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Amherst · 228 Robin Hill

Smoke from the Attic on {street:s1}, Elderly Resident Possibly Inside

At 10:53 AM Amherst Fire ran a possible structure fire at 228 Robin Hill Drive[*], with dispatch reporting smoke visible from the attic and an elderly resident possibly still inside. Multiple Amherst fire units were on scene by 10:56 AM and the address dropped off the traffic within the working-fire window — no further escalation on the air, no MedFlight page, no evacuation order.

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Buffalo · 1893 Woodclere

ONGOING

Attempted Bank Robbery on Woodclere; Armed Suspect Fled Toward Kenmore on Foot

Between 2:01 AM and 2:09 PM BPD B and D districts worked an attempted bank robbery at 1893 Woodclere, with a Black male suspect described as fleeing on foot toward Kenmore Avenue while carrying a handgun. A three-unit response set a perimeter; the traffic tapered without an on-air arrest confirmation in this window.

Buffalo · 1148 Bailey

ONGOING

Domestic Violence on Bailey Ends With Father Fleeing in Gray Car — With One of the Children

At 1:43 PM BPD ran a priority domestic-violence call at 1148 Bailey Avenue[*], with a male reported to have hit two children and then fled the scene with one of them in a gray vehicle. Dispatch marked the call sev-4 and the corridor stayed active for several minutes; no vehicle location or apprehension came across the air by the end of this window.

Niagara County · 4419 Saunders Settlement

RESOLVED

Rollover With Lines Down and Parties Trapped Opens Niagara County's Morning

Niagara County Fire Control paged units to 4419 Saunders Settlement Road at 7:25 AM for a one-vehicle rollover with utility lines down, fire reported, and occupants trapped in the wreck. The digest scores the call sev-4, the top of the day's Niagara column; the run cleared inside a single dispatch window and did not return to the air.

Buffalo · 2485 Niagara

ONGOING

Carjacking on Niagara Street: Driver Assaulted, Keys Taken, Vehicle Gone

At 2:06 PM BPD B and D districts worked a carjacking at 2485 Niagara Street, Apt. 7, in which a male victim was assaulted before the suspect took his keys and vehicle. The call landed six minutes after the Woodclere bank-robbery attempt three miles east, contributing to the mid-afternoon surge in the BPD workload.

Amherst · Hopkins Road

RESOLVED

Silver BMW Clocked at 100-Plus Down the {street:s3} Median

At 1:02 PM Amherst PD fielded a reckless-driving report of a silver BMW traveling in excess of 100 mph southbound in the center median of Hopkins Road[*], southbound from a plaza. Two units responded; the vehicle did not return to the traffic in this window and no stop was called on the air.


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Cheektowaga · 156 South Street

Basketball Hoop, on Traffic Duty Where It Shouldn't Be

Cheektowaga PD, 1:40 PM, between Lucerne and Audette: a basketball hoop had installed itself in the driving lane at 156 South Street and was flagged as an obstruction hazard. The record does not tell us whether the responding officer relocated it, dribbled it, or waited for a supervisor.

Depew · across from King's

Blue Honda CRV, Elderly Driver, Pinned to a Pole Across From King's

Depew PD, 1:38 PM: an elderly female stuck near a pole in a blue Honda CRV on Marengo, across from King's. The dispatch phrasing — “stuck near a pole” — leaves everything to the imagination, from a soft tap on the base to a bumper enthusiastically wrapped around it. No transport was called for.

Buffalo · Tops Pharmacy, South Park

Seized at the Pharmacy Counter: A South Park Tops Medical

Buffalo Fire, 10:23 AM: a person having seizures at the Tops pharmacy on South Park Avenue[*], Engine 15 EMS responding. As settings for a medical call go, the pharmacy counter is at least well-staged.

Cattaraugus County · Route 417

140 MPH on Route 417: A Volkswagen and a Mustang Sort It Out

Cattaraugus Sheriff, just before 9 AM, near the intersection of Kilbuck and Burningham roads: a white Volkswagen and a dark gray Mustang, both eastbound on Route 417, both reportedly doing 140 miles per hour. Whether they were racing each other or independently pursuing the same personal goal, the traffic did not clarify.


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Buffalo Metro

Buffalo · 122 Humber

ONGOING

Suicide Attempt on Humber Draws Fire and Police to a Violent Psych Patient

BPD C and E districts and Buffalo Fire responded to 122 Humber, upper apartment, at 2:31 PM for a male cutting himself with a knife; KDI was notified and fire dispatch paged use-caution for a violent psych patient. An earlier 2:00 PM welfare check at the same address had cleared without contact after the female inside called and hung up.

Buffalo · 517 Niagara / Family Dollar

RESOLVED

Self-Inflicted Neck Stab Draws Full Response to a West Side Family Dollar

Buffalo Fire and BPD B and D districts worked a 10:10 AM call at 517 Niagara Street, between Hudson and Pennsylvania, at the Family Dollar: a 33-year-old male psych patient with a self-inflicted stab wound to the neck. Engine 2 and Ladder 4 responded; the call cleared within three minutes.

Buffalo · Kensington and Woodlawn

RESOLVED

Two Armed-Female Calls in Four Minutes on the East Side

BPD C and E districts fielded back-to-back armed-female calls in the mid-afternoon: at 2:24 PM a subject located with a firearm at 966 Kensington Avenue[*] that moved to 976 Kensington Avenue[*], and at 2:27 PM a caller reporting a female pulling a handgun during a child-pickup at 842 Woodlawn. Both landed the sev-3 tag in the digest and both dropped from the traffic without an on-air arrest.

Buffalo · courthouse steps

RESOLVED

Suicide Threat on the Courthouse Steps: Butter Knife or Glass

BPD B and D districts fielded a 9:50 AM suicide threat outside the courthouse in which a man identified on dispatch as Kirk McCabe reportedly threatened to slit his own throat with a piece of glass or a butter knife. Units were on scene almost immediately; the traffic quickly moved on and the call cleared.

Cheektowaga · Appletree Business Park

ONGOING

Man Threatens to Shoot His Mother From an Appletree Business Park Suite; Phone Being Pinged

Cheektowaga PD ran a 10:03 AM harassment call at suite 22 of the Appletree Business Park in which the male subject reportedly threatened to shoot his mother and use the back door. A gray Nissan Sentra was flagged as the suspect vehicle; dispatch had the phone being pinged for a location as the call continued past 10:14 AM.

Depew · 5887 Broadway

RESOLVED

White Lincoln Bolts Southbound After Depew Broadway Altercation

Depew PD units chased a white Lincoln southbound from a 10:35 AM physical altercation at 5887 Broadway; the pursuit ran off Depew's channel by 10:40 AM. Three minutes later a related transmission placed a suspect — accused of pushing two children on scene — at a Transit and Williams gas station.

Chautauqua & Cattaraugus

Chautauqua County · Fairmont Avenue, Celeron

RESOLVED

Pickup Truck Fully Involved on Fairmont, Diesel Down the Westbound Lane

Chautauqua Fire worked a fully involved pickup-truck fire on Fairmont Avenue near the Quick Fill in Celeron from 12:31 PM, with the truck's fuel tank in the bed and diesel fuel spilled across the westbound lane. Engine 321 took the fire; a hazmat team was requested to handle the spill and eastbound lanes were closed during clean-up.

Other Calls of Note

Northtowns
[11:42 AM]Williamsville · EMS Amherst Fire ran an EMS call to 48 Beale Street.
[11:46 AM]Williamsville · injury MVA Amherst PD worked an injury accident with a vehicle exchange in progress on a State Route arterial; report pending.
[10:45 AM]Amherst · fire response Amherst Fire ran a fire response to 147 Reist Street[*]; units operating in the traffic circle.
[1:57 PM]Tonawanda · vehicle evasion Tonawanda PD chased a vehicle that fled sight of a patrol westbound on Sheridan Drive[*], then discarded items as it went.
[11:27 AM]Grand Island · electrical Grand Island Fire ran an electrical-issue call at 3402 Baseline; the resident was advised to contact an electrician.
Buffalo Metro
[11:35 AM]Buffalo · possible stroke Buffalo Fire ran a possible-stroke call for a 60-year-old female at 186 Kilhoffer.
[12:35 PM]Buffalo · possible burglary BPD District A took a possible-burglary report at 312 Perry after a homeowner returned from out of town to find signs of entry despite a locked door.
[12:14 PM]Buffalo · East Side burglary BPD C-E took a 911-text home-burglary report at 139 Benzinger Street[*]; the male suspect had stopped answering by dispatch time.
[1:20 PM]Buffalo · wandering toddler BPD ran a 1:20 PM call for a white female toddler of about two, in green pants and a Dora shirt, wandering in a street with a male in an orange shirt.
[2:19 PM]Cheektowaga · shoplifting Cheektowaga PD detained two men at Macy's inside the Walden Galleria for shoplifting; concealed merchandise recovered.
[1:24 PM]Depew · Pink Fountain Depew PD picked up an intoxicated male passed out on a lawn at 5474 Pink Fountain and transported him to the Broadway Motel.
Southtowns
[8:45 AM]Southtowns · Chipotle pull Hamburg Fire responded to a pull-station activation at 5340 Southwestern Boulevard, Chipotle; Engine 1 handled.
[11:43 AM]Southtowns · sickle episode East Aurora Fire ran a sickle-cell episode for a 16-year-old female at 605 Oakwood Avenue; patient conscious with altered mental status.
Niagara County
[11:13 AM]Niagara County · caustic chemical Niagara County Fire ran an ALS call for a 59-year-old male with a caustic-chemical spill on his leg at 604 Wehrle Drive[*].
GLOW Counties
[10:37 AM]GLOW · stroke symptoms Genesee County Fire ran a stroke-symptoms call for an 89-year-old female at 9050 Linwood Road; slurred speech and left-arm weakness reported.
Chautauqua & Cattaraugus
[9:22 AM]Cattaraugus County · missing juvenile Cattaraugus Sheriff opened a missing-person case for a 14-year-old female with her dog, last seen leaving 9550 North Auto Road in the Town of Otto at 6:45 AM.
Elsewhere in WNY
[9:50 AM]Thruway · erratic operator State Police tracked an erratic tractor-trailer — yellow cab, white trailer — unable to maintain its lane eastbound from mile marker 460 on the Thruway.

Editor’s Note

An eight-hour window heavy on Buffalo (91 incidents in the desk digest, better than a third of the day's total) and long on afternoon police action — an attempted bank robbery on Woodclere, a carjacking on Niagara, and a domestic-violence walk-off with a child stuffed in a gray car on Bailey all landed inside a two-hour span. The Northtowns produced the day's structure-fire scare with smoke from the attic at 228 Robin Hill and an elderly resident possibly inside, and Niagara County opened the window with a rollover, lines down, and parties trapped on Saunders Settlement Road. Overheard: a basketball hoop treated as a road hazard, an elderly Honda pinned to a pole across from King's, and a Buffalo patient who wandered into the Tops pharmacy and had a seizure at the counter.

By the Numbers

Segments
7,736
Active systems
30
Busiest hour
1:00 PM–2:00 PM (BPD Districts B-D and C-E)
Regional Breaking
0
Updates
0
By Agency (top 5)
BucketSegs
Police2400
Fire / EMS2200
Airport / aviation500
Hotel / shuttle / taxi120
Rail / maritime90
By Area (top 5)
BucketSegs
Buffalo2600
Cheektowaga / Lancaster / Depew900
Williamsville & Amherst700
Other Erie County900
Niagara County400

Agency and area buckets are estimated from channel-context inference; individual segment counts by channel are exact.

[*] = a name the scanner audio left uncertain and could not be confirmed against an official source; treat as unverified. Routine street-name fixes against official municipal lists are applied silently.
The WNY Listening Post · Friday, August 7, 2026 · P.M. Edition · Vol. I, No. 90
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