Cheektowaga · William Street · Violent Domestic

A Woman Bitten and Punched, Threatened With Death, Flees a William Street Home With a 6-Year-Old

Cheektowaga police put out a vehicle description for an allegedly intoxicated driver after a violent domestic in the rear of a William Street address.

Yesterday at about 8:46 PM, Cheektowaga dispatch broadcast a violent domestic in the rear of 24-05 William Street. A complainant reported that a man “bit her in the face and punched her in the head” and had “also threatened to kill her”.

The woman left the scene with a 6-year-old child in the vehicle and was described as allegedly intoxicated, driving a 2019 Ford, blue in color, with the plate broadcast to responding units. Officers acknowledged the call and headed toward it; the scanner carried the lookout but no further resolution on the window.

Lancaster · Transit Road · Knife Threat

A Knife-to-the-Throat Report Brings Police to a Transit Road Apartment Late at Night

A 988 crisis-line call relayed through CPS sent Lancaster officers to Park Lane Apartments looking for a man dispatch named and flagged as autistic and off his medication.

Yesterday at about 11:41 PM, Lancaster dispatch sent units on a welfare check to 4845 Transit Road, Park Lane Apartments, Apartment A11. Dispatch said the information came from CPS, relaying a 988 crisis-line call in which “the male called them stating he has a knife to his roommate's throat”; CPS had pinged the caller's number back to near the address.

Dispatch tied the phone number to a man they identified on the air as Christopher Miller, who matched history at the same address, and put a warning on their system that he “is autistic, can become manic without his medication” and had an order of protection against him. Officers worked the building from the windows and the north side, getting no answer at the door and hearing nothing inside, as they tried to reach the occupant by phone.

Cheektowaga · Marymount / Cleveland · Missing Child

A 7-Year-Old Takes Off on His Bike, and Cheektowaga Launches a Search Toward Harlem

Officers fanned out from Marymount and Cleveland for a boy in a red, white and blue soccer shirt last seen pedaling toward Harlem Road.

Yesterday at about 5:31 PM, Cheektowaga dispatch put out a missing-person call for a 7-year-old who had “took off on a bike” from the area of Marymount and Cleveland. The complainant was reached back on the phone, and cars were assigned to cover the search.

Dispatch described the boy as a mixed-race male in a red, white and blue soccer shirt and white pants, riding a black bike with red writing on it, last seen heading on Cleveland toward Harlem about 15 minutes earlier. Officers worked the streets around the scene as the search got under way.

Amherst · Travers Boulevard · Domestic

Family Calls Amherst Police After a Special-Needs Daughter Picks Up a Kitchen Knife

Officers talked a young woman down outside a Travers Boulevard home, securing the knife and reaching her as the family waited in the yard.

Yesterday at about 5:53 PM, Amherst dispatch sent an officer on a domestic at 120 Travers Boulevard, reporting a “special needs daughter that has a kitchen knife” with the rest of the family currently outside.

Over the next few minutes dispatch updated that the woman “dropped it, but she's not really listening to commands”. By about 5:56 PM an officer radioed that the knife was secure and that he was speaking with her, closing the call without injury.

West Seneca · Union Road · Stolen-Car Pursuit

A Stolen Kia With Swapped Plates Nearly Hits a Trooper Before a Multi-Agency Pursuit Is Called Off

West Seneca tracked the gray Kia north through Union Road and onto the 90 eastbound toward Buffalo, where it brushed a concrete barrier and a state trooper before agencies terminated.

Early this morning at about 4:55 AM, West Seneca dispatch radioed that a wanted vehicle was back in town — a gray Kia that, per an update from Tonawanda, had “swapped it out, it does have a different plate on it now”. Units picked it up northbound on Union near Southgate, with Orchard Park already in the chase.

The Kia climbed onto Route 400 and then the 90 eastbound toward Buffalo, with speeds broadcast at 80 miles an hour as marked units converged and a trooper joined ahead. Dispatch reported the car “obstruct concrete barrier, but they are continuing” and that it almost struck the trooper — though it did not hit him — before the pursuing agencies terminated. Officers put out a last known of the vehicle heading toward the city and a description of a lone male driver, late teens to early twenties, roughly 6-foot-2, in a black hoodie and camouflage do-rag.

Cattaraugus County · Route 16 · Armed Subject

An Armed, Suicidal Man Flees His Holland Home in a Gray Honda, Prompting an Urgent County-Line Alert

Erie County relayed to Cattaraugus that the man had left armed with a handgun and might be headed toward an O'Reilly location near Route 16.

Yesterday at about 8:31 PM, Cattaraugus sheriff's dispatch relayed an urgent alert received from Erie County: on Route 16 at Route 39, a suicidal male had “left his residence in Holland, he is armed with a handgun” and was driving a gray Honda CRV.

Dispatch said the vehicle had left Holland about 10 minutes earlier and should be coming toward Route 60 and Route 39, and noted “he might possibly be en route to the O'Reillys”. County units were put on notice to watch for the Honda as the alert crossed the county line.

Buffalo · East Side · Death Investigation

A Welfare Check for a Grandmother Not Heard From in Days Turns Into a Homicide-Unit Death Investigation

Buffalo officers sent to check on an elderly woman found a death scene, and dispatch confirmed homicide detectives were working the call.

Yesterday at about 7:16 PM, Buffalo police on the C-E districts sent officers to the East Side to “check welfare of Grandma, haven't heard from her in days” — a grandmother a relative hadn't heard from in days, whom dispatch named on the air as Patricia.

A few minutes later, the call changed character. An officer radioed a “change of DOA, and is homicide working” and asked whether homicide was working, and dispatch confirmed homicide had been notified. The scanner carried detectives being brought in but no further detail on the circumstances before the thread moved on.

Buffalo · Walden Avenue · Shooting

Shots Outside St. Luke's Precede a Gunshot Victim as Overnight Violence Stacks Up on the East Side

A man shot in the back turned up at 325 Walden amid a cluster of early-morning stabbings and shots-fired calls across the city.

Early this morning, scanner traffic logged four shots heard outside St. Luke's on Walden with no victim initially reported, followed minutes later by a confirmed gunshot victim. At about 2:24 AM, Buffalo Fire sent Engine 31 and Ladder 14 as EMS units to 325 Walden Avenue, between Roselle and Miller at St. Luke's, for “the male shot in the back”.

The shooting came in the middle of a violent overnight stretch on the East Side and West Side: moments earlier, Ladder 6 had been sent to Monroe and Brown for a “stab in the leg”, and dispatch was also working a multi-victim stabbing on Virginia and another near Gerard and Humboldt. The scanner carried the responses but no arrests or conditions before the window closed.

West Seneca · Boardman Road · Missing Child

A West Seneca Mother Launches a Frantic Search for a Daughter Who Never Came Home From School

A parent on Boardman Road told police her daughter failed to return and her phone was off, a departure from routine.

Yesterday at about 4:37 PM, West Seneca dispatch logged a missing-child call at 249 Boardman Road, where a mother reported that “her daughter did not come home from school today”. She told police she had tried to track the phone, but it was off, and that this was out of the ordinary.

An officer was assigned to the call and signed back on scene a short time later, the brief thread suggesting the matter had resolved without escalation.

Genesee County · Sumner Road · Structure Fire

Flames From the Front of an Alden-Area Home Draw Lancaster, Genesee and Darien Crews

A residential structure fire near Darien Lake Theme Park went to a second alarm with occupancy unknown as mutual-aid companies converged on Sumner Road.

Yesterday at about 5:11 PM, Genesee County fire dispatched a residential structure fire with “flames from the front of the residence” at 1424 Sumner Road, between Allegheny Road and Darien Lake Theme Park, unknown if anyone was still inside.

Dispatch pushed the first-alarm assignment to the Darien and Corfu fire halls and continued to call for manpower as the incident built; Wyoming County traffic logged it as a second-alarm structure fire with smoke in the residence, cats inside, and the boiler in the laundry room. Lancaster units also turned out before returning to service, and the scanner carried the knockdown effort as crews worked the home.

Amherst · Windermere Elementary · Great Orbeez Caper

The Great Orbeez Heist: A Playground Grievance Gets a Police Dispatch

A complainant waited at the bus loop to report that a classmate had made off with his gel-blaster.

Yesterday at about 7:02 PM, Amherst dispatch sent a car to meet a complainant waiting at the bus loop on the Cambridge side of Windermere Elementary School. The grievance, as read on the air: “apparently some kid he goes to school with stole his Orbeez gun”. Somewhere out there, a crime wave of soggy gel beads goes unsolved.

Buffalo · East Side · When the DMV Blinks

Plate's Not Coming Back — Dispatcher Runs Her Own Car to Be Sure

A pre-dawn lookup stalls, and the desk improvises a diagnostic test.

Early this morning at about 2:37 AM, as Buffalo officers tried to run a plate on a suspicious vehicle, the return simply wouldn't come. The desk's verdict was delivered with a shrug audible over the air: “I think the DMV may be down, I'm not getting anything back; I tried my personal plate and I'm not getting that back either”. When the state's computer goes dark, you check it the only way you can — by looking yourself up.

Buffalo · Sewer Authority on Line One

A Phone Fished From the Sewer Raises a Surprisingly Earnest Question

Ladder 14 wanted to know whether the sewer authority was really needed.

Yesterday at about 5:42 PM, with crews clearing a call, Buffalo Fire dispatch put a genuinely practical poser to the room: “Is the sewer authority needed? The phone was pulled out of the sewer” It is the kind of question only a fire radio could make sound routine — and the phone, apparently, was already out.

Wyoming County · Letchworth · Cabin Crashers

Two Men, One Cabin, Zero Guests: A Drunken Lockout Draws the Sheriff and the Park Police

A B-cabin dispute at a state park off Lower Falls Road brought a cross-agency response to the woods at midnight.

Early this morning at about 12:25 AM, Wyoming County sheriff's dispatch sent a unit to the cabin area at 703 Lower Falls Road, where two intoxicated men had, as dispatch put it, “put each female out of the cabin and locked her outside”. State Park Police were already on scene, a county car was 15 minutes out, and the target was cabin B4 — a late-night squabble over who gets to stay in from the cold.

Hamburg · Through the Woods to the Pond

A Woods-to-Pond Search, a Drone, and a Subject Found Safe in the Barn

Hamburg officers slow-rolled past the barns and down toward the pond before the night's hunt ended by the cars.

Yesterday just after 8:00 PM, Hamburg police worked a search for a subject named Anthony Savage across a stretch of fields and woods, one officer offering to “follow the trail deeper into the woods, I'm checking the end that goes to the pond” while Detective Sergeant Crawford responded with a drone. The hunt had the tone of a hayride at dusk — staging between barns, slow-rolling toward the woods on the right — and it ended well: the subject was located in the barn area, by the cars.

Buffalo · Main Street · Auto Into Structure

Car Strikes Main Street Building, Collapse Team Called Then Stood Down

Yesterday at 4:07 PM, Buffalo Fire dispatched Engine 2, Ladder 2, a rescue company and several battalion chiefs to 496 Main Street between Mohawk and Huron for a report of a car that had driven into the building.

Arriving crews initially radioed they weren't seeing obvious damage and asked dispatch for a better description, until Ladder 2 got its chief on the line directly to report substantial damage to a structural column and recommend calling the technical collapse team.

Minutes later, a chief designated 4-3 radioed back that a closer look had found no structural damage and told dispatch to stand the collapse team down.

Buffalo · Gerard Avenue · Stabbing

Stabbing Victim Flees Gerard Avenue Scene by Uber

Overnight at 2:19 AM, Buffalo Police dispatchers sent units Charlie 510 and 540 to Gerard Avenue near Humboldt for a woman calling to report she had a stab wound.

Minutes later, dispatch relayed that the caller said she was no longer at the scene — she was riding in the back of a black GMC Terrain she had called as an Uber.

Buffalo · Utica Station

Garbage-Can Fire at Utica Station Escalates to Structure Call, Draws Five Companies

Yesterday at 7:21 PM, Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 37 to 1391 Main Street near Glenwood Avenue, the Utica Station complex, for a report of a garbage can set on fire at street level.

A follow-up call reported the fire was actually inside the building, prompting dispatch to add Ladder 6 and, minutes later, Engine 2 and Battalion 44 to the response.

Engine 1 arrived to find the fire already out with no occupants displaced, and the company recommended handling the incident without further units, which dispatch confirmed as other companies responding to the address were released.

Cheektowaga · Cleveland Hill · Chimney Fire

Chimney Fire Call Grows Into Standalone Cleveland Hill Structure Response

Yesterday at 7:20 PM, a Cleveland Hill unit radioed that police already on scene had asked fire crews to check a chimney fire, and Cheektowaga Fire began building out its own response rather than leaving it to PD.

By 7:23 PM, dispatch sent Cleveland Hill's first engine alone to 633 Roycroft, with additional crews gearing up behind it; the officer on scene, positioned in front ofthe structure, called for a water can and a pike pole as the second engine arrived.

Cheektowaga · Andrews Avenue

Live Round, Fake Name and Handgun Report Mark Hectic Stretch for Cheektowaga Police

Yesterday at 7:25 PM, a Cheektowaga Police dispatcher asked whether there had been any recent shots-fired calls on Andrews Avenue, specifically in front of number 38, and a live .223-caliber round was later logged as found there and filed as a suspicious occurrence.

Minutes later, a man who gave dispatchers a false name was found to have handed over a fabricated name and date of birth before officers established his real identity, which was added to the report.

A separate call came in from a complainant reporting blackmail by associates in a store, with a handgun described by a man in a green jacket with a silver hood; a unit was sent and officers reviewed security camera footage, but reported nothing showing on scene.

Hamburg · Labelle Avenue · Menacing

Hamburg Caller Says Driver in Blue Mustang Pointed Gun at Her Brother

Yesterday at 10:24 PM, Hamburg Police dispatchers sent units to 202 Labelle Avenue, between Hugo and Maple, after a caller reported a man in a blue Mustang had pointed a gun at her brother before being last seen heading toward Maple.

A man was taken into custody near Radcliffe a short time later, but dispatch confirmed on the air that the arrest was for a separate call — the menacing report itself remained outstanding as the segment ended.

Wyoming County · Route 78 · Structure Fire

Second-Alarm House Fire on Route 78 Pulls in Companies From Across Wyoming County

Yesterday at 4:47 PM, Wyoming County Fire dispatchers sent Warsaw-area companies to 1430 Route 78 for a reported structure fire with smoke showing in the residence, and within a minute had already called a second alarm, ordering every piece of equipment from the surrounding districts to the scene.

Mutual aid cascaded quickly from there, with Arcade, Bennington, Sheldon, Varysburg and North Java companies paged to backfill each other's stations while their crews moved toward Route 78.

As crews arrived and reported smoke showing, a chief on scene radioed for a third alarm after getting word the fire had reached the second floor.

Salamanca · High School Pursuit

Salamanca Officers Corner Red Subaru in High School Lot, Arrest Driver

Yesterday at 7:48 PM, Salamanca Police units began tracking a target vehicle described as a red Subaru, calling out sightings near Vets Park and Front Avenue before pinning it down by a high school.

Officers converged on the high school's parking lot off Iroquois Drive, where the Subaru was found facing the building with its headlights on; a dispatcher relayed that the driver said he was “about to leave”, and three units moved in together to take one man into custody without resistance noted on the radio.

Dispatchers requested a detective respond and read back a license plate, NKE-1948, as officers wrapped up the stop.

Jamestown · Structure Fire

Jamestown Engine, Chief's Car Called to Knock Down House Fire

Yesterday at 8:06 PM, Jamestown Fire Dispatch put Engine 5 and a chief's vehicle identified as Manager 5 in service and remaining on the air.

About a minute later a dispatcher came back on the radio, saying “it's on fire, we're going to knock the house”, and called for a knockdown.

The location given over the air was garbled, heard only as "North Hospital," and no clear address was confirmed in this window.