Cattaraugus County · Beals Fall · Mower Embankment Rescue

Man Found at the Bottom of a 20-Foot Embankment With His Lawnmower on Top of Him

A Beals Fall call for a man who fell and couldn't get up escalated to a Mercy Flight rescue when crews found him down an embankment under his mower for an unknown length of time.

Yesterday at 4:07 PM, Cattaraugus Fire dispatch sent Gowanda EMS to a priority call at 62 North Water Street, in the Beals Fall area, for a 52-year-old man reported to have “fell down, unable to get up, possible injury”. What sounded routine turned serious within a minute.

At 4:08 PM a responding unit advised the call would be upgraded to ALS and asked to put Mercy Flight on air standby. Pressed on the injuries, the unit reported “a male rolled down a 20-foot embankment, he had a lawnmower on top of him” — and that he had been down there an unknown amount of time. He was reported still conscious.

Crews scrambled additional manpower and a landing-zone team, and by 4:13 PM the dispatcher confirmed “I have Mercy Flight 6 en route, will be in the air, 23 minute ETA to the scene”. As the exact spot was pinned down between calls on Route 98 and Freedom, a chief settled the landing zone at the Arcade fire hall. No word on the man's condition crossed the air before the call moved off the channel.

Amherst · Mill Street · Domestic Disturbance

Teen Reported Throwing Things and Threatening to Kill Everyone in a Mill Street House

A sister told Amherst police her 17-year-old brother was upstairs throwing items and had threatened to kill everyone in the home; no weapons were reported.

Yesterday at 6:40 PM, Amherst police dispatched a welfare check to 240 Mill Street. According to dispatch, a sister at the address said her 17-year-old brother was upstairs “throwing stuff around” and had said “he was going to kill everyone in the house”. Dispatch noted no weapons.

Dispatch relayed that the mother has custody of the child and asked responding units to cover for a two-officer response. The call cleared with a report and one summons noted on the air before units went back in service.

Town of Tonawanda · Sheridan Park · Knife Complaint

Man Says a Cyclist Chased Him With a Knife Near the Golf Course

A complainant told Tonawanda police a man he knew came after him with a knife, then rode off on a black bicycle toward his home near Sheridan Park.

Yesterday at 6:45 PM, Tonawanda police put out an unknown-trouble call after a complainant reported that a man he could name had “chased him with a knife”. Dispatch relayed that the complainant knew who the man was and that he lived nearby on the golf course, describing him in a black hoodie and gray pants with braids.

Asked to check whether the suspect had been on a bike, the complainant confirmed the man fled on a black bicycle. Units checked the Sheridan Park area as the call worked its way off the channel.

Springville · Hawk Meadows Drive · Fall Injury

Woman Left Unconscious After a Hammer Falls From a Ladder and Strikes Her Head

Springville fire ran a paramedic response for a woman reported struck in the head by a hammer that fell from a ladder, unconscious with altered mental status.

Yesterday at 4:52 PM, Springville fire was dispatched to 101 Hawk Meadows Drive for a woman reported struck in the head by a hammer that fell from a ladder. She was described as unconscious with altered mental status, drawing a paramedic-level response.

Crews worked the call as a head-injury run. No further word on the patient's condition crossed the air before the call cleared the channel.

Cattaraugus County · Missing Person

Caller Reports His Girlfriend Held Inside a Residence, Screaming; Officers Search the Building

A pre-dawn Jamestown call sent officers to a building after a man said his girlfriend had gone inside against her will and could be heard screaming.

Early this morning, beginning around 6:06 AM, Jamestown police worked a report from a caller who said his girlfriend, identified on dispatch as Megan Webb, had gone into a residence and had not come out. The caller told dispatch she was being kept inside against her will and that he could hear her screaming.

Officers investigated the building as the call developed. No resolution had crossed the air by the close of the window at 7:00 AM.

Salamanca · Main Street · Fled Motorcycle

Motorcycle Flees a Salamanca Stop as Officers Recover Mail Left Behind

A high-speed vehicle and a motorcycle scattered off Main Street; the car was traced to a River Street address and mail was recovered from the bike.

Yesterday at 7:33 PM, a Salamanca officer near the Great Wall on Main Street reported a gray Volvo moving at a high rate of speed alongside a motorcycle, and radioed that “the motorcycle took off downriver”. As units sorted out which way each had gone, another officer pressed on the air for the street the motorcycle had taken.

Dispatch ran the Volvo's plate, which came back to an address on River Street registered to a Wilson Rodriguez. By 7:37 PM an officer reported he would be out with mail that had been on the bike, and units continued working the two vehicles downriver.

BNIA · Shuttle Yard

The Shuttle Yard's Morning Briefing: One Fired Driver, One Bad Aim

Between pickups, two shuttle drivers swapped the whole neighborhood ledger.

Before 6:00 AM, two airport shuttle drivers used a quiet stretch of the radio to catch up on the news up the road — a former colleague who “got in a fight here with another driver” and got fired, and then, matter-of-factly, yesterday's excitement: “remember I told you someone got shot in the leg up the road yesterday”

The retelling only got more vivid from there — the driver reported that the round “went through the top of his eye and came out the back of his bottom thigh” — before the other driver, unmoved, noted only that she hadn't seen it on the news. The cops and ambulances, she allowed, had at least been on her map.

Buffalo · Arlington & Wadsworth

The Face-Plant That Wasn't

A Buffalo dispatcher revises the call type mid-sentence.

Yesterday at 5:34 PM, a Buffalo dispatcher sent cars to Arlington and Wadsworth with a tidy little plot twist. The original response, she explained, was for “a male who fell onto his face” — “turns out it's an overdose” The man was combative; a second car was already pulling up.

Dunkirk · Sign-Off

Good Night, Pizza Tag

A Dunkirk radio farewell nobody asked to have explained.

Yesterday at 9:46 PM, the Dunkirk police channel signed off in the finest tradition of a radio in-joke: “good night, Pizza Tag” came the send-off, answered by a wounded “hey!” Who Pizza Tag is, and what he did to earn it, went unrecorded — which is exactly how these things should stay.

Cattaraugus County · Fire Station

Two Detained at the Fire Hall, and That's the Whole Report

A deputy's economy of words on a couple of caught teenagers.

Yesterday around 8:57 PM, Cattaraugus deputies were called out for two or three teens trying to get into a white building behind a fire station. The resolution arrived on the air with admirable brevity: “we're going to have two juveniles detained at the moment” No embellishment, no backstory — just a count and a status.

Buffalo · Search for Injured Woman

Buffalo Firefighters Sweep Memorial for Bloodied Woman, Find No One

Yesterday around 6:29 PM, a Buffalo Fire crew already checking near Curtis Memorial radioed that it saw nothing, prompting dispatch to relay the full report that had come in from a passerby: “a female patient described as white, wearing a white dress, covered in blood”.

Units then swept blocks of Memorial between Broadway and Fillmore — dispatch confirming they'd “check Memorial from Broadway all the way to Fillmore” — but no patient turned up, and the searching company went back in service with its ambulance released.

Orchard Park · Medical Emergency

85-Year-Old Found Not Breathing at Orchard Heights Senior Facility

Yesterday at 6:49 PM, Orchard Park Fire Control dispatched an ambulance to Orchard Heights, 5200 Chestnut Ridge Road, room 306, for “an 85-year-old female, not responsive, not alert, not breathing”.

Ambulance AMS 824 was en route within two minutes and reported on scene by 6:56 PM.

Collins · Correctional Facility

Inmate Reported With Possible Hanging Trauma at Collins Correctional

Yesterday at 5:12 PM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch sent a Gowanda EMS ambulance on a BLS trauma-priority call to Collins Correctional Facility for “a male individual, possible trauma from hanging”, with the call repeated and confirmed a minute later.

A second unit, 819, was also sent responding to the facility at 5:14 PM.

Dunkirk · High-Rise Assault

Dunkirk Police, Fire Called to High-Rise Apartment for Assault Report

Early this morning, just after 1:40 AM, Dunkirk Fire Dispatch sent Rescue on Engine 3, alongside Dunkirk police, to the high-rise apartment building at 15 North Main Street, Apartment 7C, for a report of “an assault victim”.

By 1:54 AM, dispatch called off the EMS response, telling responding units “EMS is not needed at this location” and directing that it be handled as a matter for police; both units cleared the scene minutes later.

Olean · Welfare Check

Olean Police Check on Child After Neighbors Report Screaming

At 10:09 PM, Olean police were sent to check the welfare of a child after neighbors reported hearing screaming from inside a residence. Officers got no answer at the door, and no further resolution was broadcast before the traffic moved on.

Cattaraugus County · DWI Stop

Cattaraugus Deputies Detain Two Juveniles After Intoxicated Driver Found at Store

At 9:26 PM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's deputies responded after a woman believed to be intoxicated was found having driven herself to a store. Two juveniles who had been riding with her were detained by deputies while the situation was sorted out.

NY Thruway · Erratic Tractor-Trailer

Erratic Tractor-Trailer Strikes Multiple Objects on Thruway Before Being Stopped

At 6:16 PM, Thruway dispatch reported a tractor-trailer driving erratically and striking multiple objects along the roadway before troopers were able to get the truck stopped. No injuries or damage details beyond the strikes themselves were broadcast.