Buffalo · Lower East Side · Stabbing Report

A Reported Stabbing on Michigan Avenue Puts the Assailant Still Inside — Then Officers Find "No Stabbing Here"

Late last night, Buffalo police rushed a stabbing report on Michigan Avenue with a knife reportedly used and the suspect still in the building.

Yesterday at about 10:13 PM, a Buffalo dispatcher sent cars to 1171 Michigan, between Edna and Dodge, relaying a report of a female “stabbed when it ripped the other person's hair out”, with yelling and screaming in the background and no answer on the 911 line. The traffic noted a knife involved and the assailant on scene.

Multiple sector units responded fast. Within minutes, an officer on scene cut through the alarm with a flat correction: “just for the record, there's no stabbing here”. One knife was recovered. The scanner traffic established the initial report, the fast response, and the on-scene conclusion that no stabbing had occurred before the thread closed.

Amherst · Triple Beating

A 74-Year-Old Amherst Man Is Hospitalized After a Reported Triple Beating

Late last night, Amherst emergency crews transported a 74-year-old man described on the air as the victim of a triple beating.

Yesterday at about 10:02 PM, an Amherst dispatcher arranged a hospital run for a “74-year-old male triple beating”, with a rig already on its way. A dispatcher checked whether the man had any difficulty speaking between breaths and was told no.

Assault of that kind on an elderly victim is a rare entry on Amherst's wires, where the evening's traffic ran heavily to medical alarms and alarm resets. The scanner traffic established the victim's age, the nature of the call, and the hospital transport but did not establish a suspect, a location, or an arrest before the thread closed.

Buffalo · North · Shots Fired

A Gun Call on Springer Escalates to a Gunshot and a Bullet Hole in the Side Door

Yesterday afternoon, a Buffalo gun call on Springer turned concrete when officers heard a shot and found what looked like a bullet hole in a side door.

Yesterday at about 3:18 PM, officers working a gun call at 152 Springer told radio that “it sounded like a gunshot as we were pulling up and saw some debris came out of the side door”. One unit reported it looked like a possible bullet hole in the side door and asked for a lieutenant to respond.

A suspect vehicle — a Honda with plate John Charlie Adam 1-1-5-2 — was broadcast as armed and last seen heading north on Delaware. Units held their positions while clearing the house, where officers reported a shotgun sitting in plain view on a living-room couch. The scanner traffic established the shot, the apparent bullet hole, and the vehicle lookout but did not establish an arrest or any injury before the thread closed.

Clarence · East Somerset Lane · Structure Fire

An Overnight Kitchen Fire on East Somerset Lane Turns Into a Working House Fire — With a Hostile Occupant

Early this morning, a kitchen fire on East Somerset Lane grew into a working residential fire, with crews reporting a hostile occupant and calling for police backup.

The run began around 11:06 PM yesterday as a kitchen fire on East Somerset Lane in Clarence Center, with an inoperable extinguisher and occupants reported refusing to evacuate. By about 12:13 AM, it had grown to a working residential fire, with a crew member telling dispatch to “notify APD, we've got a hot fire on the residence”.

A firefighter reported exiting the structure for his own safety, describing an occupant who was “quite hostile”, and asked that she be moved from the scene. Amherst Fire sent a police car and said he was not done investigating. The fire's stated origin was the stove, with minor cabinet extension; crews cleared the scene. The scanner traffic established the fire, the hostile occupant, and the police notification but did not establish any injuries before the thread closed.

Amherst · Dewey Hall · Armed Subject Report

A Man Racks a Handgun in a Car Near Dewey Hall in a Rare Amherst Weapons Call

Yesterday afternoon, Amherst police worked a report of a man who racked a handgun inside a vehicle near Dewey Hall.

Yesterday at about 3:23 PM, an Amherst dispatcher described a young male with dark hair and a young female in a vehicle, with the complainant reporting the male “racked a handgun in the front seat”. The car was last seen turning onto the road toward Dewey Hall.

Dispatch noted the complainant was unsure whether the turn was toward Dewey Hall or John James Audubon Parkway, and that University at Buffalo police had the information as well. A brandished-handgun call is an unusual one for Amherst's wires. The scanner traffic established the report and the vehicle but did not establish a stop or an arrest before the thread closed.

Kenmore / Tonawandas · West Hazel · Working Fire

A Working House Fire on West Hazel Draws Kenmore Mutual Aid — Knocked Down Within Minutes

Yesterday afternoon, Tonawanda and Kenmore companies worked a confirmed house fire on West Hazeltine, with the bulk of the blaze knocked down fast.

Yesterday at about 3:00 PM, a Tonawanda dispatcher put engines out for a working house fire with Kenmore at 474 West Hazeltine, also requesting a utility response. Multiple companies converged, coordinating approaches from Military and Elmwood.

By about 3:06 PM, command reported the “bulk of the fire looks to be knocked down, checking for hot spots in the attic”, with crews checking for hot spots in the attic. The scanner traffic established the confirmed fire, the mutual-aid response, and the quick knockdown but did not establish any injuries or displacement before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Windspear Avenue · Garage Fire

Six Companies Roll on a Garage Fire at the Rear of a Windspear Avenue Church

Yesterday evening, Buffalo Fire sent a full response to a garage fire behind a church on Windspear Avenue after a caller gave the wrong address.

Yesterday at about 9:25 PM, Buffalo Fire toned an alarm of fire — engines 23, 34 and 33, ladders 7, 14 and 13 as the fast team, plus Rescue 1 — initially to 323 Highgate before the caller phoned back with a correction to 323 Windspear, between Comstock and Bailey.

An early-arriving chief staged unsure whether the garage or the house was on fire, and the blaze was reported in the rear of the garage behind a church. Crews knocked it down and released several companies back into service by order of the battalion chief. The scanner traffic established the fire, the response, and the knockdown but did not establish any injuries before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Downtown / Elmwood · Missing Juvenile

Buffalo Police Widen a Downtown Search for a Missing 13-Year-Old Girl

Yesterday evening, Buffalo police pulled extra cars into a search spanning downtown and the Elmwood-Richmond area for a 13-year-old girl who left with a bag of clothes.

Yesterday at about 8:27 PM, a Buffalo dispatcher cleared units for a missing-person call — a “13-year-old, missing around 3 p.m., black female, 5'5", took a big bag of clothes” — and asked for a couple more cars to search the Franklin and Niagara area.

The same channel carried a second missing-person broadcast minutes later: a 22-year-old male, about 6-foot-3, in a green Gap hoodie and light pink shorts, carrying a suitcase and known to walk downtown toward Elmwood or Richmond. Dispatch spread cars across downtown and the Elmwood-Richmond corridor. The scanner traffic established both searches but did not establish that either person was located before the thread closed.

Jamestown · Van Buren Street · Missing Juvenile

Jamestown Police Issue an Overnight Alert for a Missing 14-Year-Old Girl

Early this morning, Jamestown police issued an attempt-to-locate for a 14-year-old girl who had been gone since the day before.

At about 12:16 AM, a Jamestown dispatcher sent a unit to 351 Van Buren Street to locate a 14-year-old girl identified on dispatch as Bella Lopez, reported gone since the previous day. An officer noted he had already swung by a nearby location to check for her without success.

The scanner traffic established the attempt-to-locate and the name broadcast but did not establish that she was found before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Buffalo Zoo

Is the Smoke Really at the Giraffe Enclosure? Officers and Fire Can't Quite Agree

Yesterday just before 6:00 PM, a report of smoke at the Buffalo Zoo sent everyone chasing geography. One unit keyed up, incredulous: “are you sure it's the giraffe enclosure? Like, we're over here and there's nothing over here. Fire's not even here”. The theory shifted to the reptile house, then the primates, before Buffalo Fire reported no fire at either and decided to head back toward Parkside and Amherst to figure out where the smell was actually coming from. The culprit, it turned out, was a controlled burn.

Buffalo · Northeast

Shot, Stabbed, and Armed: A Dispatcher's Dawn Deadpan

A little after 5:00 AM, a weary East District unit — bracing to head back up to ECMC and, in his words, “deal with the riot that we just dropped off” — got the day's most improbable rundown. A caller, the dispatcher relayed, was “wearing a black shirt, green pants, and he's shot, and he's stabbed, and he has a gun”. All at once. Just so you know.

Cheektowaga · Nuisance Call

Kicked Off the Bus, He Keeps Calling 911 for a Ride to ECMC

Yesterday around 5:26 PM, a Cheektowaga officer pieced together a familiar caller's problem: “he got kicked off a bus earlier and now he wants a ride, basically to ECMC — we tried telling him that we don't do that”. Each refusal apparently prompted another 911 call. An officer resolved to go let him know, in person, that a taxi service was not among the department's offerings.

Hamburg · Open Mic

"Playing a Smash Fight": Hamburg's Airwaves Draw Up a 40-Yard Play

Yesterday around 8:37 PM, Hamburg's frequency briefly stopped sounding like a police channel and started sounding like a chalkboard. “I'm thinking about playing a smash fight, because then we can take our draw up, like, you know, 40 yards up, and actually run in”, one voice offered, to murmured agreement about focusing on what matters and ignoring the window. Whatever the game, the strategy session landed on the air for all of the Southtowns to overhear.

Buffalo · South

"Please Fill Myself With Words of Encouragement"

Just after midnight, an A District officer, back in service and parked on a directed patrol at Perry and Hayward, keyed up with an admission — “I don't know what I'm talking about” — and then a request for the ages: “please fill myself with words of encouragement”. Dispatch, so far as the tape shows, declined to oblige.

Amherst · Domestic Dispute

Amherst Dispatcher Relays Threat to Stab Wife Before Caller Hangs Up

Yesterday evening, an Amherst Police dispatcher relayed a domestic-violence report in which a caller said a man was going to “stab the wife in the chest” before the call ended abruptly. Dispatch worked out a report designation for the male half of the pair as officers were sent to check on the household; no address was given over the air in this window, and the outcome was not broadcast.

Tonawanda · Military Road · Domestic Disturbance

Caller's Pleas for Help Send Tonawanda Officers to Mobile Park Break-In

Tonawanda Police Dispatch sent a string of units just before 3:45 AM to 1774 Military Road, identified on the air as a mobile home park, after a woman reported someone “trying to kick in her door” and repeatedly told the call-taker, “please hurry”. Dispatch noted a second 911 call came in from the same address on an open line before the caller hung up, prompting additional cars to the scene; no word on an arrest or the caller's condition followed on the channel.

Tonawanda · Ontario Circle · Medical Emergency

DoorDash Driver's 911 Call Leads to CPR Effort Near Ontario Circle

Tonawanda Police Dispatch responded yesterday at 7:17 PM to a call from a DoorDash driver who said he could see a man lying along a walkway near Ontario Circle, unsure of his condition. Arriving units found the man just over the Buffalo city line exhibiting “agonal breathing”, and dispatchers scrambled to confirm whether bystanders had begun CPR while coordinating with Buffalo Police and Buffalo Fire and requesting AMR medics respond emergency traffic. A county EMS crew later cleared the location; no outcome for the man was given on the air.

Tonawanda · Sharon & Belmont · Hit-and-Run

Older Woman in Gray Sedan Flees After Striking Pedestrian

Tonawanda Police Dispatch sent units yesterday at 3:02 PM to the area of Sharon Avenue and Belmont Avenue for a pedestrian, described as wearing a black suit, struck by a gray sedan. Dispatch said the driver, an older woman, did not stop and was “last seen south on Belmont”. The pedestrian reportedly declined medical treatment at the scene; no vehicle was located before the channel moved on.

Clarence · East Somerset Lane · Kitchen Fire

Clarence Kitchen Fire Puts Occupants at Odds With Crews Over Evacuating

Late last night, Ellicott Creek firefighters were paged to a reported kitchen fire at East Somerset Lane East Somerset Lane, a dead-end street, with Creek 19, Creek 9 and Creek 9-1 responding. A dispatcher relayed that “the neighbor put it out with a water can”, then moments later added that “their extinguisher is not working and they are refusing to evacuate”; Amherst police were asked to respond as crews worked to get the household out. Units arriving at the two-story duplex found nothing showing and went to investigating mode.

Buffalo · South Park Avenue · House Fire

Overnight Blaze at Goodrich and South Park Displaces Six, Tallies $320,000 in Damage

Buffalo Fire crews knocked down an overnight house fire at the corner of Goodrich Street[*] [heard: Good] Street and South Park Avenue after flames broke out in the first-floor laundry room of a two-and-a-half-story wood-frame house with a two-story rear addition and climbed to the second floor. Companies stretched four-inch-and-three-quarter hand lines and 60 feet of ground ladders before command gave dispatch its damage rundown just before 6 a.m.: “200,000 to the building, 120,000 to the contents, cause under investigation”. Six adults were displaced and turned over to the Red Cross, and a chief later asked for one more line to the second-floor rear to knock down a remaining hot spot. The cause remains under investigation.

Buffalo · Forest Avenue · Multi-Patient Crash

Four Hurt in Forest Avenue Crash, Buffalo Fire Calls for Extra Ambulance

Yesterday evening, Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 19 and Ladder 4 to Forest Avenue[*] Avenue and Grant Street at 6:14 PM for a reported motor vehicle accident. Minutes later, Engine 19 radioed dispatch that crews had four patients and “we're going to need at least one more ambulance in addition to what's coming”; dispatch acknowledged and additional ambulances were sent. No further details on injuries or the vehicles involved were broadcast on the fire channel in this window.

Buffalo · E District · Missing Juvenile

Buffalo Police Search Overnight for Missing 16-Year-Old

Overnight, Buffalo police dispatch sent an E District unit to Maple Ridge Maple Ridge for a location check on a 16-year-old identified on dispatch as Kristen Lawrence, a light-skinned Black female reported missing by her mother. The mother, calling from off-site, told dispatch she believed her daughter was at the address based on a food-delivery order; the unit cleared the call with no further details broadcast on the air.

Buffalo · Carbon Monoxide Alarm

Carbon Monoxide Reading of 44 Parts Per Million Triggers Level 3 Response

Yesterday evening, Buffalo Fire Dispatch initially sent Ladder 10 on a Level 1 response to a home on Fire, between Maywood and Wildwood, to investigate a possible carbon monoxide problem just after 7:10 PM. Within a minute dispatch upgraded the call to a Level 3 response after National Fuel relayed that the caller's detector was reading 44 parts per million. Engine 32 arrived at a two-and-a-half-story frame house and began investigating; crews on scene soon reported a reading of “50 parts per million” as National Fuel responded to verify the level independently.

Buffalo · Hagen Street · Assault

Five Maced in Hagen Street Altercation, Teen Identified as Assailant

Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 31 and Ladder 14 to Hagen Street Hagen Street, between Lyon and East Sullivan, yesterday at 9:08 PM for a 19-year-old woman reported assaulted and maced. Within minutes, dispatch advised units that the assailant was a 17-year-old female and that they had “a report of 5 people that were maced”. Crews arriving on scene also found building alarms ringing in apartment 217 with no sign of smoke or fire — likely fallout from the chemical irritant rather than a separate incident. No arrest was reported over the air in this window.

Buffalo · Utica and Rutherford · Robbery

Knifepoint Robbery Reported at Utica and Rutherford, No Arrest Confirmed

Buffalo Police E District units were sent to Utica and Rutherford yesterday at 10:21 PM after a complainant reported suspects had taken $200 at knifepoint. Dispatch relayed a description of one suspect as a female in a gray hoodie as units converged on the area, then checked near Kingsley and Rutherford[*] [heard: Rother] a few minutes later before clearing the call. No arrest or suspect detention was reported over the air in this window.

Buffalo · Hopkins Street · Downed Lines

Crash at Hopkins and Reading Downs Utility Pole, Knocks Out Transformers

Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 4 and Ladder 10 yesterday at 11:10 PM to Hopkins Street at Reading Street for a one-car motor vehicle accident. Arriving crews found the crash had brought down a utility pole — numbered 123 — with “a telephone pole down with transformers on it”, confirmed as mostly electric rather than telephone lines, and had to route in from Wehrle Avenue after Hopkins was blocked. The address was eventually given as 110 Hopkins. No injuries were broadcast for the crash itself.

Buffalo · Peace Bridge · Pursuit

Vehicle Flees Failed Peace Bridge Inspection, Stopped Within Minutes

Yesterday at 11:03 PM, Thruway Ch4 put out a call-for-all-patrols after a vehicle “took off from a failed inspection” at the Peace Bridge inspection area. Dispatch described a black Hyundai hatchback on an Ontario plate and asked troopers to check for it; within a few minutes a trooper reported the car stopped just short of a work zone a couple of exits away, then radioed he was “off the operator now” — out of the car with the driver in hand. Dispatch asked that U.S. Customs be notified of the stop.

Buffalo · South District · Utility Pole

Utility Pole 'Completely Obliterated' in Overnight South Buffalo Crash

Just before 11 PM yesterday, a Buffalo police officer on patrol in the South District radioed that a utility pole on his beat was “completely obliterated”, sheared roughly five to seven feet up and left hanging by its lines. The officer worked out the pole's number for National Grid — settling on pole 123, next to an undamaged pole 127 — and reported it “leaking some kind of fluid from one of the canisters out there”; National Grid was subsequently notified of a resulting fire in the area. No address, injuries, or vehicle details were given on the air.

West Seneca · Lee Cliff Lane · Domestic Threat

Mother, Sister Flee West Seneca Home as Teen Vows to Kill Them

West Seneca Police rushed units to 10 Lee Cliff Lane yesterday at 9:44 PM after a 17-year-old boy got into a physical fight with his mother and sister. A dispatcher relayed that the teenager, who had stayed on the line with a call-taker, was now saying he “wants to kill the people that are in the house”, and that the mother and sister had moved themselves outside the house after he broke through a door or two inside. Officers believed the teen may have slipped out the back of the residence and set up a perimeter along a nearby tree line and creek bank, bringing in additional units to search the rear yards; no arrest was reported on the air before the channel moved to other calls.

West Seneca · Route 219 · Crash, Assault

Driver Punches Woman in Face After Two-Car Crash on Route 219

West Seneca Police units were sent to Route 219 between Berg Road and Ridge Road yesterday at 5:39 PM for a reported two-car crash. A dispatcher initially feared a domestic assault was unfolding inside one of the vehicles, but a follow-up call clarified that the driver of the striking car got into a confrontation with the woman in the vehicle he had hit and “struck her in the face”. Officers found the striking car, a black Chevy Trax bearing plate LUX 5410, pulled onto the shoulder with its airbags deployed, and separated the two parties while blocking the highway's right lane during the investigation.

Orchard Park · Windom Road · Pedestrian Struck

Pedestrian Hits Head on Pavement After Being Struck Near Windom Road

Orchard Park Fire Control sent engine and EMS crews to Windom Road near Pennhurst Road yesterday at 4:30 PM for a pedestrian struck by a vehicle who “hit their head on the pavement”, with injuries unknown at dispatch. Within minutes of the first arriving unit, a crew on scene radioed back that the pedestrian was “up and talking”, suggesting the injuries were not severe.

West Seneca · Orchard Park Road · Break-In

Former Employee Breaks Into West Seneca Tops Overnight, No Charges Filed

West Seneca Police responded to the Tops supermarket at Orchard Park Road Orchard Park Road just after 4:02 AM after store security reported a former employee had broken into the building overnight through a damaged receiving door. Responding officers found “no evidence of any other crimes being committed other than the entrance”, and with the manager uninterested in pressing charges, the case was logged as criminal trespass rather than burglary; the manager said they just wanted it “documented in case anything else comes up”.

Wyoming County · Centerline Road · Field Fire

Skid Steer Fire Burns Near Gas Main in Remote Wyoming County Field

Yesterday afternoon, Wyoming County Fire Dispatch sent a mutual-aid engine to Centerline Road Centerline Road, between Maxson and Route 98, after a skid steer caught fire on a main gas line roughly three-quarters of a mile back in a field, reachable only by a path through the Bolvay property. Dispatch warned that a larger apparatus might have trouble covering the distance and noted a truck and trailer would be parked in the driveway along the road.

Little Valley · Black Road · Threats

Suspect Flees After Threatening to Kill Little Valley Homeowner

Yesterday afternoon, Cattaraugus County Sheriff's deputies responded to Black Road Black Road in Little Valley after interviewing a man identified on dispatch as Thomas Vogt, who said a person identified as Elijah Burnside — described as a friend of his grandson — had threatened to kill him roughly 30 minutes earlier. Burnside had already left the residence by the time deputies arrived, and a second unit was added to the call as it went out.

NY Thruway · Exit 55 · Road Rage

Road-Rage Driver Flashes Rifle Near Thruway Exit 55

Yesterday at 4:46 PM, Thruway Ch4 relayed a report of a black 2017 Chevy Silverado that had been “road raging with a passenger car” with a passenger car, with the driver displaying a rifle to the other motorist before merging onto the Thruway from Route 219 and continuing on. Troopers were asked to check the area near Exit 55 for the truck; dispatch noted the original caller did not want to pursue a formal complaint and only wanted the vehicle located. No stop was reported on the air in this window.