Cattaraugus County · Randolph · Order Violation

A Wanted Man Breaks Into a Randolph Home in Violation of a Protection Order, Sending Deputies Into a Foot Pursuit

The domestic-related suspect was reported actively forcing his way into the residence before fleeing on foot toward the railroad tracks near Cold Spring Road.

At 12:52 PM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's deputies were sent to 2868 Corbett Hill Road in Randolph for a wanted male reported to be actively breaking into a residence. The traffic identified the incident as domestic-related, with an order of protection in place, and a foot pursuit was initiated as the subject fled the home.

The search moved to the Cold Spring Road area near Little Valley, where deputies tracked a suspect described as wearing a burgundy or gray shirt fleeing on foot toward the railroad tracks. The run held the radio for the better part of an hour as units worked the wooded corridor between the road and the tracks.

Buffalo · Forest and Grant · Armed Suspect

A Man in a Silver Toyota Flashes a Gun Near Forest and Grant, Pulling Delta Cars Into an Investigative Chase

Dispatch put the gun call out on the enforcement channel as officers tried to nail down a direction and travel for the fleeing car.

Just after 12:30 PM, Buffalo police moved a gun complaint to the enforcement channel near Forest and Grant, dispatch relaying that a male in a silver Toyota had flashed a gun. Officers asked who was headed that way and pressed for a direction and a travel on the car as dispatch worked live updates.

A couple of Delta cars were pulled to the gun call, and the traffic carried the markers of an active investigative pursuit rather than a static complaint — repeated unit checks and a scramble to lock down where the vehicle was heading. No arrest was stated on the air before the thread cleared.

Buffalo · Walden Avenue · Missing Juveniles

Two Young Siblings Missing Overnight From a Walden Avenue Apartment as the Mother's Warrant Tangles the Search

A 14-year-old and a 12-year-old were reported not home since 9:00 PM the night before, with a court-order holder telling police the mother has an outstanding warrant.

At 1:46 PM, Buffalo police took a welfare check at 860 Walden Avenue, apartment 2, for two juveniles — a 14-year-old and a 12-year-old — who were supposed to be home the night before at 9:00 PM and had not returned. Police had already been called on the matter overnight.

The custody backdrop complicated the run: dispatch relayed that the holder of a court order had called to report the children missing, and that the mother had a warrant. The check went out as a search for two absent siblings tangled up in a family-court dispute rather than a straightforward walk-away.

Buffalo · Niagara River · Marine Alert

A Vehicle Is Spotted Floating Down the Niagara River Under the Skyway, Prompting a Caution Alert to Mariners

Marine radio placed the drifting car more than three miles down the river before it passed under the Skyway, warning boaters to approach the area with caution.

At 8:12 AM, marine radio reported a car floating in the river — placed some 3.2 miles below and, by the time of the transmission, drifting under the Skyway bridge. All mariners were advised to approach the area with caution.

The report ran as a hazard-to-navigation advisory over the water rather than a rescue, with no occupant mentioned on the air. The drifting vehicle was left to the mariners' caution notice as the traffic cleared.

Grand Island · River Road · Bus Disturbance

A Violent Disturbance Erupts Aboard a Transit Bus Near Grand Island, Chasing Responders Across the Bridge

NFTA asked for help on a violent incident aboard Bus 2318 near River Road and Grand Island Boulevard, with a suspect reported to flee on foot as the call bounced between jurisdictions.

Around 8:35 AM, Mercy Flight dispatch relayed that NFTA was asking for a response to River Road at Grand Island Boulevard for a violent incident aboard a transit bus — identified on the air as Bus 2318. Crews spent the first minutes trying to confirm whether the scene was on East or West River and, indeed, whether it fell in their jurisdiction at all.

The bus was reported to have pulled over just past exit 17 near the Buffalo–Tonawanda line, and the call was re-firmed to Tonawanda. A subject — described as a white male in a black hat with a gray shirt — was reported to have taken off on foot back toward the bridge, later seen running through a marina heading toward Buffalo, and a responding unit pushed across the bridge anyway to see what was unfolding as the agencies sorted out who owned the call.

Niagara Region · Room 2901

Press On: A Guest's Ironing Emergency Gets Repeated Seven Times

Somewhere in room 2901, a wrinkle would not wait.

At 2:50 PM, a hotel dispatcher on the Embassy shuttle-and-service channel keyed up with a request of quiet desperation: an iron and an ironing board, to room 2901, please. Once was not enough. The call went out again. And again — seven times in all, the same plea for pressing hardware bouncing across the trunk. Whatever occasion awaited in 2901, it demanded crisp lapels, and the front desk was not going to let a soft signal stand between a guest and a smooth crease.

Cheektowaga · Niagara Transformer

The Little Alarm That Cried Wolf: Three Trips Since Last Night to the Same Dale Road Plant

A dispatcher does the math on a fire panel that will not quit.

At 1:26 PM, as rescue crews rolled once more on a fire alarm at the Niagara Transformer plant at 1755 Dale Road, a Cheektowaga fire dispatcher laid out the running tally with weary candor. Same kind of alarms, a chief asked, that went off the last three days? That's clear, came the reply — they'd been there three times since last night for regular alarms. The verdict was unanimous and unhappy: they definitely got some type of fault in their system. The building keeps ringing; the fault, so far, keeps winning.

Cattaraugus County · Little Valley

Eagle-Eyed Deputies Get to Stand Down: The Patient Flew Away

Cattaraugus County's grounded bald eagle got up, dusted itself off, and took to the trees.

It is not every welfare check that ends this well. A grounded eagle in Cattaraugus County had drawn the attention of deputies and the state's environmental conservation officers, until nature settled the matter on its own. The bird, a deputy reported over the sheriff's channel, got up and flew into a tree — you can probably stand down, Encon. The prognosis was as good as it gets: looks like it's up and alive and healthy. Case closed, wings intact.

Buffalo · Ladder 5

Boxed In: Ladder 5 Can't Make the Turn Thanks to Parking Enforcement

A fire truck versus a jammed intersection — and the fire truck loses the geometry.

At 11:11 AM, Ladder 5 keyed up with a grievance every big-rig driver understands. Cars were all over the intersection near parking enforcement, the crew reported, and the ladder simply could not make its turns. It is the eternal city standoff, played out on the fireground: an aerial truck built to conquer a burning high-rise, defeated by a bad parking job.

Cheektowaga · Union Road

If the Shoe Fits: Officers Dispatched to Help a Man Get His On

A Union Road escort for the most modest of assists.

At 1:38 PM, a Cheektowaga dispatcher sent Radio 17 on an escort to 4563 Union Road, on the east side between Pine Coffer and Fairhaven, with a simple mission statement: the complainant needs some help getting some shoes. Not stolen shoes, not a shoe fight — just a person who needed a hand getting shod, and a police department willing to lend one.

Town of Tonawanda · Sheridan Park

Fire Alarm Empties Sheridan Park Building, Crews Find No Fire

At 9:42 AM, Tonawanda Town Fire dispatch sent a full alarm assignment to 360 Fire Tower Drive, identified on the air as Sheridan Park, after an automatic fire alarm activation; the building was evacuated as engine and truck companies responded.

Crews arrived within minutes and sent a firefighter inside to investigate; dispatch soon confirmed the building had been cleared and reported no fire found, releasing most of the responding companies while one engine held on scene to finish checking the system.

Buffalo · Ideal Street

Infant Hurt, Breathing Oddly After Domestic Dispute on Ideal Street

Just after 11:53 AM, Buffalo Police radio described a domestic dispute at an address on Ideal Street in which a baby was accidentally injured during the altercation and was, in dispatch's words, “breathing weird” afterward.

Officers were sent to the scene with instructions to advise both parties involved, according to the radio traffic.

Buffalo · Dearborn Street

Man Threatens Suicide With Rope on Dearborn Street Porch, CPS Notified

Just after 12:10 PM, Buffalo Police radio sent units to assist on Dearborn Street after a report of a male on the porch with a rope around his neck, threatening suicide; a supervisor confirmed Child Protective Services had been notified given a child in the home.

Multiple units, including a crisis-trained officer, responded to the scene, and within minutes radio traffic indicated the male was “all set”.

Buffalo · Minnesota Avenue

Search Opened for Woman, 60, Not Heard From Since Friday

Just after 11:02 AM, Buffalo Police units headed to Minnesota Avenue to check on a woman identified over the radio as Roberta Brown, a woman in her 60s who had not been heard from since Friday and who, a caller said, had been having trouble with neighbors and “sounds scared”.

Lancaster · Cedarbrook Drive

Bystanders Perform CPR on Man in Medical Distress on Cedarbrook Drive

Just after 8:56 AM, Lancaster police dispatch sent first aid to 30 Cedarbrook Drive for a man in his 60s reported in extreme difficulty breathing and about to pass out.

Minutes later, the caller phoned back to report CPR was already in progress on scene as units continued responding.

West Seneca · French Road

Yard, Garage and Vehicle Rifled Overnight on French Road

Just after 7:00 AM, West Seneca Police Dispatch sent a unit to 258 French Road on a criminal mischief complaint after the resident reported someone had gotten into the yard and garage sometime overnight and gone through a vehicle parked there, leaving it ransacked.

Wyoming County · Buffalo Road

One-Year-Old Found Walking Alone on Rural Road Near Warsaw

Just before 10:00 AM, Wyoming County Sheriff's dispatch relayed a call from a passing motorist who said they had found a one-year-old toddler walking alone in the roadway on Buffalo Road between Exchange Road and Manes Road, with no adult anywhere in sight.

A deputy assigned to the Warsaw station was sent en route to the scene; the traffic reviewed for this window did not confirm whether the child's family had been located.

Olean

Armed Man in Backyard Prompts Multi-Unit Search in Olean

Just before 2:00 PM, Olean Police Dispatch relayed a call from a neighbor reporting a man walking around a backyard on the city's North Second Street corridor carrying what looked like a shotgun or rifle, wearing a camo jacket and shorts; the caller said “he didn't point it at anyone”.

Multiple units converged on the North Second and North Third Street blocks, checking yards on foot as the caller lost sight of the man and suggested he might have gone into a house or shed; after several minutes an officer radioed that the area had been checked with negative results and asked dispatch to have the caller come out to speak with them directly.

By 2:00 PM an officer reported being in contact with a male on North Third Street, though a follow-up call back to the original caller went unanswered.