Amherst · Person in Crisis

Third-Party Call Sends Amherst Officers After a Man in Crisis With Weapon Access

A relayed report described a member having suicidal thoughts, with access to weapons and thinking about using them.

Yesterday at 9:37 PM, Amherst police put out an urgent, weighted call: one of their members was reported to be having “1023 thoughts. Does have access to weapons and is thinking about using them”, with a fire cover assigned as officers tried to pin down a location. The information reached the desk secondhand — “Third-party information from AFC” — and dispatch noted that an attempt to reach a relative failed because the callback number was out of service.

The traffic carried the deliberate, unhurried gravity these calls demand as units worked toward the address. This was one of several after-dark distress runs that shaped Amherst's evening, and the window did not report a resolution.

Tonawanda · Alcott Park Area · Shots Fired

Two Bursts of Gunfire Reported Near an Alcott-Area Park Overnight

Residents described roughly five shots, then one, then five more; a later caller likened the sound to fireworks.

At about 1:57 AM, Tonawanda police took a shots-fired report near the Alcott area, with residents describing a cluster of roughly five shots, then a single report, then five more. A second call around 2:10 AM placed the noise near a park, one caller recalling five pops about twenty minutes earlier that had sounded like fireworks.

Officers canvassed the neighborhood; the overnight traffic did not report shell casings, injuries, or a source located. The two clusters minutes apart kept the calls active well into the early morning.

Amherst · Wendy's, Transit at Morley · Suspicious Vehicles

Mystery Vehicles Idling Lights-Off at a Transit Road Wendy's Draw Five Detained

Employees said cars had circled for an hour asking strange questions before three pulled in and killed their lights.

Yesterday at about 11:30 PM, an employee at the Wendy's at Transit and Morley flagged police over a run of unsettling encounters: several cars over the previous hour had rolled through asking strange questions and, per the caller, saying “they were going to make their night worse”. Three vehicles — a gray, a red, and a black — then pulled into the lot, turned their lights off, and sat occupied.

Officers moved in and reported “five occupants who are all cooperative”. The traffic that followed — plate checks, a Florida reference, and radio banter about clearing the lot — pointed to a benign explanation, and the encounter wound down without incident.

Jamestown · Windsor & Faulkner Streets · Person in Crisis

Jamestown Officers Search After a Man Reportedly Tries to Hang Himself Amid a Domestic Dispute

The subject was said to be walking on Windsor toward Faulkner as crews spread out to find him.

At about 2:19 AM, Jamestown police worked a distress call in the Windsor and Faulkner Street area after a man reportedly attempted to hang himself and then walked off, said to be heading along Windsor toward Faulkner in the middle of a domestic dispute with the caller. Officers opened a search of the surrounding blocks.

The overnight traffic tracked the man's reported direction but did not report him located within the window. It joined a broader cluster of after-dark mental-health runs stretching from Chautauqua County back into the Northtowns.

East Aurora · 189 Main Street · Commercial Fire

Commercial Structure Fire on East Aurora's Main Street Traced to a Kitchen Outlet

Crews found a smoking outlet and an external power box involved before knocking it down.

Yesterday at about 8:14 PM, East Aurora fire responded to a commercial structure fire at 189 Main Street, where crews found a smoking outlet in a kitchen and, on further investigation, an external power box involved. The fire was reported extinguished.

The electrical origin kept the response contained to the affected fixtures rather than spreading through the structure. The traffic in this window centered on the source of the smoke rather than any injuries.

Jamestown · 3rd Street Bridge

Mow-tor Vehicle Violation: Lawnmower Man Snarls the 3rd Street Bridge

A running lawn tractor made a bridge crossing into a traffic complaint.

Yesterday at 3:56 PM, Jamestown dispatch sent an officer toward the 3rd Street Bridge for a complaint that landed somewhere between menace and lawn care: “a guy on a running lawnmower tractor going over the bridge causing a traffic problem”. He was last seen, per the desk, rolling eastbound toward downtown — presumably at a stately clip.

West Seneca · Cherokee Drive

Battery Not Included: Exploding Lithium Cell Sparks a Cherokee Drive Hazmat Call

A chief traced the whole thing to one blown battery — engines, cancel.

Yesterday at 10:26 PM, a West Seneca fire crew working a call on Cherokee Drive found the culprit and called off the cavalry: “Further investigation found an exploded lithium battery that appears to be the source. Cancel my engines”. Dispatch confirmed it back — handled with hazmat and the chief himself — while another unit stood by with fans that, in the end, weren't needed.

Dunkirk · Delta Sonic

Right on Target: An Arrow Punches Clean Through a Delta Sonic Restroom Window

The shot reportedly landed around 7 a.m.

Yesterday at 5:44 PM, Dunkirk police logged a report that reads like a Robin Hood misfire: an arrow shot through a Delta Sonic bathroom window, said to have happened around 7 that morning. Who loosed it, and at what, the traffic did not say.

West Seneca · Orffy's Bar

Last Call, First Cab: A Woman Vanishes From Orffy's by Taxi

The bartender was left fielding the questions.

At about 2:31 AM, West Seneca police worked a missing-woman report out of Orffy's Bar, the account being that she had left in a taxi. Officers gathered what they could from the bartender, the last person who could say much of anything about where she'd gone.

Tonawanda · 96 Marjorie

Grand Theft, Wide Load: An Overnight Larceny on Marjorie Nets 'Planes and Vehicles'

The report was terse; the inventory was ambitious.

Yesterday at about 10:20 PM, Tonawanda dispatch logged a larceny at 96 Marjorie, said to have happened sometime after 10 p.m., with the taken items listed on the air as “plane and vehicles, taken”. Whether that means model aircraft or something grander, the clipped radio traffic left to the imagination.

Town of Tonawanda · Hawthorne Avenue

Working House Fire on Hawthorne Avenue Draws Kenmore Mutual Aid

Tonawanda Town Fire dispatch sent crews to 20 Hawthorne Avenue, in the Kenilworth section, just before 5:00 AM after a caller reported fire and smoke inside the residence and said it was unclear whether anyone was home. Units arrived within minutes and declared a working fire, activating a fast team as a first-floor crew radioed for a second hoseline after spotting flames near the ceiling while other firefighters searched the upstairs. Command called in mutual aid from neighboring Kenmore for the working house fire as additional engines, a ladder truck and a squad continued arriving on scene.

Buffalo · Bailey Avenue

Screaming Caller Reports Stabbing on Bailey Avenue

Buffalo police dispatch rushed units to 1207 Bailey Avenue just after 12:32 AM after a caller reported a stabbing in progress, relaying that a female could be heard on the line screaming “he's stabbing me”. Two patrol cars were sent immediately, with a third added moments later; radio traffic did not indicate a resolution or the condition of anyone involved by the time the call cleared the channel.

Buffalo · Langfield

Teen Struck With Phone Cords in Langfield Domestic Call

Yesterday at 10:44 PM, Buffalo police dispatch put out a violent domestic call at 231 Langfield in which a 15-year-old was struck by a male in the household using phone cords; dispatch said no other weapons were reported and that a 26-year-old woman connected to the household was staying elsewhere. Multiple units were sent to the block, and dispatch cleared all responding cars to the scene shortly after.

East Aurora · Olean Road

Woman Found Unresponsive in Possible Overdose on Olean Road

Yesterday at 10:37 PM, East Aurora Fire dispatch sent an ambulance to 7135 Olean Road, near the Wales town line and Blanchard Road, for a woman in her 40s reported as a possible overdose. Multiple Holland fire and EMS units were toned out to assist, and dispatch relayed an update minutes later that the woman was breathing but not alert, adding that a similar call had come from the address before and that some involved believed the overdose was intentional.

Genesee County · Medical Emergency

Unconscious 6-Year-Old Found in Le Roy Manor Basement

Genesee County Fire dispatch sent an EMS response to Le Roy Manor at 8278 Lake Street Road yesterday at 4:40 PM after a 6-year-old boy was found unconscious but breathing in the basement. Dispatch gave no further update on the child's condition over the air.