Amherst · Sheridan / Harlem · Car Carrier Hits Viaduct

A Car Carrier Clips the Sheridan–Harlem Viaduct, Knocking a Vehicle Off the Bridge

An Amherst officer radioed that a car-hauler went under the viaduct too tall and shook a car loose off the span, with a possible injury.

At 12:33 PM, an Amherst officer at Sheridan Drive and Harlem Road reported that a car carrier had gone underneath the viaduct, clipped the bridge, and “knocked a car off, it sounds like”. The call carried a possible injury, and units were steered toward the scene at the viaduct.

Bridge-and-overpass strikes ran heavy across the region through the midday, with the Thruway logging several tractor-trailer hits in the same hours. The scanner did not broadcast the extent of injuries or how long the Sheridan–Harlem crossing stayed snarled before the thread moved on.

Buffalo · Dismanda Street · Combative Overdose

A Combative Overdose Patient Fights Off Firefighters and Attacks Her Own Children Before Being Pinned Down

Engine 25's crew called for police twice at a Dismanda Street home as a patient slapped a firefighter and went after children.

At about 11:05 AM, Buffalo Fire sent EMS to 24 Dismanda Street, between Hillside and Junior, for an overdose. Within minutes the crew keyed up for police: the patient was “refusing to let us in the house and attacking us”, a 30-year-old woman described as combative. The dispatcher confirmed no weapons and notified police.

By 11:22 AM the call escalated sharply. The crew reported the woman “slapped one of the firefighters in the face, attacked her children”, and that firefighters had her pinned to the ground. Letter 10 was pushed in as additional equipment, a nearby engine asked to be added, and a chief put himself on the call. Police were en route as crews held the patient down. The scanner did not broadcast her condition or any charges before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Brunswick · Child Reports Violent Domestic

An 11-Year-Old Hides in a Bedroom Closet to Tell Police His Father Is Choking His Mother

Buffalo officers were rushed to a Brunswick address after a child called from inside the home during a violent domestic.

At about 9:02 AM, a Buffalo dispatcher pushed Edward cars to a violent domestic at 27 Brunswick Boulevard, relaying that 11-year-old Ethan had called to say “his dad is choking mom”. The boy told dispatch his parents were in the living room and that “Ethan's hiding in the bedroom closet”.

A dispatcher noted the call had just been upgraded as officers headed in. Later traffic added that a caller was the only other person in the house, with two dogs in the basement. The scanner did not broadcast the mother's condition or any arrest before the thread moved on.

Williamsville · DeVille Circle · Possible House Fire

Heavy Smoke Reported Inside a DeVille Circle Home Sends Multiple Companies Rolling at Dawn

Amherst Fire toned out several companies for a possible house fire with a resident reporting heavy smoke; the trouble turned out to be a melted e-bike battery pulled into a pool.

At 7:15 AM, Amherst Fire Dispatch put out a possible house fire at 75 DeVille Circle, near Catherine Street, with the resident “reporting heavy smoke in the house”. Getzville, Transit, a ladder and additional companies were toned to channel 2 and told to stand by.

By about 8:20 AM crews had the source: a melted e-bicycle battery, which was removed and placed in a pool while the house was ventilated. No structural damage was reported. Lithium-battery fires in e-bikes and scooters have become a recurring fire-service headache, and crews routinely isolate a smoking pack in water. The scanner cleared the call with the home ventilated and no injuries broadcast.

Niagara County · Lewiston · Child's Electrical Injury

A 6-Year-Old Pokes Something Into an Electrical Outlet at a Lewiston Elementary School

Niagara County EMS was sent to the nurse's office at Leupold Primary Education Center for a boy with an electrical contact injury.

At 1:06 PM, Niagara County dispatched EMS to 4019 Creek Road in Lewiston — the Leupold Primary Education Center — for a 6-year-old boy in the nurse's office with “blackness on his fingers” after “sticking something into an electrical outlet”.

FDEMS was requested to the school for the contact injury. The scanner did not broadcast the boy's condition or the severity of the burn before the thread closed.

Wyoming County · Lake Permanente · Suicidal Subject

A Suicidal Man and a Separate Hysterical Woman Pull Multiple Wyoming County Units Across Warsaw

Deputies and a trooper worked an active crisis at a lakeside home while a second call sent units chasing a woman who leapt from a pickup near Walmart.

At 1:57 PM, Wyoming County deputies were sent to the Beedle Wharf residence at Lake Permanente for a 58-year-old man threatening suicide, with a partner still on the phone with the alarm company. Dispatch noted no mention of weapons in use but “there are knives in there”, and worked to cover the active crisis.

Minutes later a second thread opened near Five Star Bank by Walmart: a report of a woman who “jumped out of a gray pickup truck wearing all black and a yellow hat”, last seen walking north while a caller described her as hysterical. Units and a Warsaw trooper swept the area and found her in a field below the tree line, across from the Walmart lot. She was reported complaining of trouble breathing and heart pain and asking to go to ECMC. The scanner did not tie the two calls together, and did not broadcast the outcome at the lakeside home before the thread moved on.

Cattaraugus County · Cemetery Hill Road · Children Recovered

Children Who Walked Away From a Residential Home Are Tracked Down and Recovered at a Nearby Property

Deputies and Jamestown officers coordinated a recovery after multiple children left the Randolph Children's Home, with some turning up at a residence off Cemetery Hill Road.

At about 2:31 PM, Cattaraugus deputies and Jamestown police coordinated a search after multiple children left the Randolph Children's Home. The traffic placed the recovery around the Cemetery Hill Road area, with some of the children located at a residential property and units sent in to bring them back.

The response echoed an earlier run that morning, when four elementary-age students who had gone AWOL from an academy were found at a 7-Eleven. The scanner did not broadcast how many children were ultimately recovered or whether any remained unaccounted for before the thread closed.

Williamsville · The Nose Knows

Prime Suspect in Williamsville Alarm Call Flees on Four Legs

A call toned out over Amherst Fire got the all-clear with the finest of fine print: State Police on location reported it was “possibly due to a skunk in the area”. No charges. The skunk, as ever, departed before anyone could take a statement.

Buffalo · Elmwood · Full Service

Buffalo's Finest Solve a Naked-Man Call With a Goodwill Run

At 11:36 AM a District B-D officer radioed a tidy problem: “a naked guy in the middle of the street”, in the middle of the street at 19-7 Elmwood. The resolution, keyed up a few minutes later, had no cuffs and no complaint — just logistics: “We're going to be taking this guy to Goodwill on the corner and we're going to get him a pair of pants”. Problem solved, dignity restored, retail supported.

Town of Tonawanda · Sheridan Park · Sign-Off

A Grass Fire Clears, and the Radio Gets Unexpectedly Sentimental

After Sheridan Park handled a small grass fire off the 290 and set a four-hour timeout, somebody keyed the mic for a farewell that belonged in a different kind of broadcast entirely: “Don't want to hurt you, but I treat you fondly. Take care” Then back to business — Sheridan Park, Newstead, Williamsville. The scanner does not usually do tender.

Olean · Walmart · If the Boot Fits

Olean Shoplifter Tries On the Timberlands Before Taking the Fall

A Walmart loss-prevention tip gave deputies a suspect description you could walk right up to: an older man in a hat, black hoodie and blue ripped jeans, “older white male shoplifter took boots and put them on” — still standing between rows 6 and 7, now wearing the tan Timberland boots he hadn't paid for. He was, the radio confirmed a minute later, right where he'd been left.

Cheektowaga · Columbus / Kennedy · Cold Case

A White Jeep Survives Three Weeks of Silent Neighborhood Suspicion

A Cheektowaga unit was asked to check Columbus at Kennedy for a white Jeep “that went down the street for three weeks”. Three weeks parked, and someone finally cracked. The Jeep, parked exactly where it was last week and the week before, offered no comment.

Amherst · Kensington Avenue

Fired McDonald's Worker Threatens Staff, Warns a Cousin Will 'Take Care' of Them

Just after 8:02 AM, Amherst Police dispatch sent an officer to the McDonald's at 1970 Kensington Avenue after an employee reported being threatened by a coworker who had just been terminated; the ex-employee reportedly said he was “going to have his cousin come over and take care of him”.

Officers checked the area but found the subject gone on arrival, and dispatch closed out the call minutes later with no further incident reported.

Amherst · Niagara Falls Boulevard

Vehicle Slams Into Nordstrom Rack Building on Niagara Falls Boulevard, Damages Trees

Just after 8:33 AM, Amherst Fire dispatch reported a car into a building at 1579 Niagara Falls Boulevard, the Nordstrom Rack between Romney Road and Ridgely Road, with the extent of injuries or damage initially unknown.

Crews on scene found no structural damage to the store, though several trees nearby were damaged in the crash; North Bailey Fire units were among those responding.

Amherst · Summit Academy

Teacher Struck Head After Being Pushed in Summit Academy Classroom Scuffle

Just after 1:12 PM, Amherst Police dispatch sent an officer to 30 Hazelwood, Summit Academy, after a teacher was pushed and struck her head; officers were directed to use door 3 to enter the building.

Grand Island · Center Court

Construction Crew Ruptures Gas Line at Grand Island Complex

Just after 10:12 AM, Grand Island Fire dispatch sent crews to the area of Center Court after a construction crew struck a gas line, directing responders to switch to channel 2 for the call.

A unit identified on the radio as Raymour relayed that the paving crew's work had ruptured a gas line, but dispatch said they did not yet have an exact location for the break within the complex.

Clarence · Willow Ridge

Burglars Hit Willow Ridge Apartment While Its Leaseholders Sit in Jail

Just after 9:08 AM, police dispatch sent officers to Willow Ridge[*], Apartment 4, on a burglary complaint that occurred overnight: dispatch said the complaint involved sister property owners currently in jail, and that the door had been found broken and items taken, though units had not yet checked the interior as of the call.

Buffalo · East Sullivan Avenue

Buffalo Fire Rushes to East Sullivan Avenue for Patient in Cardiac Arrest

Just after 9:45 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatch sent Engines 21 and F20 to 299 East Sullivan Avenue, between Pansy Place and Blaine Avenue, for a report of a patient in cardiac arrest.

Engine 21 radioed on scene about four minutes later.

Buffalo · Hodge Street

65-Year-Old Found Dead at Home, Wife Who Is a Medical Professional Had Already Determined Him Beyond Help

Just after 10:26 AM, Buffalo Police dispatch sent officers to 38 Hodge after a 65-year-old man was found deceased inside; dispatch relayed that his wife, a medical professional, had already assessed him as “beyond help” before officers arrived.

Two patrol units were on location within the minute, and the call was closed out shortly after 10:27 AM.

West Seneca · Route 219

Head-Injury Crash Snarls Route 219 Northbound Near Ridge Road Exit

Shortly after 2:34 PM, West Seneca Fire dispatch reported an injury accident on Route 219 northbound just before the Ridge Road exit ramps, with the complaint describing a patient suffering a head injury.

The call was repeated out to Seneca Hose with a timeout of 2:34 PM.

Persia · Wilder Road

Outlet Fire Forces Evacuation, Multi-Town Response at Persia Home

Just after 12:38 PM, Cattaraugus County Fire dispatch sent Gowanda Fire and EMS, Perrysburg Fire, Dayton Fire and Cattaraugus Fire to 10261 Wilder Road in Persia, off Broadway Road, after a fire that started at an electrical outlet began sending smoke through the wall; the homeowners were told to evacuate.

A sheriff's deputy was also sent to the scene, and chiefs from several departments responded along with a mutual-aid engine crew; one responding chief asked that an arriving unit bring a thermal imaging camera to help locate the fire inside the walls.

Perrysburg · Main Street

Cattaraugus Deputies Head to Perrysburg Residence on Weapons Call

Just before 1:34 PM, Cattaraugus County Sheriff's dispatch sent units en route to 11731 Main Street in Perrysburg for what a dispatcher described on the air only as “some kind of weapons call”; the address was confirmed twice before units cleared their prior assignment to head that way.

Little Valley · I-86

Smoking Vehicle Fire Won't Pull Over on I-86 Near Cold Spring

Just after 9:09 AM, Cattaraugus County Sheriff's dispatch alerted units to a vehicle fire eastbound on I-86 near Cold Spring, around mile marker 48, that was not pulling over; a deputy based in the Town of Poland said he could not respond and asked that a transporting unit expedite to the scene.

Dispatch relayed that two separate callers reported “so much smoke that she could barely even see the vehicle”, with the driver still not stopping.

Jamestown · North Main Street

7-Eleven Disturbance on Jamestown's North Main Draws Robbery, Harassment Claims — Scene Found Quiet

At 2:00 PM, Jamestown Police dispatch sent officers to the 7-Eleven on North Main Street for a disturbance involving two women outside the store — one complaint of harassment and a separate allegation of robbery from a man identified on dispatch as Nathan Brown.

Within the hour, dispatch radioed that there was “no altercation or anything going on outside the store at this time”, and officers later pulled the store's surveillance video covering the prior ten to fifteen minutes but found nothing on camera.

Thruway · Exit 2 Northbound

Trooper Spots Domestic Assault Unfolding Inside Moving Pickup on Thruway

Just before 11:32 AM, a Thruway trooper radioed in a domestic assault unfolding inside a vehicle still moving along the northbound Thruway near Exit 2 — a male passenger was reported hitting the female driver. The truck was described as a red 2018 Ford F-150 XLT.

Troopers worked to pin down the plate as the vehicle continued down the highway, settling on a Lincoln-Frank-Paul 1752 registration; the radio traffic cut out before any further word on whether the truck was located.

Thruway · I-90 Eastbound

Tractor-Trailer Clips Overpass on Eastbound Thruway Near Mile Marker 466, Scatters Debris

Just after noon, Thruway dispatch reported a tractor-trailer had struck the overpass along the eastbound Thruway near mile marker 466, scattering debris across the lanes; the truck pulled over, and dispatch noted its load had shifted in the impact.

The caller who first reported the debris said he had already moved it out of the travel lane, and troopers were told to steer clear of a unit referred to on the air only as "SPV," already en route from mile marker 450 to handle the scene; minutes later, dispatch confirmed the call as a bridge strike and cleared additional units to head out.