Chautauqua County · Cross-Border Search

A Gold Buick, a Bridge, and a Multi-Agency Chase Across the State Line

A woman who left Erie at midnight and spoke of driving off a bridge sent searchers combing two states' back roads.

Early this morning, at 1:23 AM, Chautauqua County dispatchers put out a multi-agency search for a woman who had left Erie around midnight in a gold Buick Enclave with a Pennsylvania plate, reportedly having made statements about driving off a bridge.

The search stretched across the Chicago Lake Bridge area and along the Route 86 to Route 219 corridor toward Grantford, Pennsylvania, pulling in units on both sides of the state line as crews tried to locate the vehicle before it reached open water.

Buffalo · 310 Fulton · Missing Juvenile

Buffalo Police Searching for a 14-Year-Old Last Seen Walking Toward Maine

Deontay McCown was reported missing from Fulton Street last night, headed on foot toward Maine Street.

Yesterday at 10:37 PM, a Buffalo police unit took a missing-persons report at 310 Fulton for a 14-year-old boy, identified on dispatch as Deontay McCown, last seen walking toward Maine Street.

The report was logged as a direct patrol matter and officers set to canvassing the surrounding blocks. No word of the boy being located reached the district channel before the window closed.

Tonawanda · Armed ATV Pursuit

Armed Riders on an ATV and a Dirt Bike Touch Off a Rolling Chase Near Tonawanda

A man on a yellow ATV and another on an orange dirt bike, one reported armed, drew a pursuit that spilled out of Riverside Park.

Yesterday evening, at 8:01 PM, Buffalo police reported an armed person on a yellow ATV and a male on an orange dirt bike carrying a firearm in the Tonawanda area, with a pursuit under way as officers tried to keep pace with the off-road riders.

The chatter came in alongside a fight report at Riverside Park's football field, where a yellow ATV also figured in the calls; one complainant there later denied any gun was involved. Whether the two reports were the same set of riders was not confirmed on the air.

Cheektowaga · 277 Lydia · Domestic

Wife Locked in a Bedroom, Husband in the Basement: A Tense Cheektowaga Standoff

A woman barricaded herself upstairs while her husband — a veteran with PTSD and a history of violence — was reported in the basement storage.

Yesterday evening, at 8:54 PM, Cheektowaga police were sent to 277 Lydia for a domestic violence call in which a woman had locked herself in a bedroom while her husband was down in the basement storage area.

Dispatch relayed that the man was described as a veteran with PTSD and a history of hitting, and that no weapons were confirmed. Officers approached with the household split between two floors, working to separate the parties safely.

Amherst · UB North Campus · Welfare Check

A Breakup, a String of Texts, and a Predawn Dorm Welfare Check at UB

A caller worried his ex-girlfriend was in crisis sent UB police to a Goodyear Hall room on the strength of her last messages.

Early this morning, at 2:47 AM, UB Campus PD took a welfare check for a Goodyear Hall dorm room after a caller reported that he had recently broken up with his girlfriend and that she had begun making threats about herself over text. He was, dispatch said, “very concerned for her well-being”.

The caller had shared screenshots of her messages — lines like "I can't live like this," "bye forever," and "I'll always love you, don't forget that" — and said his last contact had been at her dorm about an hour earlier. Officers worked to pin down the exact room, narrowing it to the seventh floor, last door on the right off the elevator, before making entry.

Jamestown · Chandler & Cross

The Defendant Was Made of Wood: Man Reported Arguing With a Tree

A Jamestown patrol was sent to referee a debate the tree was always going to win.

Yesterday at 5:00 PM, Jamestown police logged an area check at Chandler and Cross after a report of a man arguing with a tree. The dispatch note is admirably economical about the dispute's merits; the tree, presumably, declined to comment.

Cattaraugus County · Route 16

The Cable Guy Who Wasn't: Scooter-Riding 'Spectrum' Man Photographs Houses

A man on a scooter said he worked for the cable company; the cable company had never heard of him.

Yesterday at 4:20 PM, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office fielded a report from 2662 Route 16 of a suspicious man on a scooter photographing houses and claiming to work for Spectrum. Spectrum, when contacted, verified it had no employee in the area — a story that fell apart faster than the man could pedal off.

West Seneca · Borden & Clinton

A Deer's Final Address, Filed With Bureaucratic Precision

The animal came off the road; the paperwork made sure everyone knew exactly where it went.

Late yesterday, at 11:17 PM, a West Seneca officer cleared a dead deer from the roadway at Borden and Clinton — and, with the deadpan exactitude the job seems to breed, noted for the record that it had been placed at 221 Borden Road. No forwarding address was requested.

Cheektowaga · Union & Lawson

Golden Arches to Front Door: A Lost Man Gets a Ride Home by Registry

A confused man found near a McDonald's was matched to his residence and delivered back to it.

Late yesterday, at 10:04 PM, Cheektowaga police found a confused man wandering near the McDonald's at Union and Lawson. Rather than leave him lost, officers located him through a resident registry system and drove him back to his apartment at Southland Landing — a small, quiet piece of policework that ended the way everyone hopes these do.

Buffalo · Trinidad Park

Loud-Music Call Near Trinidad Park Turns Up Recovered Gun, Two Men in Custody

Just before midnight, Buffalo police were sent to a call on Trinidad Place, with dispatch relaying that roughly ten people were fighting in the area. Officers on scene radioed that they were “going to have one gun recovered over here”, and a supervisor confirmed units were on scene at Trinidad Park, initially reporting “nothing showing right now”. Dispatch shortly after confirmed two men were being taken into custody. No further details on charges or the circumstances of the fight were broadcast before the call was cleared.

Cheektowaga · Walden Galleria

Cheektowaga Police Scramble to Track Down Car After Strong-Arm Robbery Near the Galleria

Yesterday at 4:34 PM, Cheektowaga police dispatch asked for an additional car to check the mall area for a white Dodge Charger connected to what dispatch described as an attempted robbery, noting the vehicle had left the area about ten minutes earlier and was reported westbound on Route 33. Dispatch classified the underlying incident as a strong-arm robbery being logged on paper rather than an active chase, and arranged to put out an all-user alert with a second dispatcher on the reasoning that “time is of the essence” if the suspects were heading toward Buffalo. Minutes later, an e-bike unit patrolling near Genesee Street ran a name and date-of-birth check on a person identified on dispatch as Artrell Cooper-Wood, born 4/9/93; the radio traffic did not make explicit whether that stop was connected to the robbery call. No arrest or resolution was broadcast on the air during the window.