Amherst · Brittany Drive

A Woman Texts That Her Husband Is Beating Her — Then Stops Responding

An Amherst domestic on Brittany Drive relayed third-hand through a friend's text, and then silence.

Late yesterday, just before 11:34 PM, Amherst dispatch sent officers to 88 Brittany Drive for a domestic that reached police in the most unsettling way: a friend of the complainant had received a text from a woman at the address saying her husband was beating her and yelling to call the police. By the time it hit the air, dispatch added the line that made everyone move faster — now she's not responding.

Officers worked the address through the plates in the driveway and the property history, identifying the homeowner and the friend who had relayed the text. The traffic did not carry a resolution before the call dropped from the channel.

Amherst · Millersport Highway

Man Hurls a Bike at a Woman, Threatens to Shoot Up a School, Then Jumps in Front of a Car

A chaotic scene near Wingnuts on Millersport Highway, with a witness the only caller and a suspect who wandered back inside.

Yesterday around 8:43 PM, Amherst dispatch relayed a burst of alarming behavior at 1400 Millersport Highway: a man had thrown a bike at a woman, threatened to shoot up the school if she left him, and then jumped in front of a car. He was named on the air only as Alex — a white male in a baseball cap, blue shirt and gray shorts — last seen near Wingnuts.

Officers checked the area with the complainant identified as just a witness. Around 8:50 PM an officer spotted a possible match walking into Wingnuts, but a minute later advised it was not going to be a match. The traffic gave no resolution before the call cleared.

East Side · Phyllis Street

White Jeep Shot At on Phyllis — and Someone Inside a House Fired Back

Officers walked up a scatter of shell casings after a gunfire exchange that left a residence's side door standing open.

Yesterday just after 8:10 PM, BPD Charlie-through-Edward cars converged on the 150-to-167 block of Phyllis after four to five shots were fired at a white Jeep with dark tinted windows, last seen heading toward Suffolk. A caller reported that someone in that vehicle had been showing a gun to people outside 167 Phyllis earlier.

Officers began recovering casings on foot — one, then two, then a few clustered near 157 Phyllis. As they pieced it together over the air, the picture that emerged was a two-way exchange: as one officer put it, it looked like whoever was living inside 157 shot back. The Jeep was gone southbound and the residence's side door was left standing open. The traffic carried no arrests before the call moved on.

Buffalo · Main Street

Man Found Dead in a Main Street Apartment; Homicide and Narcotics Notified

A woman found a male resident deceased in a 921 Main Street unit; the death investigation drew multiple cars.

Late yesterday afternoon, just before 4:00 PM, BPD dispatch put out that a woman had found a male resident deceased at 921 Main Street, describing him on the air as a known drug user. Within minutes a supervisor was advised that a couple of cars were heading to the address for a dead body.

Homicide and narcotics units were notified, and officers on scene requested more time to process the call. The same address surfaced again minutes later for a chest-pain medical run; the death itself remained an open investigation as the traffic moved on.

Kenmore-Tonawanda · Bell / Sheridan

Overnight Pursuit Tops 100 MPH as Kenmore PD Joins the Chase

A vehicle running northbound at excessive speed drew both departments toward the Sheridan corridor.

Early this morning, around 1:21 AM, a vehicle pursuit ran northbound at excessive speed through the Bell and Sheridan area — clocked on the air at over 100 mph — with Kenmore PD engaging and a Tonawanda unit reported approaching Sheridan to join. The traffic gave no clean end to the chase before it dropped from the channel.

Amherst · Allenhurst Road

Fowl Play: Man Insists a Seagull Did This to Him

Around 1:29 AM, Amherst officers mapped to a domestic near 572 Allenhurst Road got a wrinkle you don't hear every shift: per the report, the man claimed he'd been assaulted by a seagull. Untangled over the following minutes, it turned into an order-of-protection matter — the male half, the protected party, said the female on scene kept following him around with a camera. The bird, for the record, was never located.

Amherst · Niagara Falls Boulevard

Cup Runneth Under: A Skunk in a Jam Outside Anderson's

At 5:29 AM, Amherst dispatch put out an animal complaint in the area of Anderson's at 2369 Niagara Falls Boulevard. The nature of it, delivered with admirable deadpan: a skunk with its head stuck in a cup. No word on how the standoff ended — but any officer volunteering to free it deserved hazard pay.

Buffalo · Auburn and Elmwood

Groundhog Day: A Large Rodent Menaces the Elmwood Village

Yesterday just after 5:00 PM, BPD fielded a report of a large rodent — believed to be a groundhog — causing a disturbance in the city near Auburn and Elmwood. Dispatch, in a triumph of jurisdiction, referred the matter to scavenging. The groundhog offered no comment.

Amherst · Coronation Drive

Someone Rearranged the Patio Furniture — And Nobody Knows Who

Late yesterday afternoon, around 5:44 PM, an Amherst complainant on Coronation Drive reported a small domestic mystery: the furniture in the backyard had been rearranged. No damage, no intruder spotted — just lawn chairs sitting somewhere they hadn't been, and a homeowner understandably unsettled by a phantom with a taste for interior decorating.

Olean · West-side car wash

Down in the Dumps: Man in a Dumpster Talks His Way Out of Trouble

Early this morning, just before 5:45 AM, Olean PD responded to a west-side car wash for a man in a dumpster creating a disturbance. The subject, identified on the air as Derek Nelson, was cleared after he agreed to clean up the area and move along — a rare dispatch that ends with the problem tidying itself.

Tonawanda · Structure Fire

Tonawanda City Firefighters Chase Flames to Second Floor, Knock Down Extension

Yesterday just after 8:09 PM, Tonawanda City Fire crews were deep into an active structure fire, opening walls floor by floor to keep the flame from climbing further. One interior company radioed that “we're working our way up the wall, there's a staircase to the right” as command tracked the attack from outside. By 8:11 PM crews reported they had opened the wall all the way to the second floor and stopped the fire's extension around that level, though the floor would need to be pulled and rechecked. Command confirmed the second floor clear a few minutes later.

Buffalo · Fulton Street

Medical Call at Fulton Street Address Turns Up Room Fully Engulfed

Yesterday at 6:39 PM, Buffalo Fire's Engine 32 was dispatched to 124 Fulton Street, between Chicago and Louisiana, for a report of a 74-year-old man suffering a possible stroke in room 7G. When the engine reached the scene roughly four minutes later, the nature of the call had changed dramatically — dispatch relayed that “room or apartment 7G is engulfed”. Truck 4 remained on the block investigating as other companies cleared calls nearby, and the incident was handled without further radio detail on injuries.

Buffalo · Northland Avenue

Buffalo Crews Stage for Police on Northland Avenue Self-Harm Call

Yesterday at 6:22 PM, Buffalo Fire's Engine 21 and Ladder 6 were sent to the upper unit of a Northland Avenue address between Purdy and Jefferson for a report of a woman attempting self-harm, described on the air as hemorrhaging and in possession of weapons. Crews staged away from the scene until police arrived, and Engine 21 radioed on location with officers roughly three minutes later, closing out the call without further detail broadcast.

Buffalo · Kenmore Avenue

Gunman Pulls Handgun on Kenmore Mart Clerk, Flees Empty-Handed

Buffalo police dispatch relayed just before 10:50 PM yesterday that a black male, shirtless and wearing red pants, had pulled a black handgun on the clerk at the Kenmore Mart, 1817 Kenmore Avenue. No money was taken, and the gunman was last seen fleeing on foot; the radio placed the incident at roughly ten minutes before the broadcast, with officers sent to search the area.

Depew · River Street

Depew Welfare Check Finds Mother Screaming After Son's Death Notification

Just before 5 AM this morning, Depew police were sent to 303 River Street for a welfare check on a woman identified on dispatch as Marguerite, described as outside screaming after being notified of her son's death. Two patrol units acknowledged the call, and a supervisor asked minutes later whether a chaplain should be notified to respond to the scene.

New Hudson · Garage Fire

Mutual-Aid Tanker Called to New Hudson Garage Fire

Early this morning, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch relayed a request from Linden's company for tanker assistance to a garage structure fire at 6362 New Mexico Road in New Hudson. The call was repeated once for confirmation, and a unit identified as 395 cleared the scene by 4 AM as the responding chief acknowledged the page.