Amherst · Princeton and Windermere · Stabbing

Man Stabbed in the Arm at Princeton and Windermere Sends Amherst Police on a Foot Search

The victim's shirt was covered in blood as officers fanned out across side streets.

Yesterday at about 5:35 PM, Amherst police began fielding two calls that a man had been stabbed at Princeton and Windermere. Dispatch described the victim — a 50-year-old man in a white shirt and dark shorts — as bleeding from the arm, his shirt “covered in blood”. Amherst Fire logged the patient with two stab wounds to the arms, conscious and alert.

Officers pushed a description over the air of the person they were looking for — a Black male, 30 to 35, in a black shirt with a gray long sleeve underneath, brown hair and dark jeans — possibly walking with a woman described as Hispanic with reddish hair. Units checked side streets up and down Allenhurst and Capen and asked whether a dog could be brought in, noting the trail had 15 to 20 minutes on it.

A separate report of a woman pushed down at Princeton briefly drew attention as possibly related, but officers concluded it was unrelated. The suspect was still outstanding as the search wound down.

Amherst · Clear Green · Armed Domestic

Man Flees Toward Tonawanda Creek After Domestic Dispute; Caller Says She Saw a Gun

The complainant hung up uncooperative, and officers spent nearly an hour trying to get her to the door.

Early this morning at about 2:36 AM, Amherst police were sent to a domestic at 124 Clear Green, where a man had gotten physical with a woman and then left on foot toward Tonawanda Creek. Before the caller disconnected, she stated she had seen a gun on him, dispatch said, adding that she was “super uncooperative”.

Dispatch noted the complainant had contacted them about 10 days earlier saying the same party — identified on the air as James Clark — had been knocking on her door in the middle of the night, and that she had been uncooperative then as well. When officers reached the porch, a woman slammed the door in an officer's face; the call was marked for a report on file.

Just after 3:00 AM the woman called back saying she would be cooperative this time and would meet an officer outside. Units continued to work the account through the early morning.

Cheektowaga · Barbados Drive · Welfare Check

FBI Contacted After Overnight Welfare Check Raises Gun-Range Concern

A suicidal-ideation call at a Cheektowaga home drew federal notification.

Early this morning at about 3:11 AM, Cheektowaga police worked a welfare check at 118 Barbados Drive tied to a report of suicidal ideation involving a gun range. During the response, dispatch noted the FBI had been contacted.

The radio traffic did not spell out what prompted the federal notification beyond the welfare concern itself. Cheektowaga units held the address as the account developed.

Buffalo · Town Gardens · Robbery Pursuit

Ski-Masked Robbery Suspects Tracked by Car, Then Run Down on Foot Through Town Gardens

One suspect ran right out of his shoes before officers made an arrest.

Yesterday evening beginning around 9:24 PM, Buffalo A-district and B-D units worked a robbery in which two Black male suspects — at least one in a ski mask, one in colored pants — were tracked through the phone belonging to a 2012 Optima. Dispatch relayed the car had been near Oxford Court about 15 minutes earlier and was moving east on South Division.

The chase converged behind 210 Jefferson, where a unit called out that the occupants were going to bail. As officers flooded the area, one keyed up urgently — “I want more cars over there now” — and the pursuit spilled into the Town Gardens. A suspect in all black and a black hoodie ran, in a dispatcher's words, right out of his shoes.

A short time later a suspect was reported in custody. The nephew referenced by a caller was not injured.

Buffalo · Fulton Avenue · Missing Toddler

Three-Year-Old Walks Out the Front Door Alone Overnight, Touching Off a Search

A mother reported her son had left the apartment sometime during the night.

Early this morning at about 4:55 AM, Buffalo A-district units were sent to 201 Fulton, Apartment D after a woman reported her three-year-old son had walked out the front door sometime during the night. The child was described as a boy in a blue shirt and no pants.

As officers worked the search, the account grew tangled — dispatch juggled a complainant who had turned up at South Park and Hamburg and conflicting information about where a child had been found. Units were directed to bring parties back to 201 Fulton to sort it out.

Amherst · UB Campus · Missing Person

UB Woman Reported Missing From Campus Overnight, Description Circulated

Officers checked the Governors dorm area and asked for a callback.

Late yesterday, around 11:35 PM, University at Buffalo campus units worked a report of a missing woman last seen on campus — described with gray hair and a purple shirt. An officer noted he was out near the Governors dorm and asked dispatch to try the caller back to pin down her location.

Wyoming County · Blackhouse Road · Road Rage

Wyoming County Woman Says Her Husband Tried to Run Her Off the Road

The complaint came in near the intersection of Blackhouse Road and Jones Road.

Yesterday at about 6:07 PM, the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office took a call near the intersection of Blackhouse Road and Jones Road from a woman, identified on dispatch as Elizabeth Goldstein, who reported her husband, Tracy, had attempted to run her off the road.

West Seneca · Covington Drive · Cookout Gone Wrong

The Grill That Ate the Tent: West Seneca Stretches a Line to Save the Cookout

A backyard grill fire jumped to a tent, and the fire hall emptied out to deal with it.

Late yesterday at about 11:27 PM, West Seneca Fire toned out a ladder and engine to 235 Covington Drive for what dispatch billed as a grill fire — with the added complication that a tent was also on fire. Companies stretched a single line, tapped the six-inch main out front of 205 Covington, and put the whole thing out.

The channel had the crackle of a busy volunteer night, one company officer reminding another second-due man that if he was going to be the second engine, he should — in the dispatcher's blunt phrasing — act like it.

Amherst · JJ Audubon · Hose Bandits

The Great Spigot Heist: Neighbors Hook Up a Hose Without Asking

Amherst dispatch got a call over two people helping themselves to someone else's water.

Late yesterday at about 11:27 PM, Amherst police were asked to check 491 JJ Audubon, where a complainant reported that two people had apparently connected a hose to her spigot “without her permission”.

Cattaraugus County · Route 353 · Loose Pig

This Little Piggy Went to Route 353

Deputies were sent to check on a pig running loose in the roadway.

Yesterday at about 3:45 PM, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office put out a call to check the area at 6631 Route 353 for a report of a pig running in the roadway.

Olean · Golden Doodle at Large

All-Points Bulletin for One Missing Golden Doodle

Olean police put out a public notice for anyone who spots the dog.

Early this morning at about 2:45 AM, Olean police broadcast a public notice near the Southern Tier Electric Supply area for a missing golden doodle, asking anyone with a sighting to call in.

Cheektowaga · Walden · Food Fight

Would You Like a Riot With That? Kids Turn a Walden McDonald's Into a Food Fight

A group threw food and drinks at the walls and windows.

Yesterday at about 8:34 PM, Cheektowaga police were called to the McDonald's on Walden Avenue, where a group of kids had reportedly thrown food and drinks at the walls and windows.

Amherst · Sweet Home Road

Woman Allegedly Shoved Toward Traffic Near Sweet Home, Chestnut Ridge Before Fleeing Toward UB

Yesterday at 11:19 PM, Amherst Police flagged a suspicious-occurrence call near Sweet Home Road and Chestnut Ridge Road that dispatch said was already about 20 minutes old. A complainant reported finding a woman lying on the ground who began crying when asked if she was okay, then “allegedly hit and tried to push the complainant into oncoming traffic”. The woman was described as white with gray hair, wearing a purple shirt and leggings; she chased the complainant southbound on Sweet Home Road before being last seen near the entrance to the University at Buffalo.

Tonawanda · Custody Exchange

Custody Exchange Turns Dangerous When Driver Allegedly Tries to Strike Complainant

Yesterday at 8:25 PM, Tonawanda Police responded to a report that a custody exchange had turned dangerous when the driver allegedly attempted to strike the complainant with his vehicle before leaving the scene. Officers took a report; no injuries were confirmed on the air.

Grand Island · Hit and Run

Tour Bus Strikes North Grand Island Bridge, Leaves Scene Without Stopping

Yesterday at 8:38 PM, a Thruway trooper radioed a report that a southbound tour bus had struck the North Grand Island Bridge before continuing on without stopping; no description of the bus was available on the air. Dispatch acknowledged the report and said it would advise other units, but no further update on the bus's location or identity followed in this window.

Buffalo · Hamburg Street

Armed Man in Ski Mask Reported Near Hamburg, Fulton Streets Draws Buffalo Patrol Response

Yesterday at 7:54 PM, a caller reported a man with a black handgun near Hamburg and Fulton streets on Buffalo's East Side. Officers relayed a description over the air — a black male in a red jacket, gray sweatpants, a ski mask and headphones — and one unit told another to “look left now, red jacket, gray pants, mask, black handgun”. A second officer radioed “slow them down, Hamburg, slow them down” as patrol units converged and slowed traffic on Hamburg Street to search for the man. A complainant was located on scene, though no shots-fired report or arrest followed on the air in this window.

Buffalo · Allen Street

Kitchen Ceiling Collapse at Allen Street Restaurant Draws Full Fire Assignment

Yesterday afternoon at 3:39 PM, Buffalo Fire units were sent to a restaurant on Allen Street after a ceiling collapse in the kitchen prompted a full engine-company assignment, according to dispatch. No injuries were reported over the air.

Hamburg · Camp Road

Woman Reports Facial Injuries After Assault at Camp Road Motel

Early this morning at 12:45 AM, Hamburg-area fire medics were called to a motel on Camp Road for a woman reported with facial injuries following an assault. The call was handled as a medical response; no further details on a suspect or arrest were broadcast on the air.

Wyoming County · Domestic Disturbance

Wyoming County Teen Accused of Attacking Mother as Young Brother Calls for Help

Yesterday at 6:29 PM, Wyoming County Sheriff's dispatch sent units to a Hill Road home for a domestic disturbance, described on the air as a 16-year-old male attacking his mother. The call came from a young sibling in the house, first identified as an 11-year-old brother, and dispatch immediately began lining up a backup car for the responding unit. Radio traffic described “a lot of yelling and screaming in the public, and as far as we know, he missed” inside the home. A later transmission referred to a distraught 6-year-old asking for his mother — a discrepancy in the sibling's reported age that the dispatch traffic never clarified. No arrest or resolution was announced over the air before the window closed.