Lackawanna · Teresa Drive · Death Investigation

A Morning DOA Call on Teresa Drive Ends With the Medical Examiner Taking Custody of a Body

A possible DOA reported at a Teresa Drive home in Lackawanna drew detectives and the medical examiner, who confirmed a death and took the body into their care.

The chain of calls began mid-morning, when Lackawanna fire and AMR were sent to 12 Teresa Drive around 10:18 AM for a possible DOA, with Engine 1 responding and PD advised. By the time AMR crews were there, the matter had shifted from a medical run to a death investigation: detectives and the medical examiner were notified.

Just after 12:17 PM, Lackawanna PD closed the loop on the air. Detectives and the medical examiner had responded to the Teresa Drive address, a body report was confirmed, and the body was turned over to the ME. No cause was stated on the radio; the traffic reflected a careful, unhurried handling of a death on an otherwise routine Tuesday.

Clarence · Strangulation Assault

A 16-Year-Old Jumps From a Second-Story Window to Escape Being Choked; Her Brother Faces a Strangulation Charge

An officer found a teenage girl outside with superficial cuts after she leapt from a second-story window, saying she had nearly lost consciousness as she was choked.

Just after 2:21 PM, an officer radioed in from a Clarence home after making contact with a young woman outside. “It looks like we'll have a mandatory here for strangulation,” the officer reported. The 16-year-old girl had “jumped out of a second-story window”, coming away with superficial cuts on her arms and legs, and told the officer she “almost lost consciousness” while she was being choked.

The officer asked for Twin City EMS to come evaluate the teenager and noted that her 19-year-old brother was still inside the house and would be taken into custody. Deputies — Clarence has no town police department — worked the scene through the early afternoon; the call carried every marker of a serious domestic assault within a single household.

West Seneca · North America Drive · Industrial Accident

A Worker Is Pinned Between a Forklift and a Wall at the Tops Frozen Warehouse, Drawing a West Seneca Extrication

Fire, AMR and West Seneca police worked an extrication at the Tops frozen distribution center on North America Drive after a valve pinned a man against a wall.

Late in the morning, West Seneca fire and AMR were called to the Tops frozen distribution center at 5000 North America Drive for a workplace accident, with a man reported caught between a forklift and a wall and a possible broken leg.

The run escalated into an active extrication. Crews worked to free the worker — described in the traffic as pinned by a valve between a forklift and the wall — while West Seneca police held the scene and AMR staged for transport. The patient was ultimately taken to ECMC. An industrial entrapment at a major distribution hub is exactly the kind of call that pulls fire, EMS and police together on a single assignment.

Amherst · North French & Campbell · Domestic Threat

A Man Vows to Use Knives Against a Woman if Police Show Up, and Amherst Officers Stage Carefully to Reach Her

A domestic threat in Amherst had a man warning he would use knives against a woman if he saw police at the house, as officers arranged to meet the fleeing woman on foot.

Mid-morning, Amherst police worked a domestic-violence threat in which a male reportedly “stated he will use knives against the female if he sees police at the house”. The woman told dispatchers she was planning to leave the house on foot, and officers moved to intercept her rather than roll straight up to the address and set off the very confrontation they'd been warned about.

The coordination played out quietly on the channel. “Get up with us, Carl — let's just do North French and Campbell,” one officer radioed, setting a staging point at the intersection where units could link up away from the home. A named weapon in an active domestic forces exactly this kind of deliberate, staged approach.

Amherst · Fairgreen · Armed Robbery Warrant

A Man Wanted in a Knife-Robbery Is Taken Into Custody on Fairgreen

Amherst officers moved on an armed-robbery warrant at a Fairgreen address, with a sergeant responding and a suspect identified on dispatch as Willie Wimes in hand.

Just after 11:02 AM, Amherst dispatch put out a warrant arrest at 113 Fairgreen, with a sergeant responding and officers advising they had a subject identified on dispatch as Willie Wimes in custody. Dispatch relayed that charges were in hand and that it had just been realized the man was “armed with a knife yesterday” the day before, regarding some sort of robbery incident.

An officer radioed that he was close and could take the call, and within a few minutes the subject was confirmed in custody. The traffic briefly carried onto a separate larceny report nearby, but the warrant arrest — a man sought in a knife robbery picked up on a quiet residential street — was the morning's cleanest result.

Wyoming County · Warsaw · Suspicious Person

A Man Possibly Carrying a Knife Walks Away From a Warsaw Disturbance and Refuses to Talk to Deputies

A reported vehicle disturbance near a Warsaw pizzeria sent Wyoming County deputies after a man with a brown backpack and green hoodie, possibly armed, who declined to cooperate when found.

The call began as a possible disturbance at Misano's — two males in a vehicle, some sort of dispute between them, and “possible mental health issue”. Deputies working the North Main area near the hospital and pizzeria learned the man had gotten out of the vehicle and was walking toward a nursing home, “a brown backpack, green hoodie, first name with J, and may have a knife” on him.

Deputies caught up with him on North Main, with Genesee County dispatch feeding information across the county line on an open 911 line that had captured the in-vehicle argument. The man, identified on the air as Jason Barnhart and said to be known to the agency, refused to speak with deputies, insisting he didn't have a problem. With no complainant stepping forward and no other party located, deputies cleared the scene.

Genesee County · Bloomingdale Road · Fall From Roof

A Man Falls Unconscious From a Roof on Bloomingdale Road, Pulling a Mercy Medic to a Genesee County Backfield

Genesee County fire dispatched an advanced-life-support Mercy Medic for a 50-year-old man who fell from a roof and was found unconscious.

Just before 1:50 PM, Genesee County fire dispatch sent a Mercy Medic for a 50-year-old man who had “fallen off of a roof” at 888 Bloomingdale Road, near a smoke shop. The first transmissions described the patient as unconscious, and the response was upgraded to advanced life support.

Minutes later, a follow-up assignment placed the fall in a backfield between Reuben and Griffin, with the man now reported unconscious but breathing. An unresponsive patient who has fallen from height draws the heaviest medic response available in the rural county, and the dispatch repeated the detail to make sure the crew had both the location and the gravity of the call.

Cattaraugus County · Cold Spring · Emergency Call

A Satellite-Relayed 911 Call Says Someone Is on Fire in Cold Spring, and Deputies Fan Out to Find the Spot

An iPhone satellite relay passed on an emergency report that a person was on fire at a Wolf Run Road address near a Cold Spring park, sending deputies and state parks to search.

Late morning, Cattaraugus County deputies were dispatched on an unusual call: an “iPhone satellite relay center” reporting an emergency and stating that “somebody is on fire at that location” at 258 Wolf Run Road in Cold Spring, somewhere near a park.

The relay — the kind of call that reaches a dispatcher only when a caller is out of cellular range and leaning on a phone's satellite SOS feature — left deputies working with thin, secondhand detail. Units checked the Washington Street area, the reservoir and the park, with state parks officers headed that way as well, while dispatch tried to run the originating phone number for anything on file. The reservoir area came back negative, and deputies continued working the sparse location clues the satellite message had left behind.

Hamburg · Deer Patrol

Is There a Blotter for a Dead Deer? Hamburg Dispatch Would Like to Know

Bureaucracy has a form for everything, and if it doesn't, a Hamburg dispatcher will ask. Just before 10:00 AM, Station 31 keyed up with an existential question about roadkill paperwork: “I don't know if there's a blotter regarding the deceased deer for pick up” The answer, delivered with the resignation of a thousand such calls: “Casual only notification”

Buffalo · Alarm, Interrupted

The Great Mail Caper: Alarm Blares Because She Forgot to Turn It Off to Fetch the Mail

The most dangerous sixty seconds in the suburbs is the walk to the mailbox. Around 12:27 PM, a Cheektowaga alarm run resolved itself with the oldest explanation in the book: “She just forgot to turn off her alarm when she went to take out the mail” No burglar, no breach — just a homeowner and an armed system that didn't appreciate the trip to the curb.

Kenmore-Tonawanda · School Bus

Everybody's Fine: A School Bus Dispatcher's Masterclass in Staying Calm

Just after 7:19 AM, a Ken-Ton schools dispatcher narrated a morning bus mishap with the unflappable steadiness of someone who has done this before: “The bus is still drivable and everything” Then, almost in the same breath, the reassurance that matters: “everybody is fine” Police and the mechanics were already rolling, the run would get finished, and all the kids were accounted for. A fender-bender handled like a weather report.

Buffalo · Bloomfield · Hide and Seek

Hiding Behind the Shed, Like They're Hiding From Someone

There is suspicious, and then there is a dispatcher's gift for stating the obvious. Working a report of a man in gray sweats who hopped a fence with two women near 41 Bloomfield around 11:04 AM, an officer offered the morning's finest piece of observational policing: the trio were “hiding behind a yard like they're hiding from someone” A follow-up pinned it down further — “He's hiding behind the shed” It was, indeed, who they were looking for.

Cheektowaga · Front Desk

A Suspicious Phone With Suspicious Content Turns Up at the Police Front Desk

Shortly after noon, Cheektowaga dispatch relayed a tidy little mystery dropped, literally, in their lap: “Someone dropped a phone off with suspicious content on it” No further context, no owner on the air — just a phone, its suspicious contents, and the headquarters front desk left to sort out what exactly had walked in the door.

Town of Tonawanda · Koenig Road · Structure Fire

Crews Battle Smoke-Filled Structure Fire on Koenig Road

At 10:26 AM, Town of Tonawanda Fire Dispatch sent companies to a reported structure fire on Koenig Road, between Roxley and Overbrook, after a contractor working on the home called in smoke coming from multiple electrical outlets inside the residence with no flames yet visible.

Within two minutes the call was upgraded as crews on scene reported the fire “brightening”, and additional companies — Sprint Engine 3, Brighton Engine 2 and a ladder truck — were sent to assist. Firefighters found smoke in the rafters and called for a thermal camera, while Koenig Road was blocked off at Overbrook and a hydrant secured nearby. A command post was established on scene, which by 10:35 AM was holding with engines three and six and the ladder company still working the fire.

Tonawanda · Eisman Avenue · Glass Injury

Teen Bleeding from Stomach After Glass Cuts Him at Eisman Avenue Address

At 1:38 PM, Tonawanda Police dispatch reported a 19-year-old man bleeding from his stomach after being cut by glass at 125 Eisman Avenue; the bleeding was described as currently controlled.

Minutes later, dispatch advised crews to use a towel to help control the bleeding while the patient was transported.

Grand Island · Bush Road · Medical

Elderly Woman Found Unconscious After Fall Down Stairs on Bush Road

At 10:26 AM, Grand Island Fire dispatch sent a hot EMS response to 2035 Bush Road, between Baseline Road and East Oakfield Road, for an 80-year-old woman who had fallen down a flight of stairs and was found unconscious. A mutual-aid unit from Kenmore Mercy Hospital was routed to assist, and fire units confirmed they were on scene minutes later.

Buffalo · East Side · Gun Call

Ex-Boyfriend Reported Waving Gun From SUV in East Side Confrontation

At 12:13 PM, Buffalo Police dispatch sent two units to 135 Phyllis for a gun call after a male caller reported that his mother's ex-boyfriend had displayed a gun out the window of an SUV roughly ten minutes earlier. The man was identified on the radio as Anthony Whitfield, with dispatch noting there might be video of the incident.

Officers held the area on "fillers" — additional units slowing traffic nearby — while awaiting more information; when an officer asked for a description of the vehicle, the answer that came back was only that it was “just black”.

Buffalo · Perry Street · Smoke Investigation

Reported Smoke in Perry Street High-Rise Lobby Draws Level-Three Response

At 1:37 PM, Buffalo Fire dispatch sent a level-three response — Engines 32 and 35, Ladder 5 and Battalion 46 — to 344 Perry, between Chicago and Louisiana, after a caller reported smoke coming from the lights in the lobby.

Crews arriving minutes later reported nothing showing and began investigating; fire officials said they had contacted the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority to send someone to the building.

Cheektowaga · Kenview Boulevard · Welfare Check

Man in Basement Apartment Makes Suicidal Statements on Kenview Boulevard

At 8:43 AM, Cheektowaga Police dispatch sent units to 221 Kenview Boulevard, between Kensington Avenue and Wainwright, after a complainant who was not on scene but had been receiving texts reported a male in the basement making suicidal threats, described on the radio as “saying some things that are a little odd”. Dispatch also flagged the address with a “10-100” warning, without elaborating on what it meant.

Car 18 was assigned to respond, with dispatch confirming the man lives in the basement of the apartment and that the standing flag covers everyone at the address; the outcome of the call was not given on the air.

Cheektowaga · Haley Lane · Domestic Incident

Father Waits Outside Haley Lane Home as Police Check Report Brother Beat Sister

At 10:28 AM, Cheektowaga Police dispatch sent units to 38 Haley Lane after a father called to report his daughter had told him her brother beat her up inside the apartment; the sister was refusing EMS, and the father said he would be waiting outside in a silver Toyota Camry.

Before officers reached the location, dispatch relayed that the father had called back to cancel the call.

Boston · Chestnut Ridge Road · Chainsaw Injury

Chainsaw Accident Leaves Boston Man with Serious Arm Bleeding

At 1:24 PM, Hamburg Fire dispatch sent Boston Emergency Squad to Chestnut Ridge Road, between Crestwood and Boston State, for a 39-year-old man with a serious bleeding arm injury suffered in a chainsaw accident.

Niagara County · Crestwood Court · Stroke Call

84-Year-Old Woman Shows Stroke Symptoms at Niagara County Senior Complex

At 10:56 AM, Niagara County Fire Control put out a second set of tones for Tri-Community EMS to 100 Crestwood Court, a senior living complex, for an 84-year-old woman in Patio Home 29 showing stroke symptoms — “slurring words, numbness on the left side” — and dispatch recommended an ALS intercept.

Wyoming County · Correctional Facility · Inmate Injury

Inmate Injured in Fall at Wyoming County Correctional Facility

At 11:54 AM, Wyoming County Fire dispatch sent Mercy Medic 200 from Batavia to the correctional facility at 611 Exchange Street for a 63-year-old male inmate who had fallen and was injured but reported conscious and alert. Medics were en route minutes later.

Ellicottville · Route 219 · Stolen Vehicle Pursuit

Deputies Catch Up to Stolen Pickup Near Ellicottville's Four Corners

At 11:32 AM, a Cattaraugus County Sheriff's deputy ran a plate and confirmed a hit for a stolen 2013 gray Ford F-150, reported taken from a dealership, then radioed that he was catching up to the truck as it came north on Route 219 into Ellicottville, with speed cited as the only violation observed.

By 11:34 AM the deputy reported the truck “driving normal” as it approached the light at Ellicottville's four corners, with Ellicottville Police notified to assist; the stop was moved off Route 219 onto a side street, and dispatch logged a second occupant in the truck.

Chautauqua County · Route 60 · Rollover

Unresponsive Driver Pulled From Rollover on Route 60

At 10:38 AM, Chautauqua County Fire dispatch sent Medic 70 to a single-vehicle rollover on Route 60 between Designer Pools and the Kiantone fire station. The male driver was reported unresponsive with the vehicle's airbags deployed.