Cheektowaga · Randolph Street · Gun Threat

Man Threatens Wife With a Gun on Randolph, Detained by Cheektowaga Police

A domestic-threat call at 1929 Randolph reported a man threatening his wife with a firearm; a suspect was detained.

At 8:19 AM, Cheektowaga police responded to 1929 Randolph for a domestic threat in which a man was reported to have threatened his wife with a gun. Units moved quickly on the address as the call carried the weight of an armed domestic.

According to the radio traffic, the suspect was detained on scene, bringing the immediate danger to a close. The nature of any charges was not stated on the air.

Great Valley · Valley Drive · Cardiac Arrest

Crews Deliver Multiple Shocks as a Great Valley Man Collapses in Cardiac Arrest

A 69-year-old man who collapsed on his kitchen floor after a syncopal episode drew a sustained resuscitation effort on Valley Drive.

At 9:02 AM, Cattaraugus Fire crews worked a full cardiac arrest at 6217 Valley Drive in Great Valley, where a 69-year-old man had collapsed on his kitchen floor after a syncopal episode. CPR was in progress as multiple units converged, the call first paged minutes earlier as a possible cardiac arrest.

Over the following minutes crews delivered multiple defibrillation shocks — a second shock logged around 9:12 AM, with a third not advised — as they fought to restore a rhythm. The patient's outcome was not stated on the air.

Cheektowaga · St. Joseph's ER · Stabbing

Stabbing Victim Turns Up at St. Joseph's ER, Attacker Identified as His Child's Mother

A man treated in an emergency-room bed told Cheektowaga police he'd been stabbed near Ryman by the mother of his child.

At 1:21 PM, Cheektowaga police were called to St. Joseph's Hospital, where a stabbing victim had arrived and was being treated in an emergency-room bed. According to the radio traffic, the man told officers he had been stabbed near Ryman by the mother of his child.

The account fit the geography of the morning's east-Cheektowaga calls — the Gates and Ryman area had already drawn two lift-assist runs earlier in the day. The status of the named attacker was not stated on the air.

Cattaraugus County · Fair Oak Street · Domestic

Boyfriend Reported Blocking Girlfriend and One-Month-Old From Leaving Fair Oak Home

A domestic dispute on Fair Oak Street had a man preventing a woman and her infant from leaving, deputies were told.

At 8:50 AM, Cattaraugus County deputies were dispatched to 507 Fair Oak Street for a domestic dispute in which a boyfriend was reported to be preventing his girlfriend and their one-month-old from leaving the residence. The situation was described as verbal at the time of the report.

Deputies worked the call over several minutes as they sorted out the account. No injuries were noted on the air, and the disposition was not stated.

Amherst · Princeton Playground · Runaway

Missing 14-Year-Old Found at the Playground Before She Could Slip Away Again

A mother reported her daughter never came home; officers spotted the girl at the Amherst Elementary playground and closed in gently, mindful she might run.

At 11:40 AM, Amherst dispatch sent a unit to see a mother at 77 Brandt Street whose 14-year-old daughter hadn't come home the night before and was believed to be at the park near Amherst Elementary. Dispatch flagged it as more of a runaway situation and warned that “she might run from you if you go to the park first” — describing the girl, identified on the air as Patience Tucker, as thin, 4'8", and dressed all in black.

An officer radioed within moments that they thought they had her at the Princeton playground, and by 11:44 AM units were out with the teen. Dispatch suggested calling the girl's mother to come pick her up, a quiet resolution to a call that had been handled carefully to avoid spooking her.

BNIA · Delta Ramp

Echo? Gecko. Ramp Radio Untangles the Phonetic Alphabet the Hard Way

A Delta ramp exchange devolves into a lizard clarification.

At 8:24 AM, two Delta ramp agents at the airport hit the eternal snag of radio clarity. When one keyed up, the other cut in flat: “You're just saying words. Was that echo or gecko”. The answer settled it, if not the phonetic alphabet — “Gecko, like the green gecko”. Somewhere an aviation-comms instructor felt a chill.

Cattaraugus County · Broadway Road

F-250 Turns Pursuit Car After Something Flies Out a Camry Window

A caller in a pickup trails a rust-marked Toyota all the way toward Gowanda.

At 12:39 PM, a Cattaraugus dispatcher relayed an erratic-operator complaint with a twist: a caller said “a passenger threw something out the window and it hit his truck”, and rather than let it go, he fell in behind them. Dispatch narrated the rolling chase — the caller “now following them heading north toward Gowanda on Broadway Road” — as the gray, rust-speckled Camry rolled past Point Peter Road, possibly a teenage driver at the wheel and a plate that came back to an address over in Wanda.

Buffalo · High Street

ENCON Sent Slithering to School 48 on the Great Snake Hunt

An environmental unit answers the call of the wild on High Street.

At 11:47 AM, an ENCON officer checked in over Buffalo police radio with a mission statement you don't hear every day: “I've been sent down High Street near School 48 just to try to attempt to locate the large snake that was reported”. Moments later the unit reported on location — no word on whether the reptile in question ever cooperated with the investigation.

Depew · Farmer's Park

Depew Crews Trade Alarm Calls for Fall Festival Duty

Between routine runs, the special-detail board fills up for the season.

At 1:13 PM, in the middle of a morning of motion-sensor false alarms and lift assists, Depew Fire radio turned to happier logistics: a special-detail assignment for the Fall Festival over at the Tops T&L Plaza and Farmer's Park. Autumn, it seems, comes with its own dispatch line.

Amherst · Order of Protection Violation

Amherst Police Track Order-of-Protection Violation to Tops Parking Lot on Maple Road

Just before noon, Amherst Police dispatch put out a call on “the violated order of protection”, first directing units to the Wegmans on Transit Road before correcting the location to a white Ford parked in the Tops lot at Maple Road, where the underlying incident had happened about an hour earlier.

A second unit was assigned to back up on the violation as officers sorted out the call on scene.

Buffalo · Elmwood Avenue Fire

Dumpster Fire Next to Building on Elmwood Avenue Forces Precautionary Evacuation, Extra Engine Called

At 12:10 PM, Engine 36 radioed Buffalo Fire dispatch to report a dumpster fire burning next to a building on Elmwood Avenue[*] [heard: Elwood Avenue], between Grote Street and Hertel Avenue, and asked that police respond as a precaution; dispatch sent Engines 36 and 38, Ladder 13 and Battalion 47.

Engine 36 confirmed that “everybody's out of the building” as a precaution, and after a truck company checked the adjacent building, dispatch was told the fire was “not inside the building”, meaning crews could knock it down with a single hoseline.

By 12:20 PM Engine 36 asked dispatch for another engine, radioing that “we just about have it out, we're just down to one light”; dispatch sent additional equipment to the scene, and Engine 28 arrived minutes later to help finish the job.

Buffalo · Goulding Avenue Cardiac Arrest

Buffalo Fire Crews Start CPR on Goulding Avenue After Cardiac Arrest Call

Just after 12:27 PM, Buffalo Fire sent Engine 33 and Engine 20 to an upper apartment on Goulding Avenue near Humboldt Parkway for a person not breathing, a call dispatch upgraded to cardiac arrest as units rolled.

Engine 33 arrived with police at 12:31 PM, and dispatch confirmed on the air moments later that crews were “commencing CPR”.

Buffalo · Colvin Avenue MVA

Car Strikes Tree on Colvin Avenue, Entrapment Fear Called Off Within Minutes

At 7:18 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatched Engine 38, Ladder 13, Rescue 1, Engine 40 and Battalion 47 to Colvin Avenue[*], between Hertel Avenue and Tacoma Avenue, for a two-car crash with one vehicle into a tree and a report of possible entrapment involving two people in one vehicle.

Engine 347 arrived to find companies already investigating, and within three minutes 4-7-38 radioed dispatch that there was “no entrapment, recommend pick up the rest here”, allowing Rescue 1 and Engine 40 to clear while Engine 38 held on scene with the ambulance.

Batavia · Transformer Outage

Blown Transformer Knocks Out Power on Bank Street in Batavia

At 7:45 AM, Genesee County Fire dispatched Batavia units to Bank Street between North and Fairmont for a blown transformer that knocked out power in the area; dispatch repeated to responding crews that there was “no active fire or smoke in the area” and “no active arcing or sparking” at the scene.

Salamanca · Casino Parking Ramp Crash

Elderly Driver, Passenger Hurt in Crash at Salamanca Casino Parking Ramp

At 12:34 PM, a Salamanca police dispatcher confirmed with an officer that no injuries had initially been reported after a 75-year-old driver struck a wall inside a parking ramp; the caller told police she was “just shook up” after hitting the wall on the ramp's first level.

Officers reached out to the Seneca Allegany Marshals — heard on the radio as "S&A Marshals" — who sent an additional unit to the ramp, and by 12:43 PM dispatch had Nine-Nine Ambulance en route from the fire station.

Minutes later, dispatch relayed vehicle information tied to the crash — a Pennsylvania-registered car with a driver whose ID ended in 551 — along with a New Jersey ID ending in 514 for a passenger EMS was responding for, suggesting the initial no-injury report did not hold for everyone in the car.

Town of Poland · Cemetery Street Complaint

Suspect Breaks Door, Flees Toward Poland Cemetery Dressed in Black

At 1:16 PM, Chautauqua County dispatch sent units to a criminal mischief complaint at Cemetery Street in the Town of Poland after a caller reported that a subject identified on the air as Colton Brown had broken a door at the residence and fled on foot toward a nearby cemetery, dressed all in black.

Responding units checked the area for lookout points, but by 1:19 PM one unit reported “negative OPs”, and the search continued without a confirmed resolution over the air.