Buffalo · Volton Street · Missing Child

A Child Under 12 in a White Shirt and a Diaper Walked Off Near Volton Street — A District Scrambles

Buffalo's A District threw multiple cars at a search early this afternoon after a young child, left with a caller's nephew, wandered off in an unknown direction.

At about 2:37 PM, an A District dispatcher called for a couple of cars to 44 Volton for a missing person under 12. The child, left with the caller's nephew, was in “a white shirt, with a diaper” and had left in an unknown direction about an hour earlier.

Several units — including cars 11, 10, 30, 31 and 280 — were sent, and dispatch later put an additional car, 210, on the missing person as well. By about 2:40 PM, officers reported cars were pulling up to the scene. The scanner traffic established the search and the heavy response but did not establish that the child had been located before the thread closed.

Amherst · Premier Wine and Spirits · Larceny

$3,900 Walks Out of a Williamsville Wine Store — Caller Names a Gray Kia and a Gang Tie

Amherst police put out a lookout for a gray Kia after a $3,900 larceny at Premier Wine and Spirits, with a caller warning that the vehicle's usual operator is a longtime gang member who carries firearms.

At about 12:29 PM, an Amherst dispatcher broadcast that a larceny had occurred three minutes earlier at Premier Wine and Spirits, with $3,900 taken. The lookout went out for a Black male in a puffy jacket and another in a black shirt, fleeing in a newer gray Kia.

During the vehicle lookup, a caller told dispatch that the Kia is usually operated by a relative described as a longtime gang member who “usually has firearms”. Units ran the registration while the vehicle was broadcast as fleeing. The scanner traffic established the theft, the vehicle, and the caller's warning but did not establish an arrest or recovery before the thread closed.

Amherst · Ridge Lea Road · MVA With Extrication

A Rollover on Ridge Lea Road Traps a Driver and Shuts the Roadway Near the UB Campus

Amherst fire companies cut a driver free from an overturned car on Ridge Lea Road early this afternoon, closing lanes near North Bailey Avenue.

At about 1:50 PM, Amherst Fire toned out a single-vehicle rollover on Ridge Lea Road[*], between North Bailey Avenue and the dead end near Dick's Sporting Goods, with extrication possibly required.

Ellicott Creek and Twin City units responded, and command set up a lane shutdown while keeping one lane of oncoming traffic open. By about 2:06 PM, crews reported the patient had been extricated and the companies held with what they had on the road. The scanner traffic established the rollover and the extrication but did not establish the extent of injuries before the thread closed.

Amherst · Sheridan Drive · Behavioral Crisis

A Group-Home Resident Holds a Plastic Knife to His Own Neck in a Recurring Crisis

Campus and area officers arranged a mental-hygiene hold after a group-home resident on Sheridan Drive — described as a frequent behavioral crisis — put a plastic knife to his neck.

At about 11:23 AM, officers worked a call at a group home at 5500 Sheridan Drive for a resident who had a plastic knife to his neck. Dispatch described the resident as a frequent behavioral crisis at the location.

Officers arranged a mental-hygiene (941) hold to move the resident for evaluation rather than to charge him. The scanner traffic established the crisis call and the hold but did not establish any injuries before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Elmwood Village · Found Firearm

A Caller Finds an Assembled Handgun With the Serial Number Scratched Off on an Elmwood Sidewalk

Buffalo police were sent to South Elmwood Avenue after a caller reported a real-looking gun, its serial number filed away, sitting on the sidewalk in front of a building.

At about 9:38 AM, a Buffalo dispatcher sent a car to 243 South Elmwood, relaying that a caller “found a assembled gun on the sidewalk”. Dispatch said it appeared to be real and that the serial number looked to have been scratched off, with the firearm sitting in front of the building.

Officers were already committed nearby and moved to secure the weapon. The scanner traffic established the found gun and the defaced serial number but did not establish any related arrest before the thread closed.

Chautauqua County · Lakewood · Structure Fire

Smoke Pours From a Lakewood Home's Front Door in a Suspected Structure Fire

Chautauqua County companies worked a Hearn Avenue home in Lakewood after a caller reported smoke in the house and watched from the balcony.

Starting about 7:15 AM, Chautauqua County fire dispatched to 23 Hearn Avenue in Lakewood for a possible structure fire, with smoke showing from the front door and a caller reporting out on a balcony.

Engine 371 reported on location, and crews logged roughly a 30-minute scene time working the incident. The scanner traffic established the smoke conditions and the response but did not establish the cause or any injuries before the thread closed.

Cattaraugus County · Little Valley · Custody Dispute

A Father Heads for a Little Valley Church After a Custody Talk Goes Sideways

Cattaraugus deputies raced to a Baptist church near the fairgrounds after a man unhappy with a custody discussion set off to intercept his 11-year-old and her mother.

At about 1:21 PM, Cattaraugus dispatch warned Little Valley patrols that what began as an advice call over a custody agreement had escalated. After speaking with authorities, a man identified on dispatch as James Esterbuck “now going to where the child is”.

Dispatch believed the child, an 11-year-old named Chloe, was with her mother in a gray minivan at a Baptist church near the fairgrounds, and cautioned deputies they might have a domestic. Units sorted conflicting vehicle descriptions — a red four-door pickup, then a black Dodge Caravan — before locating the man at the church. By about 1:26 PM, deputies had eyes on the parking lot and reported everything calm as an officer spoke with him. The scanner traffic established the confrontation risk and the response but did not establish any charges before the thread closed.

Southtowns · Hamburg · Welfare Check

The Man in the Gray Canoes, Lost in the Grass

A Hamburg welfare check came with a wardrobe only Whisper could love.

Just after 1:34 PM, a Hamburg dispatcher sent cars to Town Park at 4420 Lake Shore to check on a man dropped off 30 minutes earlier who had been texting non-stop, making threats and suicidal statements. The subject, the caller warned, would likely be highly intoxicated — and, per dispatch, he was last seen wearing “gray canoes and a jacket”, having reported that he was “in the grass no more, but was lost”. Genuinely worrying call, improbably dressed subject; the officers still went looking.

Amherst · Smith Road · Off-Roader

Off the Off-Roader and Onto the Green

Amherst dispatch tries to route a car to something involving a golf course, a backyard, and an off-roader.

At about 2:01 PM, an Amherst dispatcher offered directions that read like a treasure map: “take the off-roader off and go on the golf course. You're going to see the Clayton in the backyard”. What exactly was happening on Smith Road never fully landed on the air — the dispatch simply pointed a unit past the greens and into someone's backyard, then moved on.

Cattaraugus County · Salamanca · Toddler Lockout

The Great Elm Street Unlock Kit Hunt

A two-year-old locked in a car turns a Salamanca shift into a scramble for the right tool.

Just after 1:08 PM, a Salamanca dispatcher sent an officer to 179 Elm Street — with a stop first, “get an unlock kit” — for a woman named Chrisia whose two-year-old was locked inside the car. A second unit radioed back the essential question of the hour, whether anyone actually had a lockout kit in the vehicle, before crews agreed to meet at Elm Street and get the child out.

Southtowns · Orchard Park · Welfare Check

Blonde Wig, No Clothes, Middle of Abbott Road

A delivery driver's report sends Hamburg police after a very conspicuous eight-year-old.

At about 1:17 PM, a Hamburg dispatcher sent a car to Abbott Road northbound from Route 178 in Orchard Park after a report of an eight-year-old boy “carrying a blonde wig, no clothing” — out in the roadway. The call carried real worry under the strange particulars, and officers headed that way.

Buffalo · B District · Dispatch Aside

God Forbid They Have a Fun Day Out

A weary one-liner over the B District radio sums up the Sunday mood.

Amid a run of person-down and sidewalk calls around 11:23 AM, a Buffalo officer let a dry aside slip onto the air — “God forbid they have a fun day out playing” — the kind of deadpan that only arrives after a long enough shift.

Amherst · Stahl Road · Apartment Fire

Explosion, Possible Entrapment Reported as Fire Breaks Out at Asbury Point Apartments

Amherst Fire Dispatch sent a multi-company response — North Bailey and Eggertsville pumpers and a Snyder fast truck among them — to the Asbury Point apartments on Stahl Road near North Forest Road shortly after 11:14 AM, after a caller reported “an explosion, black smoke, and possible fire from the top floor”. Within minutes a chief on scene confirmed active fire, relaying “fire showing from the porch” and that the fire had extended “up to the third floor”; dispatch also noted “one person that said it was in the apartment”, raising the possibility of entrapment. The incident was shifted to a dedicated fireground channel as crews laid in, and Amherst Fire declared the blaze under control at 11:51 AM. No injuries or evacuations were confirmed on the air in this window.

Tonawanda · Palmer Street · Reported Death

Worker's Call Brings First-Aid Response to Palmer Street Address

Town of Tonawanda Fire Dispatch sent a first-aid response to a Palmer address shortly after 2:08 PM after a worker on scene reported “obvious death”; engine company KMRC 7 was among the units that responded. No further details, including whether police confirmed the circumstances, were broadcast on the fire channel in this window.

Tonawanda · Parker & Moore · Child Struck

Child on Scooter Struck by Car at Tonawanda Intersection, Ambulance Upgraded

Tonawanda Police Dispatch relayed a hot response to the corner of Parker and Moore just before noon after a caller reported “a child on a scooter was hit by a car”. Dispatchers described the child as “conscious” and upgraded the responding ambulance unit as additional units converged on the scene. No further update on the child's condition followed in this window.

Clarence · Harris Hill · EMS Response

Ambulance Shortage Slows Response to Unresponsive Patient at Harris Hill Nursing Facility

Lancaster Fire Dispatch requested Bowmanville EMS to the Harris Hill Nursing Facility at 2699 Wehrle Drive, Room 72, for a 74-year-old man who was “not conscious, breathing”, shortly after 1:14 PM. Dispatchers found the area's usual ambulance resources tapped out — LVAC was unavailable and a Mercy EMS crew could not respond either — prompting a round of calls to bring a Colden-based county ambulance toward the scene while Lancaster's Bulldozer 7-2 also rolled. No outcome was reported on the air in this window.

Buffalo · Riverside · Police Pursuit

Foot Chase Behind Riverside Ice Rink Ends in Arrest

Buffalo police units pursued a man on foot through Riverside Park shortly after 8:10 AM, with officers tracking him behind the Riverside ice rink before converging on the location. By 8:14 AM, a unit using the call sign 2-11 radioed that a suspect was detained, with one officer confirming moments later “we got him just hanging in the box”. No details on the underlying offense were given over the air in this window.

Buffalo · Kerr Street · Suicide Threat

Woman Threatens Suicide With Boyfriend's Gun Near Kerr and Urban

Buffalo police's C District radio flagged what dispatch called the Kerr and Urban suicide threats just after 11:13 AM: a woman was reported walking down Kerr Street Kerr Street saying her boyfriend had broken up with her and she wanted to kill herself. Dispatch said the woman had taken her boyfriend's gun but “doesn't want to hurt anyone else, just herself”; officers were sent to locate her. The call, dispatch noted, had come in from the woman herself.

Buffalo · Lydell Avenue · Assault

Foot-Chase Suspect Strikes Man With Tire Near Lydell Avenue

Buffalo police's C District radio relayed a report near Lydell Avenue Lydell Avenue shortly after 8:41 AM of a suspect described as a bald, skinny Black male in blue jeans and a gray hooded sweatshirt — he had shed a flannel shirt — seen jumping between houses in the area of Coons and Goodyear. An officer said the suspect “struck this male in the leg with a tire”, leaving the victim with what was described as a halfway-decent laceration to his right leg; an ambulance was sent to check him out.

Buffalo · Central Avenue · Fire

Fence-Line Fire on Central Avenue Draws Four-Unit Buffalo Fire Response

Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 28, Engine 22, Ladder 15 and Battalion 46 to Central Avenue Central Avenue, between Williams Street and East Lovejoy, just after 2:00 PM on a preliminary signal for a fire outside in a yard near a fence. Engine 28 reported arriving at a one-and-a-half-story dwelling with “smoke showing from the back”, and dispatch put all companies on a Level 3 assignment. No further updates on the fire were broadcast in this window.

Cheektowaga · Idlewood Apartments · Barricade

Woman Locked Out of Her Own Building as Subject Barricades Idlewood Apartments Entrances

Cheektowaga Police sent a patrol unit to the Idlewood Apartments at 21 Slate Creek Drive just after 12:21 PM after a resident called saying she could not get into her building. Dispatch relayed that a woman had “barricaded both exterior entrances to the building and is refusing to let the complainant into the building”, stepping in front of the complainant every time she tried the door, and that the complainant was now stuck in Building 19. A second patrol car was sent to cover the south end of the complex while the responding unit sorted out the standoff; no further details were broadcast in this window.

Cheektowaga · Genesee Street · Domestic Dispute

Father Shields Kids Inside Hotel Room After Knife Pulled in Airport-Area Dispute

Cheektowaga Police Dispatch sent a car to Genesee Street near Buffalo Niagara International Airport just after 10:22 AM after a woman arrived to drop off the children's clothes and got into a verbal argument with the children's father; dispatch relayed that she “grabbed a knife” during the confrontation before the man took the kids and retreated into the hotel, where the family was staying in Room 323. Dispatch also noted an order of protection connected to the family had reportedly not been served.

Cheektowaga · Marne · Domestic Dispute, Gun Threat

Cooking Argument Turns Into Gun Threat in Family Dispute

Cheektowaga Police Dispatch sent Radio Car 11 to a Marne address shortly after 12:57 PM for a family dispute that started when a mother called to report her daughter was “belligerent over cooking”; the complainant told dispatch she had then been jumped by her sister and the sister's boyfriend, and that the boyfriend threatened her with a gun. A second car was sent to cover the call as units responded.

Colden · Hayes Hollow Road · Brush Fire

Brush Fire Spreads Over Several Acres Behind Hayes Hollow Road

Hamburg Fire Dispatch toned out Colden companies for a brush fire in the woods behind 9239 Hayes Hollow Road Hayes Hollow Road shortly after 1:43 PM, with a caller reporting “multiple small fires over a couple of acres”. A standby engine, Coldwell 3, was held ready for a relief crew as crews worked the scene.

Hamburg · Abbott Road · Child Found

Unclothed 8-Year-Old Found Carrying Blonde Wig Near Abbott Road

Hamburg Police Dispatch sent a unit to check Abbott Road Abbott Road northbound near Route 178 just after 1:17 PM after a caller reported an unclothed 8-year-old boy carrying a blonde wig wandering into the road. No further description or resolution was broadcast in this window.

Hamburg · Town Park · Welfare Check

Hamburg Police Search Town Park for Man Making Suicidal Threats by Text

Hamburg Police Dispatch sent units to 4420 Lake Shore Road Town Park just after 1:34 PM for a welfare check on a man identified as Michael Penders. A caller told dispatch she had dropped him off at the park about a half hour earlier and that he had been texting her non-stop with threats and suicidal statements, including one that read “in the grass no more, but was lost”. She described him as likely highly intoxicated. A patrol unit was dispatched to the park with backup, and another nearby unit was noted to be in the area; no outcome was broadcast in this window.

Salamanca · Elm Street · Child Lockout

Toddler Locked Inside Car Prompts Scramble for Lockout Kit on Elm Street

Salamanca Police were sent to 179 Elm Street just after 1:08 PM after a woman identified on the air as Chrisia found her two-year-old child locked inside a vehicle. When the responding unit reported it had no lockout kit aboard, dispatch asked a second officer to bring one; units converged on the address to free the child.