Jamestown · Price Street · Missing Teen

A 16-Year-Old Jamestown Boy Goes Missing From Dow Street, Last Seen on Price and Possibly Walking to Warren

This morning Chautauqua-area law enforcement circulated a description of Christopher Tuttle, a 16-year-old last seen on Price Street in Jamestown and thought to be headed for Warren.

At 8:12 AM, Jamestown police broadcast a missing-person report for a 16-year-old identified on dispatch as Christopher Tuttle, with a home address of 13 Dow Street. He was last seen on Price Street in Jamestown.

Dispatch described him as 5-foot-7 and about 130 pounds, with short hair and a light mustache, last seen in black sweats and a white t-shirt. He was believed to possibly be en route to Warren. The scanner traffic did not establish whether he had been located before the thread closed.

Cheektowaga · Strasburg Road · Pedestrian Struck

Bystanders Heave a Transit Bus Off a Pedestrian Pinned Beneath It in Cheektowaga

Early this afternoon a person was trapped under a Transit bus on Strasburg Road — until bystanders physically lifted the vehicle off of her before police and EMS arrived.

At about 1:22 PM, a Cheektowaga dispatcher pulled a unit off a domestic to handle an injury accident on Strasburg Road — a pedestrian struck by a Transit bus, with the dispatcher relaying that “a person is still underneath the vehicle”.

The victim suffered a fractured left arm. By the time officers pulled up, the emergency had largely resolved itself: a unit reported there was no entrapment under the vehicle, and an officer on scene gave the reason plainly — “The car was lifted off of her by some bystanders over here”.

Lakewood · Chautauqua Avenue · Man Crushed

A Man Pinned Under a Truck on Chautauqua Avenue Is Freed as a Helicopter Is Placed on Standby

Mid-morning a man had a truck fall on him on Chautauqua Avenue in Lakewood, with severe difficulty breathing; crews freed him and called for ALS help and a helicopter.

At 10:19 AM, Chautauqua County fire dispatch sent Lakewood EMS to 154 Chautauqua Avenue on an ALS call for a man with severe difficulty breathing after, the dispatcher said, “he did have a truck fall on him”.

Dispatch repeatedly stressed that the truck was no longer on him. Within minutes a second medic — Dometic 70 — was toned out to assist, and the response was built up with ALS and an air-ambulance standby. The scanner traffic did not establish the man's condition before the thread closed.

Amherst · Niagara Falls Boulevard · Missing Person

An Amherst Woman Vanishes After Lunch, and the Search Threads From Chipotle to Target to Walmart

This afternoon Amherst officers combed the Boulevard retail corridor for a missing woman last seen at a Chipotle at noon, driving a black Jeep Cherokee and carrying no cell phone.

Beginning around 1:50 PM, an Amherst officer worked what he flagged as a possible 10-23 (missing person), telling the desk the woman had “hit a Chipotle on the boulevard at noon” and that her family thought she might still be shopping in the area.

Dispatch pinned the search to the Target Plaza on the Boulevard, with the retail cluster around Target, Chipotle and Walmart named as likely spots; an officer noted she had no cell phone due to paranoia. She was described as a mixed-race woman with short brown hair, driving a black 2015 Jeep Cherokee.

By about 2:08 PM, officers canvassing the stores reported a vehicle located in the back of the Walmart parking lot during the search. The scanner traffic did not establish whether the woman herself had been found before the window closed.

Amherst · Sheridan Drive · Self-Harm Threat

A Group-Home Resident Barricades Herself With a Screwdriver on Sheridan Drive

Late this morning Amherst officers responded to a Spire group home on Sheridan Drive for a woman who had locked herself in her room with a screwdriver, threatening to harm herself.

At 10:56 AM, a dispatcher sent units to the Spire group home at 5500 Sheridan Drive for a female resident with a screwdriver who was trying to harm herself. An officer recognized her at once as “the female we've been out with daily”.

Dispatch relayed that she had locked herself in room 201 and was believed to be actively harming herself. Officers were advised she was known to hide knives, and that a male employee had, in the past, agitated the situation. The call was handled as a mental-hygiene transport, with units clearing the scene shortly before 11:00 AM.

Buffalo · Crestwood Avenue · Apartment Fire

A Level-3 Apartment Fire Sends Residents Streaming Out of a Crestwood Avenue Building Near Hertel

This morning a fire on the first floor of a Crestwood Avenue apartment building near Hertel had people leaving the building as the call was transferred to Buffalo Fire.

At about 8:08 AM, a Buffalo Police unit relayed that 192 Crestwood Avenue, between Hertel and Tacoma, was coming in as a fire and had been transferred to Buffalo Fire. The apartment was on fire and, the officer said, people were leaving the building, with something burning on the first floor.

Officers moved to slow traffic around the scene, directing cars to ease past the fire ground. The scanner traffic did not establish any injuries before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Lexington Avenue · Burglary in Progress

Four With Crowbars Try to Break Into a Lexington Avenue Apartment Raided the Day Before

At midday Buffalo police rushed a burglary in progress on Lexington Avenue, where four people with crowbars were reported trying to force their way into an apartment that had been raided a day earlier.

At about 12:40 PM, a Buffalo Police dispatcher put out a burglary in progress at 207 Lexington Avenue — four people, two males and two females, reported trying to break into an apartment with crowbars.

The dispatcher noted the apartment had been raided the day before, and that the group was in the shared hallway trying to break in. An officer called for at least one more car to assist. The scanner traffic did not establish any arrests before the thread closed.

Depew · Broadway · Man Down

A Man Reported Down Outside the Former Broadway Rite Aid Is Nowhere to Be Found

Early this afternoon a passerby reported a man of unknown life status lying by the doors of the shuttered Rite Aid on Broadway — but arriving Depew officers found no one there.

At 1:04 PM, Depew dispatch sent cars to the old Rite Aid at 4900 Broadway after a complainant passing by reported a male he thought was down, of unknown life status, lying in front of the doors of the former store and dressed all in black.

An officer on scene a few minutes later reported seeing no male near the front doors. Units checked the area and cleared, the call closing without anyone located.

Buffalo · Route 190 · Rollover

A Rollover With Possible Entrapment on the I-190 South, and Three Occupants Who Fled on Foot

At midday Buffalo Fire rolled a heavy rescue to a reported rollover with possible entrapment on the I-190 South near Exit 13 — a crash whose three occupants were said to have run from the wreck.

At 12:26 PM, Buffalo Fire dispatched to the Route 190 South near Exit 13, just before Exit 14, for a reported MVA rollover with possible entrapment, sending Engine 19, Ladder 13, Rescue 1 and command.

The digest records that three occupants fled the scene on foot. Rescue and the engine company were put on the rescue channel as the response built. The scanner traffic did not establish whether anyone was found injured or located before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Buffalo Airport · Ramp Ops

Two to Delta, One to … Edward?

At 7:10 AM, an airport shuttle dispatcher tried to sort the morning's runs and produced a destination that doesn't appear on any departures board: “Two of them went to Delta. We're supposed to go to Delta and the last one is in Edward”. Two to Delta, one to the great unknown.

Buffalo · Buffalo Airport · Ramp Gripe

Trash Talk on the Tarmac

At 2:42 PM, an American ramp worker aired the day's grievance with the weary clarity of a man who has done someone else's chores: “The Inbound Crew told my guy not to do the trash. That's why it's not fun”. The trash, reader, remains undone.

Depew · Firehouse · Candy Run

Gone for a Candy Run, Back Shortly

At 1:10 PM, a Depew crew member keyed up with a dispatch of the most essential kind: “I gotta leave the park for a few minutes. I gotta make a candy run”. Dispatch, to its eternal credit, simply copied.

Buffalo · Buffalo Fire · Sage Advice

How to Extinguish Rags: a Masterclass From Engine 4

At 1:00 PM, Engine 4 came back in service after a call and offered dispatch a nugget of hard-won firefighting wisdom: “If you're looking for advice on how to extinguish rags, we advise them”. Profound, really.

Amherst · Princeton · Stray Dog

Whose Dog Is This, and Will Green Acres Scan the Chip?

At 10:01 AM, amid a vehicle-break-in call on Princeton, an Amherst officer paused over a more tender mystery — a dog nobody seemed to own — and asked the question of the hour: “Do you know if Green Acres will check for a chip”.

Tonawanda · Sheridan East Park · Possible Break-In

Forced-Entry Crews Work Rear of Sheridan East Park Building After Break-In Report

Just before 1 PM, Tonawanda police converged on a building at Sheridan East Park after officers reported three teams pulling boarded wood from windows to force entry at the rear of the building.

Officers found three bicycles and a broken glass window behind the building, and a witness told police several people had run from the scene in an unknown direction; with no key holder reachable, officers planned to send an emergency message to the property and canvass the complainant's address for surveillance video.

Buffalo · Ferry-Grider Homes · Medical Call

Engine, EMS Crew Dispatched to Ferry-Grider Homes for Diabetic Resident in Distress

Just after 1:31 PM, Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 31 and EMS unit 162 to 162 Donovan Drive, between East Ferry Street and the Ferry-Grider Homes, for an Apartment G resident described as diabetic and having difficulty breathing.

Buffalo · Main Street · Suicide Threat

Buffalo Police Respond to Main Street Man Threatening Suicide With Knives, Guns on His Lap

Just after 9:37 AM, Buffalo police dispatch sent B District units to 921 Main Street, Apartment 206, for a man reported feeling suicidal and wanting to drink poison; he told dispatchers he wanted to go to ECMC and would go willingly, but said he had knives and guns on his lap and was feeling violent.

Officers swapped the call between units over the radio, with one asking to be preempted from another job to cover the threat.

Buffalo · Amherst Street · Suicide Threat

Schizophrenic Man Threatens to Jump From Roof or Stab Himself on Amherst Street

Just before 1:52 PM, Buffalo police dispatch redirected a unit to a suicide threat at 550 Amherst Street, where a man identified on the radio as schizophrenic reportedly said he would jump off the roof or stab himself with a knife, with a gun also mentioned.

Buffalo · Crestwood Avenue · CPR Call

CPR Call on Crestwood Avenue Ends in Declared Death

At 9:42 AM, Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 38 to 109 Crestwood Avenue, in the upper flat between Hertel and Tacoma, for a report of an unconscious person with difficulty breathing.

Engine 38 arrived with Buffalo police and began CPR by 9:48 AM, prompting dispatch to rush additional medical equipment, designated F20, to the scene; by 9:58 AM, dispatch radioed the engine's lieutenant that the patient had been called DOA, though crews still asked that defibrillator pads be brought in.

Buffalo · E District · Online Solicitation Report

Buffalo Police Investigate Report of Man Soliciting 11-Year-Old Girl Online

Just after noon, Buffalo Police dispatch sent an E District unit to a call logged as a “suspicious event”: a complainant reported that an unknown man had been soliciting her 11-year-old daughter over the internet. Dispatchers gave no additional details about the suspect or the platform involved, and no further radio traffic specified an outcome.

Lancaster · Transit Road · Overdose

Multiple Units Stage at Park Lane Apartments After Report of 30-Pill Overdose

Just before 9 AM, Lancaster Fire Dispatch asked Twin District EMS crews to stage in the area of the Park Lane Apartments, 4845 Transit Road, for a reported overdose in Apartment B, Void 3: a 36-year-old woman believed to have taken about 30 sleeping pills, her condition unknown, with the complainant roughly 20 minutes from the scene.

Over the following minutes, additional Twin District units and area patrols were routed to stage at the complex while her status remained unconfirmed on the air.

Cheektowaga · Woodside Court Apartments · Mental Health Call

Combative Man With Suicidal Posts Draws Cheektowaga Police to Woodside Court

At 11:41 AM, Cheektowaga police were dispatched to apartment 10 at the Woodside Court Apartments off North End after a friend in Kentucky called to report the man had posted online that he wanted to kill himself.

Dispatchers noted the man had a history of autism and could become combative, and that he had previously been taken into custody under New York's Mental Hygiene Law for a psychiatric evaluation; officers on scene spent several radio exchanges discussing whether to have him "take a ride" voluntarily in case he became agitated.

Hamburg · South Park Avenue · Lithium-Ion Battery Hazmat

Sparking Charger Cord Brings Hazmat Team Leader to South Park Avenue Apartment

At 2:07 PM, Hamburg Fire Dispatch sent Big Tree units to 3763 South Park Avenue, Apartment 1, between Madison and Arthur, after a resident reported a lithium-ion battery that had sparked and smoked after he cut its charging cord; dispatchers noted the battery was no longer sparking and was cold to the touch.

Mutual aid rolled in quickly from Lakeshore's 7-1 and 7-2 engines along with Big Tree's Engine 9, and a crew chief asked dispatch to activate a team leader from South Towns Hazmat to respond to the apartment; units signed off a short time later and returned to service.

South Dayton · Mill Street · Stroke Alert

12-Minute Seizure in South Dayton Upgraded to Stroke Alert

At 1:28 PM, Cattaraugus County Fire dispatched an ALS ambulance to the area of 238 Mill Street, near Maple Street and White Road in South Dayton, for an 80-year-old woman who had been seizing for more than 12 minutes.

Minutes later, dispatch upgraded the response to a stroke alert after the caller reported the woman's face had begun to droop, routing the crew into South Dayton under the escalated call.