Amherst · Tonawanda Creek to Sweet Home · Road Rage

Road-Rage Chase From Tonawanda Creek Road Ends at Amherst HQ After a Half-Hour Pursuit

A woman followed the car she said held her ex-boyfriend for nearly thirty minutes after a physical fight, calling police the whole way.

At about 11:14 AM, Amherst police tracked a road-rage incident that started on Tonawanda Creek Road and rolled onto Sweet Home Road toward the station. Dispatch described a white Cadillac carrying the complainant trailing an all-black Nissan Altima, with the two vehicles being followed in real time as officers stayed on the phone with the driver.

By the time officers made contact in the lot at headquarters, the story came together: the woman in the Cadillac said her ex-boyfriend was inside the other vehicle, that there had been a physical altercation earlier, and that she had been following the car for almost half an hour. Officers ran a valid pistol permit for the complainant, a woman from Niagara Falls, and checked plates on both vehicles as they sorted out the dispute.

Amherst · Harlem Road corridor · Pursuit

Amherst Pursuit of a Black Ford Explorer Hits 80 MPH Before It's Called Off Near Harlem Road

A Texas-plated SUV ran from officers across the Amherst-Cheektowaga line, weaving through traffic until a supervisor terminated the chase.

At about 10:06 AM, Amherst officers were chasing a black Ford Explorer with Texas plates that ran westbound on Sheridan and then doubled back eastbound toward Harlem Road. Radio traffic tracked the SUV — driven by a younger occupant in a white hoodie — cutting between vehicles at roughly 80 mph as units tried to keep it in sight.

A supervisor twice ordered the pursuit ended: “Per 21 terminate the pursuit”, the transmission came, and the chase was terminated near Harlem. Cheektowaga and Amherst units continued trying to locate the Explorer afterward, with reports of it running 80-plus mph westbound on Main.

Buffalo · 29 East Morris · Violent Domestic

Violent Domestic at an East Morris Apartment Flares Twice Inside an Hour; Dispatch Warns the Male Owns a Gun

A caller reported a man beating his girlfriend and dragging her indoors, and officers were sent back to the same unit before noon.

At about 10:31 AM, Buffalo police were sent to 29 East Morris, Apartment 45, for a violent domestic. A caller reported a man hitting his girlfriend and dragging her back inside the apartment, and dispatch warned responding units that the male “does own a gun”.

The address surfaced again less than an hour later: at about 11:21 AM units returned to the same East Morris apartment on a report of a woman assaulted by her boyfriend, who had reportedly fled. It was the second dispatch to the unit in the same window.

Buffalo · 1 Lafayette Square · Gun Call

Vague Gun Report at Lafayette Square Gives Way to an Afternoon Street Fight

A caller who wouldn't answer questions said a man with shorts had a gun; officers found nothing, then were pulled back for a fight involving the same person.

At about 1:14 PM, Buffalo police were sent to 1 Lafayette for a gun call after a caller reported a white male in shorts with a gun but, dispatch noted, “not even a description of the gun”. The caller wouldn't call back and appeared to be using a throwaway phone, and officers arriving on scene found nothing showing, with cameras reviewed and coming up empty.

By about 1:39 PM the corner was back in play: a fight in progress drew multiple units to Lafayette, with a caller reporting the same person who had been involved in the earlier gun call. Separately, officers working the area found a vacant house with the gas stove left on and asked utilities be shut off and the building boarded up.

Depew · Brewster Street · Missing Person

Four Depew Units Fan Out for a Woman With Dementia Missing From Brewster Street

The patient had last been seen about fifteen minutes earlier when police mobilized to find her.

At about 12:37 PM, Depew police mobilized on a report of a missing adult woman with dementia near 41 Brewster Street. She had last been seen roughly fifteen minutes before the call, and four units responded to begin a search of the area.

Hamburg · Holiday Lane / Rovner · Working Fire

Lightning Strike Sets a Hamburg Attic Ablaze; Crews Knock It Down in Minutes

One of several lightning calls during the morning storm, the two-story house fire on Rovner was reported out by about 9:10 AM.

As the morning storm rolled through, Hamburg fire command fielded call after call of lightning strikes — including a two-story single-family residence reportedly on fire at 158 Rovner, near Holiday Lane and Rovner. “We got another one for you for house struck by lightning and it's reportedly on fire”, the dispatcher told command as extra apparatus rolled in the way the mutual-aid system worked out.

Crews from Hamburg and surrounding companies converged with engines nosing up to hydrants near Holiday Lane; command found the two-story residence with nothing showing on arrival and worked an attic fire that was reported out by about 9:10 AM, dropping the response to cold. The same storm cell drove lightning-damage and wires-down calls across the Southtowns through the morning.

West Seneca · 3525 Seneca Street · Man Down

Man Found Face-Down and Bleeding Heavily in a West Seneca Gym Parking Lot

Officers rushed to Planet Fitness on Seneca Street for a man down, at first reported not breathing.

At about 12:08 PM, West Seneca police were sent to the Planet Fitness at 3525 Seneca Street for a report of a man down in the parking lot — face down and bleeding heavily, with dispatch noting it was unknown whether he was breathing.

Crews on scene reported the man conscious and semi-alert but not responding as EMS worked the call. The response drew both fire and police units to the lot.

Buffalo · 121 Bates Street

Rover on the Roof: Bates Street Dog Gets Two Fire Runs in One Morning

At about 9:43 AM, between a paneling malfunction on Franklin Street and a cardiac arrest at the Holding Center, Buffalo Fire dispatch keyed up a still alarm of a different flavor: send a company to 121 Bates Street, between Clinton and Manitoba, for “a report of a dog on the roof”. The caller, dispatch noted helpfully, would take responders to wherever the dog had gotten itself. Hours later the same rooftop dog was back on the wires as a police call at 121 Bates — a garage roof, and evidently a very committed climber.

Cheektowaga · 63 Verne Lane

Whip-It Windfall: Ten Trash Bags of Nitrous Canisters Turn Up Curbside on Verne Lane

At about 12:57 PM, a Cheektowaga officer stepping out to talk to a complainant relayed a remarkable curbside inventory on Verne Lane: “there is 10 garbage bags with canisters of nitrous oxide in them”. There was nothing else showing at the scene — just the bags, and someone who wanted them dealt with.

Depew · Cayuga Boulevard

Grandma's Request Line: A Depew Domestic Call With a Shocking Ask

At about 11:54 AM, Depew police fielded a domestic-trouble call from a mobile-home lot that took a startling turn: a grandmother, dispatch relayed, was calling to have a roommate shot or jumped. Officers responded to sort out the family dispute — and, presumably, to gently decline the request.

Buffalo · Bavarian & Broadway

Rolling Menace: Man in Wheelchair Waves a Knife in the Middle of Broadway

At about 2:04 PM, a Buffalo dispatcher sent a car toward Bavarian and Broadway for a scene as improbable as it was hazardous: a man in a wheelchair parked in the middle of the street, waving a knife around. A second car was promised to help. Traffic, one imagines, found a way around.

Bemis Point · Bayview Road

Fowl Play on Pole 51: An Osprey Nest Catches Fire Atop a Bayview Road Utility Pole

At about 2:23 PM, a Chautauqua fire officer sized up National Grid Pole 51 on Bayview Road in Bemis Point and reported an unusual culprit: “an osprey nest on top of the pole that is on fire”. Rescue and engine crews were toned out and traffic was blocked at Brown and Bayview as they worked the burning nest atop the pole.

Town of Tonawanda · Welfare Check

Garbled Radio Exchange Marks Tonawanda Welfare-Check Call

Tonawanda police dispatch struggled to relay a subject's information to a unit just after 9:25 AM, repeatedly asking a unit to repeat details that would not come through clearly; the exchange ended without a resolved subject name or address broadcast on the air. [unclear transcript]

Thruway · South Grand Island Bridge

Thruway Units Scour South Grand Island Bridge Over Facebook Suicide Report

Thruway units converged on the South Grand Island Bridge around 2:35 PM after a dispatcher relayed a third-party report: someone had posted on Facebook that a woman's girlfriend was feeling depressed and suicidal, and a follow-up post placed her on the bridge. Camera operators checked feeds and saw nothing, but troopers checked both approaches on foot and by vehicle. Units reported the south bridge clear northbound and southbound by 2:39 PM; dispatch worked to get a name and callback number for whoever had reported the posts as units cleared the search.

Buffalo · Lafayette Square

Reported Stabbing at 1 Lafayette Square Draws Buffalo Fire, EMS

Just after 1:55 PM, Buffalo Fire dispatch sent Engine 3V5 for EMS to 1 Lafayette Square — the address of the Buffalo Central Library, between Main and Washington — on a report of a stabbing. Crews acknowledged arrival on scene minutes later. Shortly after, a Buffalo Fire crew on the same channel asked dispatch to confirm an ambulance was responding for what it described as a separate suspected overdose; it is not clear from the traffic whether the two calls were connected. No arrest or victim condition was reported on the air.

Buffalo · District C-E

Nephew Wanted After Alleged Knife Attack on Uncle Flees Toward Adams Street

Just after 2:25 PM, Buffalo police District C-E units were sent to 37 Adams Street for a report of a 29-year-old man with a knife. Dispatch relayed that the caller, having trouble with his nephew, said the younger man may have smoked crack and then tried to stab him; the suspect was described as a Black male wearing a purple Nike sweatsuit. Multiple units acknowledged the call and additional cars were sent to assist, but no capture or resolution was reported on the air.

Buffalo · Erie County Holding Center

Cardiac Arrest Reported Inside Erie County Holding Center

Just before 9:42 AM, Buffalo Fire sent Engine 2F20 to 40 Delaware Avenue — theErie County Holding Center between Church and West Eagle streets — on a report of a cardiac arrest. Dispatch repeated the call at 9:42 AM with the location and nature confirmed; no update on the person's condition followed on the air.

Cheektowaga · Loretto Drive

Cheektowaga Police Search for Missing Woman Near Loretto Drive

Just after 1:01 PM, Cheektowaga police dispatch broadcast a lookout centered on 80 Loretto Drive, between Parrish and Seton, for a missing woman last seen possibly heading toward Seton in a dark gray or black SUV. Dispatch described her as possibly a small-statured white female and asked units to remain alert to the area; no further update on locating her was broadcast in the window.

East Aurora · Household Fall

East Aurora Toddler Tumbles Down 13 Stairs, Rushed for Evaluation

Just after 8:51 AM, East Aurora Fire dispatch sent an ambulance for a young child who had fallen down a flight of 13 stairs at a residence; crews requested the child be evaluated for injury. No further update on the child's condition was broadcast on the air.

Town of Batavia · Structure Fire

Air-Duct Flames Force Evacuation, Second Mutual-Aid Call at Batavia Apartments

Just after 11:18 AM, Genesee County Fire dispatch sent Town of Batavia units to Big Tree Glen Apartments at 3727 West Main Street Road for a report of flames showing from an air duct and a unit filling with smoke, ordering all residents to evacuate. Dispatch called in mutual aid from East Pembroke's engine company within two minutes, then broadcast a second activation for the address at 11:25 AM, requesting another mutual-aid engine as the response continued. No knockdown or all-clear was announced on the air during the window.

Cattaraugus County · Little Valley

Autistic Teen Feared Headed for Canada After Taking Father's Car, Wallet

Just after 7:44 AM, Cattaraugus County Sheriff's dispatch sent a Little Valley zone patrol to 8644 Cottage Road after a father called to report his 19-year-old autistic daughter had taken his vehicle and wallet, telling deputies he believed she might be headed for the Canadian border. The father told the responding unit he could not track the vehicle and did not know when she had left. A little over an hour later, dispatch reported the deputy had made phone contact with the father, who said he was now home at the Terrace Apartments and that EMS was crewing up to check on him — suggesting the search concluded without incident, though no word on the daughter's whereabouts followed on the air.

Cattaraugus County · County Jail

CPR, Narcan Deployed on Unresponsive Inmate at Cattaraugus County Jail

Cattaraugus County dispatch sent EMS to the county jail just before 10:48 AM after staff reported an unresponsive inmate; responders administered CPR and Narcan on scene. No further word on the inmate's condition or transport followed on the air.