Hard-to-find Brian Davis says he was not missing
After investigators and reporters couldn't find him at City Hall Wednesday and Thursday, Ellicott Council Member Brian C. Davis this morning presided over a meeting of the Council's Police Oversight Committee.
But in a brief interview with The Buffalo News today, Davis denied that he was "missing" from City Hall or that he was trying to dodge questioning by state and county investigators who showed up at Council proceedings Wednesday. The embattled lawmaker said he was in the building and only missed two committee meetings because they ended quickly, before he arrived.
He denied that he intentionally dodged state police and an investigator from the Erie County District Attorney's office who came to City Hall hoping to question him.
Davis declined to comment on the pending criminal probe into his financial dealings, saying he is following the advice of his attorney. But Davis said that he has not spoken with investigators in recent days, nor did he have any appointment to meet with them. He was addressing speculation in City Hall that investigators had made arrangements to interview him Thursday.
The Buffalo News reported in July that investigators have launched a probe of Davis. In recent months and weeks, investigators from various agencies have obtained information related to Davis, the One Sunset restaurant deal and the city's block grant spending.
Davis was involved in the One Sunset saga, a Delaware Avenue restaurant that received city and county subsidies before it went belly-up. Davis, shifted block grant funds earmarked for his district to assist the business, which was in the Delaware District.
Later, a building owner that lease space to One Sunset filed a complaint saying Davis wrote him a $3,500 check that bounced to cover one month's rent for the restaurant. Buffalo police subsequently ruled the check was a civil matter, rather than a criminal complaint.
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