Hamburg · Clover Bank Elementary · Attempted Abduction

Father Reports ATV Riders Trying to Grab His Son Outside Clover Bank Elementary; Hamburg Units Swarm

A complainant near the school playground called in a group of kids on ATVs and dirt bikes late yesterday afternoon, drawing multiple cars.

Yesterday at about 5:25 PM, Hamburg police were sent to Clover Bank Elementary, 2761 Clover Bank, after a complainant near the school playground reported a group of kids on ATVs and dirt bikes “trying to abduct his son in front”, according to the radio traffic.

Multiple cars responded, with Station 22 reporting on location minutes later, according to the traffic. Dispatch did not broadcast a description of the riders or whether anyone was located.

Amherst · Rockdale · Domestic Assault

Amherst Domestic Assault Turns Grave: Woman Punched and Shot With a BB Gun, Husband Said to Be Armed

Dispatch relayed a warrant on file and a household with handguns and long guns as officers responded on Rockdale late yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday at about 4:42 PM, Amherst police responded to a domestic assault on Rockdale, where a female was reported punched and shot with a BB gun, according to the radio traffic.

Dispatch relayed that the husband was armed with handguns and long guns and that there was a warrant on file, according to the traffic. The scanner traffic on the channel was terse, and dispatch did not broadcast whether the subject was taken into custody.

Tonawanda · Kelvin Road · Missing Child

Nonverbal Autistic Boy, 10, Vanishes on a Scooter — Found Safe After a Fast Tonawanda Search

Officers fanned out from Kelvin Road with a detailed description of a child named Stanley before locating him blocks away.

Yesterday at about 6:06 PM, Tonawanda police put out a missing-child alert near 93 Kelvin Road for an autistic, nonverbal 10-year-old boy, according to the radio traffic. Dispatch described a white male, first name Stanley, in a dark green t-shirt, blue shorts, royal blue sneakers and a Newsy's cap, last seen about 15 minutes earlier on a scooter and unfamiliar with the area.

Dispatch relayed that the boy shouldn't be afraid of patrols and that, if located, he would allow an officer to take his hand, according to the traffic. Multiple patrols canvassed the neighborhood.

The child was located at Page and Lindale and transported back to the station, according to the traffic.

Buffalo · Humboldt Square · SWAT Warrant

SWAT Executes a Humboldt Square Search Warrant Tied to an Earlier Fillmore Shooting

Buffalo police merged the operation into the open shooting case rather than create a new call.

Yesterday at about 9:46 PM, Buffalo police broadcast that a SWAT search warrant was being executed at 704 Humboldt Square, according to the radio traffic. Dispatch told units the operation was “tie to that shooting on Fillmore at New Long Owl”.

An officer instructed dispatch not to create a separate call, saying to “just merge into this, please”, according to the traffic. The traffic did not broadcast the outcome of the warrant or any arrests.

Jamestown · Dunn Avenue · Armed & Suicidal

Woman With a Knife, Possibly Suicidal, Prompts a Dunn Avenue Pursuit in Jamestown

Officers tracked her northbound as a separate domestic threat came in minutes earlier on James Avenue.

Yesterday at about 7:27 PM, Jamestown police reported a female with a knife heading northbound on Dunn Avenue, possibly suicidal, with units in pursuit, according to the radio traffic.

The call came minutes after a report of a male threatening to harm a female during an argument at 154 James Avenue, according to the traffic. Dispatch did not broadcast how the Dunn Avenue pursuit resolved.

Wyoming · Main Street · Domestic Dispute

Domestic Dispute in Wyoming Village Leaves Two Children Home With Intoxicated Parents

A deputy relayed both adults were in tox as a man was removed from the residence.

Yesterday evening, beginning at about 6:43 PM, Wyoming County deputies responded to a domestic between a man and woman at 41 Main Street in the village of Wyoming, according to the radio traffic. Dispatch relayed there were two children in the residence and no weapons.

The deputy noted both adults were “in tox”, and the male was being removed from the home, according to the traffic.

Niagara County · Ridge Road · Car Into House

Car Slams Into a Ridge Road House, Ruptures a Water Main and Floods the Basement

Early-morning crews found a vehicle into the structure with the basement taking on water.

Early this morning at about 3:27 AM, Niagara County fire crews responded to a vehicle into a house at 6010 Ridge Road, between Ewing's Road and Purdy, according to the radio traffic. The car struck a water main, flooding the basement, with injuries unknown.

Amherst · Maple Road · Spooky Season Skirmish

Trick, No Treat: Six or Seven Kids Ransack Spirit Halloween, Bolt Toward Red Robin

Amherst PD advised the crew not to return if located — a lifetime ban from the season's spookiest storefront.

Yesterday at about 7:03 PM, Amherst dispatch relayed a report from the Spirit Halloween at 4090 Maple Road of “a group of six or seven kids that were being destructed inside the store”, last seen on foot toward Red Robin, according to the radio traffic. The word from the store was blunt: not to return if they're located.

Amherst · Sunshine · With This Ring

With This Ring, I Thee Extricate: A Stuck Band Becomes a Two-Department Overnight Saga

It took an Amherst officer, the fire department and a follow-up run to Getzville to free one finger.

Early this morning at about 1:29 AM, Amherst dispatch asked an officer to “stop out with the fire department at 250, would you sign rest for the ring stuck on the finger” at 250 Sunshine, according to the radio traffic. The fire department was called in for the removal.

By about 1:38 AM the operation had migrated to Getzville, where the ring was successfully removed with no medical evaluation needed, according to the traffic — a happy ending, one finger lighter.

Amherst · New Road · Technical Difficulties

‘Naturally, My Mobile Client Crashed Again’: A Dispatcher’s Very Relatable Night

A car in a ditch, a dizzy driver, and one exasperated dispatcher versus the software.

Yesterday at about 8:32 PM, as Amherst units worked a car in a ditch in front of 1455 New Road, a dispatcher keyed up with the universal lament of the modern shift: “Naturally, my mobile client crashed again. So, if you get any updates, can you just let me know?”, according to the radio traffic.

The driver, dizzy and injured, was out of the vehicle and the fire department was responding, according to the traffic. The mobile client's condition was not broadcast.

Olean · Buffalo Street · Curbside Companion

A Man, His Dog, and a Shopping Cart: Olean's Most Wholesome Welfare Check

The curb was fine, the man was fine, and the dog was riding in style.

Yesterday at about 6:23 PM, Olean police were sent on a welfare check in the Buffalo Street area for a man on the curb with a dog in a shopping cart, according to the radio traffic. A Cattaraugus deputy soon confirmed the tableau on the roadside — mail, a shopping cart, and a dog, all accounted for.

Hamburg · Shoreham · Watch the Road

Lights, Sirens — and Slow Down: A Dispatcher Flags a Family Biking With a Toddler

Between a fire run and a medical call, someone remembered to look out for the little kid on Shoreham.

Yesterday at about 7:08 PM, amid a Rosewood Terrace medical run, a Hamburg voice keyed up with a gentle warning for a responding unit: “use caution, turning onto Shoreham, there's a young couple with a little child on a bike”, according to the radio traffic. The message was repeated to make sure it landed.

Grand Island · I-190

Crash on I-190 Near Grand Island Bridges Injures Pregnant Woman, Toddler Aboard

Yesterday at 3:18 PM, Thruway dispatch reported a crash involving three to four vehicles on I-190 northbound near mile marker 20.7, close to the Grand Island bridges, with the left lane blocked.

Two minutes later, fire and EMS were sent in behind the initial report; dispatch said two vehicles were confirmed involved, possibly more, and that one occupant — a woman eight weeks pregnant — had suffered injuries to her knee and stomach, with a two-year-old also riding in the vehicle.

A second trooper reported getting stuck in the same backup minutes later, and units remained on scene working the crash past 3:26 PM before the roadway was cleared.

Buffalo · Mills and Sycamore

Buffalo Fire Calls Full Box Alarm to Mills and Sycamore

Yesterday at 4:21 PM, Buffalo Fire Dispatch called a box alarm for the area of Mills and Sycamore, sending Engine 3, Engine 28 and Engine 21, Ladder 6 and Ladder 15, a fast-attack Ladder 5, Rescue 1, and battalion chiefs designated B41 and B43.

Dispatch logged the assignment at 4:22 PM on the department's Channel 2 as a full multiple-company response.

Minutes later, dispatch told Engine 21 to hold up short of Mills and Sycamore — the last word on the incident's status over the air.

Buffalo · James Street

Overnight Fire Guts Frame House on James Street

Overnight, just after 12:28 AM, Buffalo Fire companies were sent to a working fire in a frame house on James Street, with the response growing on the fireground channel as additional units were pulled in.

By the time crews reported the fire knocked down roughly twenty minutes later, dispatch traffic indicated the building had burned from top to bottom, with fire officials estimating the damage at $150,000.

Crews were also heard coordinating a decontamination process before clearing the scene, standard practice for firefighters after a heavy structural burn.

Buffalo · Franklin Street

Shots-Fired Call Sends Buffalo Officers to Franklin Street, Woman Found Bleeding on Fire Escape

At 3:00 PM, Buffalo police Bravo district cars were sent to 354 Franklin Street on a shots-fired call after a woman said she heard a single shot while on the phone with her sister, who lives in Apartment 204; the caller said the shooter may have been her sister's boyfriend, identified on the air only as Maverick Smith.

Arriving officers reported finding a woman on the building's fire escape with a bloody lip, and said a male inside the apartment appeared to be hiding from them and had been described as unusually aggressive toward both police and AMR medics.

Officers found another way into the building past the woman, who was described as obstructing their entry, and by 3:10 PM reported the scene locked down with one person detained.

Buffalo · Elmwood Avenue

Man With Knife Menaces Elmwood Avenue Apartment Hallway

At 3:51 PM, Buffalo police Bravo units were sent to 366 Elmwood Avenue, Apartment 302, after an off-site property manager reported a white male with red hair standing in the hallway with a knife, threatening a woman he knew.

Dispatch told the property manager to have the woman call 911 herself and pulled a third car in for backup; officers made entry into the building a few minutes later with the help of on-site security.

Buffalo · Chippewa and Delaware

About 100 Protesters Snarl Traffic at Chippewa and Delaware

Yesterday around 6:15 PM, a Buffalo police unit flagged a traffic hazard at Chippewa and Delaware, reporting roughly 100 protesters in the street and putting other officers on notice.

Asked for a headcount, the officer revised the estimate down to 50 to 75 people, describing them as circling the intersection in the roadway rather than staying on the sidewalk; supervisors acknowledged the report but no further units were dispatched.

Buffalo · Elmwood Avenue

Armed Man Chased on Foot to Freight World, Slips Away by Car

Yesterday at 11:36 PM, Buffalo police Delta district cars were sent to 1803 Elmwood Avenue on a report of a man with a handgun inside a dark blue vehicle.

Minutes later dispatch relayed that the vehicle was occupied by four men dressed in dark clothing, but by 11:40 PM the only person still outside told officers she hadn't called police and that no vehicle remained on scene.

Dispatch then passed along an update that the armed man had been chased on foot from a nearby Wing Stop to Freight World before the group climbed back into their vehicle and drove off; units were redirected to Freight World to continue the search.

Buffalo · Highland Avenue

Buffalo Officers Rush to Highland Avenue as 11-Year-Old Tries to Jump From Window

Yesterday at 4:36 PM, Buffalo police Bravo district units were sent to 212 Highland Avenue for a mental health crisis involving an 11-year-old boy described on dispatch as out of control and threatening to kill himself.

Officers were told the boy had tried to climb out a window during the crisis and, in the struggle, also tried to throw his sister out with him; the transmission gave no further word on the condition of either child.

Depew · Mary Lou Lane

Electrical Fire Inside Bedroom Wall Brings Three Companies to Depew Home

Yesterday at 8:56 PM, Depew Village firefighters were paged to 18 Mary Lou Lane for a reported electrical fire in a bedroom, with the caller describing sparks, heat and smoke coming from an outlet; occupants were advised to evacuate.

Engine 6, Ladder 5, Highview Engine 2, Ivy 92 and City 137 all responded, and the first crew on scene at 9:00 PM reported a one-story wood-framed house with no visible smoke or fire, and began investigating.

Minutes later the chief in command radioed that crews had found “an electrical issue in the one bedroom” and shut down the main breaker, then opened up the wall to reach a small fire burning inside it, extinguishing it with a water can while Engine 6, Ladder 5 and Highview 2 held on scene to check for extension.

Cheektowaga · Genesee Street

Cheektowaga Police Called Again on Man Photographing Kids, Houses on Genesee Street

Yesterday at 7:15 PM, Cheektowaga police dispatch sent a car to 3697 Genesee Street after a caller reported a man walking around the yard photographing the house and the children there.

Dispatch told the responding officer the man had multiple prior warnings, a long mental health history, and had fought with police before; officers ran the plate on a Nissan Rogue with Louisiana registration seen nearby before determining the situation was under control, noting the man was with a woman and that people running a local youth league “are pretty decent with him.”

Springville · Zoar Valley Road

Springville Fall Turns to Cardiac Arrest, Draws Mercy Flight Helicopter

Just after midnight, Springville Fire Control paged Morton’s Corners firefighters and Mercy EMS to 7118 Zoar Valley Road, between Hammond Hill and Trippett Roads, for a 75-year-old man who had fallen in the bathroom and was not alert, with a possible head injury — an initial page had given his age as 5 before dispatch corrected it moments later.

Three Morton’s Corners engines and a Mercy Flight helicopter were placed en route, and units were warned before entering that the home has a large dog.

Minutes later, Erie County Sheriff’s dispatch relayed that the man had gone into cardiac arrest and told crews to “expedite if possible”; an Erie County EMS medic unit joined the response, and firefighters reached the scene at 12:39 AM after being cautioned that a stretch of Trippett Road had just been tarred and chipped and could be slippery.

North Java · Bray Road

North Java Fall Prompts Mercy Flight Helicopter Landing at Firehouse

Yesterday at 5:33 PM, Wyoming County fire dispatch sent North Java’s ambulance to 441 Bray Road for an 84-year-old woman who had fallen.

Minutes later, Warsaw dispatch requested a Mercy Flight helicopter and asked a fire crew to secure a landing zone in the North Java firehouse parking lot, with a chief serving as ground contact for the aircraft.

Mercy Flight 8 — already on ground standby out of Batavia — was put in the air and directed to the hall, and crews stood by awaiting an EMT to complete the response.

Bethany · Ridge Campground

Tree Fire Near Campers at Ridge Campground Draws Second Alarm in Bethany

Yesterday at 7:38 PM, Genesee County fire dispatch sent Le Roy Fire and a Mercy Flight medic to a report of a tree on fire near several campers at the Ridge Campground, 8101 Conlon Road in Bethany, off Wack Trail and North Road.

Minutes later, dispatch also toned out Bethany's own department for a separate wood-line fire in a field behind a house at 11208 East Road, off East Bethany and Raymond roads, a few miles from the campground blaze.

By 7:43 PM, Genesee County dispatch called a second activation for Le Roy on the campground fire, pulling in more manpower as both fires burned in the same rural stretch of town.

Cattaraugus County · Route 17

Three Hospitalized After Route 17 Crash

Yesterday around 4:26 PM, New York State Thruway Authority dispatchers confirmed a crash on Route 17 had produced three patients requiring transport to area hospitals.

Dispatch relayed that one patient was headed to a Buffalo hospital, one to Niagara Falls Memorial, and the third to Kenmore Mercy, though no further details on the crash itself or the number of vehicles involved were given over the air.

Dunkirk · Central Avenue

Road-Rage Driver Brandishes Gun, Flees South on Central Avenue

Early this morning at 2:39 AM, Dunkirk police were sent to a report of a fight up the street from Holy Trinity Church, where a caller described two men and two women scuffling and said one subject appeared to be holding something in his hand.

The confrontation moved into the roadway as the group ran south on foot along Central Avenue, with an officer reporting he could see them in the middle of the road; one subject went down before getting back up.

Dispatch ultimately clarified the call as “some sort of road rage”: the driver told officers a pickup truck's occupant had brandished a firearm at them before the truck took off south, though responding units had little to go on beyond a vague description of a dark or grayish-black pickup.

Jamestown · Multiple Box Alarms

Jamestown Dispatcher Juggles Three Box Alarms and a Stroke Call at Once

Yesterday around 8:43 PM, Jamestown Fire's Car 1 dispatcher opened Box 5115 for a fire near Colcraft at 1021 Allen Street, sending Engine 3 with mutual aid from Celoron's town fire company.

Barely two minutes later a second box alarm came in at the JCC annex (Box 5221), pulling Engine 5 off its first assignment to reroute there, with the dispatcher noting alarms were “coming in all across that area of the city” that part of the city.

By 8:48 PM a firefighter identified on the air as Ray Scott, back in service from the Allen Street call, radioed to ask for the other addresses as reports piled up — Jamestown Scientific, Water Street Brass, and an ALS call at the Research Center on Flint Avenue.

With only a fly car available for the medical run, Car 1 dispatched Ladder 1 to 862 Foote Avenue[*], Building B3 at the Research Center, for a 66-year-old woman with a possible stroke.