Chautauqua County · Fredonia · Armed Shoplifting

A Walmart Employee Photographed Fleeing Shoplifters — and One of Them Pointed a Gun

This afternoon, Dunkirk-area police searched for two men who ran from a Fredonia Walmart and pulled a gun on a store employee trying to photograph them.

At about 1:34 PM, police broadcast a description of two shoplifting suspects running from the Fredonia Walmart area toward Route 60: “one male will be wearing green jammies, the other male will have a black leather backpack, both in dark blue clothing”. The twist came moments later, when dispatch relayed that a Walmart employee had tried to photograph them from a vehicle.

As the employee attempted to take pictures, dispatch said, one of the males pointed a gun at them. The suspects were last reported running behind a trailer park and toward a creek. The scanner traffic established the weapon and the flight but did not establish any arrest before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Niagara Street · Armed Subject Report

Buffalo Police Sent to a Niagara Street Address on a Report of a Man With an AR-15

This afternoon, a caller told police a named subject was at a Niagara Street address armed with an AR-15 — a report dispatch flagged came from a victim with a noted mental-health history.

At about 2:01 PM, an officer relayed to radio that a victim at 2485 Niagara Street had called a personal phone to report that a subject identified on dispatch as Veyer Brown was there with an AR-15, asking for officers. The officer added the caveat “for what it's worth” as he passed it along.

Dispatch noted the caller's mental-health history, and no red vehicles matching any lookout were found on scene. A short time later a responding unit was told the call could be disregarded. The scanner traffic established the report and the response but no weapon was confirmed on the air before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Hagen Street · Auto Into Structure

An SUV Into a Porch on Hagen Street Brings a Full Auto-Into-Structure Assignment

This morning, Buffalo Fire toned a full assignment to a Hagen Street house after an SUV struck a porch and caused structural damage.

At about 7:36 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatched an auto-into-structure assignment to 111 Hagen, between Kearns and Lange, after call-takers reported “an SUV into a porch”. The response ran deep — Engine 31, Ladder 14, the rescue, and a string of chief and support units were put on the call.

A responding chief confirmed the SUV had gone into a porch with structural damage to the house. Ladder 14 reported on location and investigating a few minutes later. The scanner traffic established the collision and the full assignment but did not establish any injuries before the thread closed.

Tonawanda · Glendale Drive · Reckless Vehicle

A Blue Sedan Tears Across a Field Near Glendale Elementary While Children Were Playing

This afternoon, Tonawanda police chased down reports of a reckless driver who hit a curb and cut through the soccer field at Glendale Elementary with kids on it.

At about 12:40 PM, Tonawanda dispatch sent a patrol unit on a reckless vehicle at 101 Glendale Drive, Glendale Elementary School. The caller could only say it was “a blue sedan from Glendale through the soccer field onto Evergreen”.

Dispatch added the alarming detail: there were children playing on the field at the time, and the sedan stayed with a male driver and no further description. A second unit was pulled toward the reckless stop minutes later. The scanner traffic established the near-miss and the search but did not establish that the driver was located before the thread closed.

Clarence · Main Street · Two-Vehicle Crash

A Two-Vehicle Crash at Main and Rockland Brings Clarence Companies Out

This afternoon, Clarence fire companies were toned to a two-car accident where Main Street meets Rockland Avenue.

At about 1:34 PM, a motor vehicle accident involving two vehicles was dispatched at Main Street at Rockland Avenue, with Clarence companies responding. The call ran about thirteen minutes on the conventional Erie County feed.

The scanner traffic established the two-vehicle crash and the Clarence response but did not establish any injuries before the thread closed.

Cattaraugus County · Little Valley · Motorcycle Pursuit

A Domestic in Little Valley Ends With a Man Fleeing on a Motorcycle Across Routes 23 and 98

This afternoon, a Cattaraugus County domestic turned mobile when the male subject took off on a motorcycle, deputies following but declining to pursue.

At about 2:33 PM, deputies in the Little Valley area reported that a male involved in a domestic had just taken off from the residence on a motorcycle. The parties had already been separated — he at the house, she at a park — when he left. “I am not pursuing, just following”, one deputy radioed as the bike went down Route 23.

Units tracked him as he passed 23 and Scotch Road heading back toward 98, then down a dead end before he took off again on 98, with a deputy noting he was following but not pursuing. The scanner traffic established the flight and the route but did not establish that the man was stopped before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Elmwood · Strong-Arm Robbery

A Robbery at Elmwood and North Leaves a Man Without His Phone, Keys — and a Threat to Shoot Him

This morning, Buffalo police pushed cars toward Elmwood and North after a man said two people took his phone and car keys and threatened to shoot him.

At about 7:05 AM, dispatch sent Buffalo police units toward a robbery near Elmwood, where a man standing by his car at Elmwood and North reported he had been robbed by a Black male and a white woman who took his phone and car keys. Dispatch relayed that “they did threaten to shoot him” when they took the items.

The pair were reported to have run behind an apartment building and around the corner, with only a description of a Black male in his thirties in dark clothing. The scanner traffic established the robbery and the threat but did not establish any arrest before the thread closed.

Thruway Ch4 · 1:24 PM

Toll-Booth Telephone Game Confounds Even the Caller

A Thruway operator confirmed a stranded motorist would be taken care of — a tow unit lined up, a number read out — and then, trying to tie it all together on the phone, produced a sentence that lapped itself: “You know the unit? You were broke and go again? Alright, you all sat there?”. It is the sound of a check-in eating its own tail, every word a real word and the whole thing a shrug.

Wyoming Co Sheriff · 11:31 AM

Deputy Parks His Own Car, Needs Twenty Tries to Say So

A Wyoming County unit keyed up to check in — call sign “954” — reported a vehicular issue, and announced he'd be parking his car at the office. Dispatch heard him. The air did not quite agree: for the better part of a minute the channel filled with nothing but "954… 954… 954," a deputy and his own number locked in a standoff while the car, presumably, idled in peace.

Cheektowaga PD Dispatch · 11:38 AM

Halloween Candy Detail Passes Inspection: All Items in Order

On the busiest candy-distribution day of the year, Cheektowaga's finest filed the only report that mattered: two bags of candy, giving away to children, “all in order”. No arrests, no incident — just a unit confirming, with full radio formality, that the sweets had cleared.

Fredonia Fire Dispatch · 8:40 AM

The Driest Sign-Off in Chautauqua County

A routine Fredonia page closed with a flourish only a scanner could love: “this is Dolph Outterbrooks, ending 5-3-point-3”. Delivered flat, as a name and a number, it lands like the title card of a movie nobody else was watching — the morning's most understated performance on the fire wires.

Alstar EMS South · 9:41 AM

A Favor, Requested Once, Then Twice, Then Please

An Alstar crew keyed up to ask for a hand and promptly tripped over the ask itself: “Do your favor once, let's get, let's get here, please”. It is the sound of a tongue getting ahead of a plan — a plea that circles back on "let's get" before it can settle on a verb, then straightens up for the patch as if nothing happened.

Buffalo · Swinburne Avenue · Domestic Assault

Officers Rush to Swinburne Avenue After Report Aunt Tried to Stab Niece

Buffalo police dispatchers sent several C District patrol units to Swinburne Avenue[*] just after 11:16 AM, telling arriving officers a caller said “the aunt's trying to stab the niece”. Units 241 and 243 were recorded pulling up on the block within two minutes; no arrest or injury report followed on the air before the segment ended.

Buffalo · Wilkes Avenue · Gas Leak

Husband's Backyard Digging Triggers Gas Leak Response on Wilkes Avenue

Buffalo Fire Dispatch upgraded to a Level 2 response for the odor of natural gas at Wilkes Avenue[*] between East Sullivan Street[*] and Easton Avenue[*] just after 11:17 AM, sending Ladder 14, engine unit F40 and Battalion 47. A dispatcher relayed that the caller said “her husband was digging outside and hit a gas line”, and said she would notify National Fuel while crews investigated on scene; no further escalation was reported before the segment ended.

Buffalo · Delaware Avenue · Welfare Check

Veterans Crisis Hotline Prompts Welfare Check on Delaware Avenue Over Threats

Buffalo police logged a welfare check at Delaware Avenue[*], Apartment 12, just after 2:22 PM after the Veterans Crisis Hotline reported that a man identified on dispatch as Darren Williams had expressed “homicidal ideations against his uncle's grandmother”. The unit was cleared minutes later with no further detail on the outcome broadcast on the air.

Buffalo · Norwood Avenue · Welfare Check

Text Message Pings Buffalo Police to Norwood Avenue Over Suicide Concern

Buffalo police units 220 and 222 were sent to Norwood Avenue[*] just after 9:48 AM to check on a 24-year-old man identified on dispatch as Zachary after he made comments of a suicidal nature in a text message to a friend; the friend, based in Colorado and said to know Zachary only through Twitter, reported his phone was pinging to the address. Officers cleared the call without further detail on his condition broadcast on the air.

Hamburg · Taylor Road · Respiratory Arrest

Hamburg Crews Revive 80-Year-Old After Respiratory Arrest on Taylor Road

Hamburg Fire Dispatch initially paged for an unconscious 8-year-old at Taylor Road[*], between Willow Ridge and Crescent, then upgraded the call seconds later to a respiratory arrest involving an 80-year-old woman, giving pre-arrival instructions as Hamburg 9, Hamburg 9-3 and Amber 1 responded. Dispatchers relayed that “after a head tilt the patient is breathing again, however it was cyanotic”, and warned crews that dogs loose inside the home were reportedly friendly. Hamburg 9 and Amber 1 arrived on scene within minutes, and units confirmed contact with AMR by 1:51 PM.

Hamburg · South Park Avenue · Domestic Dispute

Son Calls Hamburg Police After Father Restrains Girlfriend in South Park Avenue Domestic

Hamburg police dispatchers sent units to South Park Avenue[*] just after 10:30 AM for a domestic described as physical, after a son called to report that his father and the father's girlfriend had gotten into a physical altercation and that “the father had to restrain her”. A follow-up dispatch note referenced weapons and intoxication, though no further detail followed on the air before the segment ended.

Wyoming County · Wyoming Correctional Facility · Overdose

Inmate Overdose Draws Medic Response Inside Wyoming Correctional Facility

Wyoming County Fire dispatchers sent Medic 82 to Wyoming Correctional Facility at 3203 Dunbar Road just after 2:39 PM for a male inmate who had overdosed; dispatchers said Narcan had already been administered and that it was unknown whether the inmate was breathing. No further update was broadcast on the fire channel before the segment ended.

Jamestown · Spring Street · Child Locked In

Two-Year-Old Locked Inside Spring Street Home Prompts Jamestown Fire Response

Jamestown Fire Dispatch sent Engine 5 on a non-emergency response to Spring Street[*] between East 6th and East 8th shortly before noon for a residential lockout, then added Ranger 5 within the minute after the caller, waiting outside, reported “there is a two-year-old child that is locked inside the residence”.

Cattaraugus County · East County Line Road · Domestic Dispute

Woman, Child Flee Domestic Dispute as Cattaraugus Deputies Respond to Man With Knife, Order of Protection

Cattaraugus County Sheriff's dispatchers sent units 4845 and 4844 to a domestic incident at 10833 East County Line Road just after 2:04 PM, after one caller on an open 911 line reported a man “breaking things and screaming” and a second caller, identified on dispatch as Kim Klink, said she had left the home with her daughter following a verbal dispute with the child's father. Dispatchers identified the man as David Coffey, noted he was subject to an extreme order of protection and was believed to be carrying a knife on his belt, and said a records check on him came back negative. One dispatcher told responding units they were “very familiar with David Coffey” before directing a deputy to meet Klink separately at Cheney Road and Route 9.