Around the Neighborhood
18:45 · Amherst PD · Sheridan Drive
Caught on Tape
Hit, Run & Filmed: White Chevy Trax Clipped Car in BJ’s Lot
Amherst Police followed up Monday evening on a hit-and-run reported in the parking lot of BJ’s Wholesale at 56 Sheridan Drive.[1] The complainant told officers the offending vehicle is a white Chevy Trax — and, as the broadcasting officer noted on the air, “they got video and a license plate to follow up on.” In other words, the suspect drove away from a parking-lot bump under the gaze of roughly a half dozen cameras, which in 2026 is its own kind of crime: the not-getting-away-with-it kind.
15:20 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · 8122 Transit Road
Mulch Goes Up Outside East Amherst T-Mobile
Amherst Fire Dispatch toned out East Amherst 3 for a mulch fire at 8122 Transit Road — the Eastview plaza where the T-Mobile store sits — just after three o’clock in the afternoon.[2] Smoldering landscape mulch is the Western New York spring rite that quietly keeps fire departments in tax-levy support: nobody hurt, no structure threatened, but somebody’s cigarette butt did its annual job.
15:05 · Amherst PD · 410 Hartford
“Threatening to Put Caps into People” Over a Stolen Phone
Just after three p.m., Amherst PD dispatched a unit to 410 Hartford on a complaint that a man — described on the air as a Hispanic male in his 30s and identified to officers as Mark Isaac — was “threatening to put caps into people because someone stole his mother’s phone.”[3] By the time patrols arrived the subject had left the property; the complainants still wanted contact for a report.
21:41–21:53 · Amherst PD · Williamsville
Suspected DWI with Kids in the Car; Grandfather Dispatched
Late Monday night Amherst PD relayed that a female driver was suspected of being “a 10-18 with her kids in the car” — police-radio shorthand for an impaired motorist actively transporting children.[4] Twelve minutes later, the grandfather radioed in “coming to pick up the kids” while officers worked out custody on scene.[5] No further detail on charges came over the channel before the window closed.
15:41 · Amherst PD · 1645 Niagara Falls Boulevard
Larceny of Kegs from the Back of the Store
A retail tip at 1645 Niagara Falls Boulevard sent Amherst PD looking for whoever made off with kegs from behind the building.[6] One minute later the same dispatcher pivoted to a separate complaint “out of the Boulevard” involving a housekeeper using a homeowner’s food stamps — the kind of dispatch run that gets compressed into “dropped” in the day’s blotter.
19:18 · Amherst PD · 371 Bernhardt
Two Kids on Stolen Bikes
A complainant near 371 Bernhardt reported “two kids riding around on stolen bikes” just after seven p.m. — with, the officer admitted on the air, no further information.[7] The radio fell back to routine traffic before any resolution; if it cleared one way or the other, it did so quietly.
23:57 · Amherst Fire Dispatch · Uniland building
Water Leak, Smoking Printer — Officially a “Good Intent” Call
Just before midnight Amherst Fire wrapped up a small commercial incident in a Uniland office building where, per the on-scene officer, “water leaks went under the printer and caused some smoke.”[8] Damage was marked at $2,000 to the structure and $10,000 to contents. Scenes cleared to APD and Uniland security; Engine 3 went back in service at 23:50.
Overheard: The Wires
What the…?!
15:22 · Amherst PD · 990 northbound
The Goose on the 990
“You check for the injured goose on the 990 northbound just before Millersport,” an Amherst officer asked a patrol partner Monday afternoon — an ordinary sentence that captures everything Western New York spring traffic does to a police shift.[9] No update came back on the channel, so the goose’s fate is, for now, between the goose and the I-990.
Exclusive
23:28 · Amherst PD · 3980 Sheridan Drive
The Vehicle with the Hatchets On
At 23:28 an Amherst PD unit asked dispatch to “check on that DMV in front of Dent Tower, 3980 Sheridan — the vehicle with the hatchets on.”[10] No follow-up rolled across the air, which means the Williamsville medical-office tower spent late Monday next to either (a) a contractor’s legitimately hatchet-bedecked work truck or (b) a much more interesting story that did not, mercifully, escalate to a second radio call.
Developing
16:08 · Schools (Erie) / GI Central · Grand Island
Bus 36 T-Boned at a Stop Sign; Wendy & Ruth Okay
Grand Island school-bus dispatcher Teresa hopped onto the “GI Central” channel late Monday afternoon after Bus 36’s driver, Wendy, called in: another motorist had blown a stop sign and struck the bus “pretty hard.”[11] Wendy reported no children on board — only herself and Ruth — and both were uninjured. The other driver, per Wendy, never stopped at the sign and never stopped after the crash. The bus took visible damage and was rolled back to the bus lot for assessment.
Cheektowaga
17:47 / 19:27 · Cheektowaga PD 1 · East suburbs
Grandfather Swinging, Razor Brandished — Two Calls, One Long Evening
Twice on Monday evening, Cheektowaga PD found itself walking through domestic scenes with edge weapons in the foreground. At 17:47, dispatchers warned a responding unit that “the grandfather is becoming aggressive, trying to swing at him and breaking items in the home,” with a female present in the residence with an allergy that complicated the response.[12] Just after 19:27, another caller reportedly “pull[ed] the razor out, threaten[ed] him with it, but… put it down.”[13] Both calls cleared without ambulance dispatch on the air.
Overheard
16:16 · Schools (Erie) / DepewPublic · Erie County
“Today Just Really Beat the Hell Out of Me.”
A Depew Public Schools bus dispatcher, signing off a long radio thread with a colleague named John, offered the line of the day on the school-transportation channel: “Today just really beat the hell out of me. What you did was a big help, John. I really deeply appreciate that.”[14] Roughly eight minutes earlier the same channel had been wrestling with the Grand Island bus crash; the line lands accordingly.
Thruway
20:28 · NYSTA Channel 4 · I-290 / I-90 corridor
Road-Raging Duo Tailgate, Slow, Pass, Repeat
A New York State Thruway Authority dispatcher relayed a caller’s play-by-play of two motorists locked in a road-rage symbiosis: “tailgating, slowing down, and then going around each other.”[15] Plates were not available. State troopers were asked to look in.
Lake Erie
22:56 · Marine Ch. 22A-1022 · Eastern Basin
Memorial Day Regatta Notice: Mariners, Stay Out of the Way
The Coast Guard broadcast a Notice to Mariners on Marine 22A late Monday: “There will be sailing vessel activities associated with the Cleveland Yacht Club Memorial Day regatta” on a course running roughly a one-mile radius from a stationary center off the Ohio shore, with racing windows of approximately 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.[16] Translation: if you’re a freighter or freight pilot heading down the lake this weekend, expect sailboats on top of you.
15:24 · BuffaloLimo · Taxis trunk
The Existential BuffaloLimo Dispatcher
BuffaloLimo’s dispatcher, mid-shift, mid-fare: “And I mean, there’s no peace in life.”[17] No context. No follow-up. No further transmissions on the thread. We pass it along as broadcast.
Regional Blotter
22:12 · Niagara County FD Dispatch · Cambria Road
One Vehicle on its Side, Airbags Deployed
Niagara County Fire Control dispatched fire and EMS to Cambria Road, between German Road and Cambria-Wilson Road, for a single-vehicle crash with airbag deployment — the vehicle came to rest on its side.[18] TLS Murray and DLF were recommended; the channel went to fire-tac-1 for on-scene coordination.
22:11 · BFD Ch1 Dispatch · City of Buffalo
Three-Car MVA Toned Out Downtown
Buffalo Fire Dispatch toned out a three-car motor-vehicle accident at 22:11; the responding officer noted “no odors throughout and zero readings either” on subsequent atmospheric checks, and dispatch ultimately marked the call “a good intent call.”[19] Injury status was not relayed on this channel.
16:46 · NC FD Dispatch · 9 Elm Court, Lockport
Possible Stroke, 26-Year-Old Female
Niagara County Fire Control dispatched ALS to 9 Elm Court in the City of Lockport for a 26-year-old female with possible stroke symptoms.[20] Incidents went to LSD Tac 1; no further reporting before window close.
16:52 · T-Hamburg FD Dispatch · McKinley Mall
Paramedic Response Inside the McKinley Mall
Hamburg Fire dispatched a paramedic to the McKinley Mall, 3701 McKinley Parkway, near the food court, for a 60-year-old male with shortness of breath.[21] The call drew Mercy Flight aero-medical on standby per channel chatter, though it cleared as a routine transport.
00:06 · BPD Ch 3 Simulcast · Buffalo
Vehicle Refuses to Stop for Buffalo PD
Just past midnight, a Buffalo Police officer on the simulcast channel called in “a vehicle refusing to stop for us.”[22] No further pursuit detail came across the export window; supervisors are expected to clarify in PD reports.
Other Calls of Note
16:22 — NC FD · Locust Street, Lockport: female occupant evaluation requested after motor-vehicle accident with head and shoulder pain; BLS standard recommended.[23]
18:06 — East Aurora FD · second-alert assist request, 1218 Glover.[24]
18:55 — T-Hamburg FD · 4883 Mount Vernon Blvd: paramedic response, 78-year-old male, altered mental status.[25]
22:29 — NC FD · Orient Sunville Road area: 67-year-old male, unwitnessed fall, unknown injuries.[26]
23:26 — Amherst PD · 3999 Lethal: commercial alarm at 7 Group Coffee, upstairs perimeter.[27]
15:46 — Amherst PD · ER waiting room: complainant alleges he was assaulted earlier today by a person now in the room with him, making renewed threats.[28]