Cold Case Squad Detective Dennis Delano today announced his candidacy for the State Senate against long-time Democratic incumbent William T. Stachowski, acknowledging he has no real answers about how to change the ways of Albany.

But the veteran detective, who gained fame cracking cases that freed two wrongfully incarcerated inmates in the last year, vowed that he would use all the investigative skills he has accumulated over three decades to find out where taxpayers’ money is going.

“I’ll go to Albany to find out what the problems are,” he said at a Statler Towers news conference, “and why we are not getting money for this area.”

Delano is currently suspended without pay from the Buffalo Police Department over the unauthorized release of evidence to a local television station regarding the 1993 Crystalynn Girard case.

He faces a tough battle against Stachowski in an overwhelmingly Democratic district. But local Republicans are committed to assisting Delano, who acknowledged today that his notoriety in cracking long-dead cases is propelling his new political career.

Source: Buffalo News