the cabbie and asking us not to rush to judgment. You know, just what they-all did when Bills star Marshawn Lynch (care to guess his racial background?) got in his own trouble on Chippewa Street a few years back. At least Marshawn was over 21 when he was (allegedly) getting faced in the Chip Strip's finest adult beverage facilities, even if he was (allegedly) bringing his own hooch into the places.  Patrick Kane isn't even legal drinking age yet- and no doubt the Urkelcams will pick up exactly which bar(s) provided the fuel for his fire the other night.

Sympathies to the Black Hawk fans in the house.  It's looking like he's gonna have to do more than two minutes in the sin bin for this one.

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[lmdiago.livejournal.com]

So tonight on the 11:00 news the cabby's lawyer said it was all a misunderstanding. He didn't know who the rider was and he would have taken him for free. Think he's already been paid off by said hockey player and his high priced attorney?