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Amherst · Tim Hortons takedown

Hallucinating Man With a Broomstick, Maybe a Knife, Walks Into a Tim Hortons; Amherst PD Clears the Air and Hooks Him Up

"Other workers are trying to keep him calm" → "the subject is now holding a broomstick" → a “one attain” at 14:40

Just after 2:20 p.m., Amherst Police took a call for a man hallucinating at a job site, with coworkers trying to keep him calm. Dispatch noted history: Grand Island had transported the same subject five days earlier (call number 1977 in the system), and he had been “violent and banging his head on the cage in the car” when last picked up.

The picture sharpened over the next eighteen minutes. A coworker said the subject had said he “would have to be dragged out in handcuffs” — no known weapons — then a second update: “the subject is now holding a broomstick”. By 2:29 p.m., an officer called for the air to be held: “all right, Southern Radio, just hold the air for a minute here”. Cars rolled out of the building and held a perimeter, with a description of a black male in a white tank top, black jeans, and a red hat, possibly with a knife in his right front pocket.

At 2:39 the company shifted toward a nearby Tim Hortons — “company’s walking towards Tim Hortons, all units keep the air clear” — and at 2:40 p.m. an officer called "one attain," the radio shorthand that closes a takedown cleanly. A Massachusetts ID came up minutes later; the call wound down with paperwork and a Twin City Ambulance transport to ECMC.

Around the NeighborhoodThe Northtowns, call by call

Amherst · Bank-lobby flag

RESOLVED

Officer-Safety Flag Goes Out for an Amherst Bank Customer With an AR-15 in His Past

Bank staff confirmed the name; dispatch broadcast a known-meth-user history and a vow to make a "bloody mess"

At 8:27 a.m., an Amherst PD unit asked dispatch to verify whether a man giving the bank his name only as "Anthony" was Anthony Torello, born 1975. “he wouldn’t give me his name, but the bank staff says his name is Anthony”, the officer said. Within a minute, dispatch came back with the kind of warning that turns an account dispute into an officer-safety call: “known meth user”, “does not like the police”, “has threatened to make it a bloody mess if he has to go with them anywhere”.

The unit confirmed there was no knife on the subject at the bank, and the subject said he would wait until the bank opened to continue — then officers cleared the screen, marked the call back in service, and moved on. The flag stayed live in the system in case he showed up elsewhere in the village later in the morning.

Amherst · Sierra Drive

RESOLVED

Front-Lawn Family Brawl on Sierra Drive Pulls a Cluster of Amherst Cars on a 10-23

At 9:29 a.m., Amherst dispatch put a car out for a domestic at 211 Sierra Drive off Campbell Boulevard, then within seconds upgraded the picture: “sounds like it’s a large family involved out on the front lawn when parties threatening, 10-23”. Officers stacked into the area, with one announcing they would peel away to a separate priority once enough units arrived.

By 9:32 the on-scene officer reported the irate party had walked off — “there’s no issues, just a little irate, but he’s gone, so I’ll be quick” — and an inside check turned up a sold sign on the front lawn, suggesting at least part of the spark was a real-estate transition. A welfare check at a separate address half a mile away (Heidi Hines, 1942) ran in parallel, with a caller reporting that someone with a foreign accent had answered the home phone.

Amherst · Rapids Road

RESOLVED

Multiple Smoke and CO Alarms Sound Throughout 12012 Rapids Road; Station 2 Rolls

At 1:16 p.m., Amherst Fire Dispatch paged Station 2 for a CO-detector activation at 12012 Rapids Road, between Downey Road and Greenbush Road, with “multiple alarms reported throughout the building”. The dispatcher rebroadcast the location twice to make sure responding units had the address right. Aggressor (Eggertsville) 7 went ahead on the call; companies were back in service shortly after, with no further escalation on the air.


Overheard: The WiresCops, cabbies, custodians, dispatchers — off-script

Amherst · Recurring deceased cat

“That Was the Same Cat From This Morning” — Amherst PD’s Best Continuity Note of the Day

Mid-afternoon, an Amherst officer closing out a Millersport call delivered a short transmission that put a whole day’s deceased-feline log into a single phrase: “that was the same cat from this morning”. Earlier in the shift, dispatch had already taken a 9:25 a.m. entry for “a deceased cat on Millersport just south of Maplemere”. The brief’s favorite kind of detail: the radio noticing itself.

Eggertsville · Dollar General

A 10-Year-Old’s Mystery 911 From Outside the Dollar General: “I Don’t Know What Happened, I Don’t Know What Happened”

A 12:55 p.m. EMS call from outside the Dollar General at 3372 Sheridan Drive came in as the most unhelpful possible distress: “I don’t know what happened, I don’t know what happened”, and a hang-up. A car started over; the call back rang twice with no answer; a home address with no police history supposedly had a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old there alone. The dispatcher’s clipped follow-up cuts deeper than any narrative: “supposed to be a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old staying there”.

Amherst · Husky vs. The Unknown

A Husky’s Mouth, a Mystery Animal, and a Two-Unit Investigation Into What Bit Whom

Just after 1 p.m., a homeowner’s “husky right now got hit in the mouth by an unknown animal”, and Amherst PD had to triage a strange call: a dog with a bloody jaw and no opponent in sight. The officer hedged the urgency: “it’s bleeding from the mouth, it’s not severe but it’s just a little excited”. The kicker came at 1:09: “we’re heading over to 52 and 58 in Amherst to see if we can find out what animal this was” — a sentence that promises an animal-control mystery and delivers no resolution on the radio.

Williamsville · Main Street

A Confused Customer Pulls Up at 5661 Main, Staff Take Her Keys, and Her Doctor Coincidentally Calls 10 Minutes Later

At 2:02 p.m., an Amherst officer described the scene at 5661 Main Street[*]: “an elderly customer that pulled up on the wrong side of the building”, and “the staff members have her keys currently”. The screen update was routine — elderly customer, confused, staff helping. Then, five minutes later, the radio delivered the kind of timing that doesn’t feel like coincidence: “coincidentally her doctor’s office just called requesting a welfare check for her stating that she’s very delusional”, with the doctor reporting recent decline in memory and judgment.

Amherst · Sheridan & Northwood

Deer Struck on Sheridan; the Car Goes On, the Deer Does Not. Highway Pickup Logged.

An Amherst patrol unit at 10:30 a.m. delivered the day’s most economical incident report: “the deer struck Sheridan and Northway. The car continued on. Deer still on the road”. Six minutes later: “you can log that deer for pickup south side of Sheridan at Northwood” — a one-line wildlife haiku for the morning's call sheet.


Regional BlotterBeyond the Northtowns — WNY at large

Amherst · Overnight garage entry

Amherst PD Works an Overnight Attached-Garage Entry: Gray Four-Door BMW, Garages Left Open Up the Block

An Amherst officer briefed dispatch from the scene of an overnight attached-garage entry on a residential block: “it was an attached garage that was entered, if I’m not mistaken, 39 Elgort”, with two suspects in a gray four-door BMW seen at the house around 5:30 a.m. and additional garages left open at adjoining homes. The officer expected more reports as the morning went on, with patrol working the lawns for tossed driver’s licenses, purses, and other discarded property.

Williamsville · South Long Street

Williamsville EMS Run to South Long Street for 65-Year-Old Cancer Patient “Not Alert”

At 1:44 p.m., Amherst Fire Dispatch paged a Williamsville EMS call to 137 South Long Street, between Garden Parkway and the dead end, for a 65-year-old male cancer patient not alert. Williamsville 95 responded; the patient was transferred to TCA 233 minutes later and units were back in service.

Other Calls of Note

[08:43]East Amherst · Marahara Indian Restaurant Amherst Fire ran a commercial fire-alarm activation at 9416 Transit Road, the Marahara Indian Restaurant between Casey Road and Miles Road, smoke and CO zone 8.
[08:46]Amherst · Independent Health YMCA Amherst Fire ran a commercial fire-alarm activation at the Independent Health YMCA, 150 Tech Drive, between Main Street and Wehrle Drive[*]; alarm-company contact on site confirmed all clear.
[12:43]Amherst · People Inc Amherst Fire ran a first-floor smoke alarm at 165 Campbell Boulevard, People Incorporated, between Walton Way and Franklin Road; cleaning crew dusting set it off, alarm reset.
[12:58]Eggertsville · Spruce Road Amherst Fire ran an EMS call to 75 Spruce Road[*], between Elm Road and Buckeye Road, for a 79-year-old man who fell with a head injury; Eggertsville 71 responded, patient handed to AMR 233.
[10:04]Williamsville · Garrison Park area Amherst PD logged a parking violation at Willowbrook Drive[*] and Garrison Road[*] — white Corolla blocking the stop sign at the corner adjacent to Garrison Park.
[11:43]Amherst · Park Haven Amherst PD ran a residential perimeter alarm at 44 Park Haven.
[09:57]Amherst · Suburban Orthodontics lot Amherst PD checked a man down in the lot of Suburban Orthodontics, 2005 Niagara Falls Boulevard, between Innkeepers and Willow Ridge — Hispanic male, curly hair, possibly intoxicated, trying to get himself up.
[13:37]Williamsville · European Wax Center Amherst PD followed up on a voicemail at the European Wax Center, 5326 Main Street, between South Union and South Long; voicemail from a female caller, sounded distraught, no history with the phone number.
[09:16]Buffalo · 87 Swinburne BFD Dispatch sent EMS unit 222 to 87 Swinburne, between Ashley and Broadway, apartment 222, for an EMS call.
[09:09]Buffalo · 16th-floor elevator BFD Ch1 ran an elevator-alarm response on the 16th floor of a Main Street building — engine 3 handled, ladder companies took the report; no one in the elevator, crew working on the unit.

Editor’s Note

Pipeline note: the scanner-export job that produces wny-listening-post_2026-06-30_PM.md did not run before the 3 p.m. edition window, so this PM brief is built from the most recent PM scanner export available on disk — yesterday's 07:00–15:00 window (Monday, June 29). Treat the items below as recovered yesterday-morning traffic, not today's. The pipeline will catch up on the next normal cycle.

Daily Gem

That was the same cat from this morning”

— Amherst PD, 13:36

By the Numbers

Segments
1,642
Active systems
23
Busiest hour
08:00–09:00 (Amherst PD bank-lobby flag + early-shift activity)
Regional Breaking
0
Updates
0
By Agency (top 5)
BucketSegs
Police460
Fire / EMS340
Hotel / shuttle / taxi80
Airport / aviation55
Rail / maritime10
By Area (top 5)
BucketSegs
Williamsville & Amherst500
Buffalo150
Other Erie County110
Niagara County95
Outer counties25

Segment totals are from the source export’s own header; agency and area buckets are estimated by inferred channel role. The looping Maritime Ops / NOAA marine-weather channel (640 segments) was excluded from all category counts before authoring — it is automated weather radio, not real dispatch activity. Counts reflect yesterday’s PM window (06-29 07:00–15:00) because today’s PM scanner export was unavailable; see editor’s note.

[*] = 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 · Tuesday, June 30, 2026 · P.M. Edition · Vol. I, No. 52
Compiled from public radio scanner traffic via the WNY Listening Post automated pipeline. Transcriptions are AI-generated and may contain errors; verify names and details before action.
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