Amherst · Allenhurst · Welfare Check

An 8-Year-Old's Account of a Threat Sends Amherst Police to Allenhurst on a Welfare Check

A protective-services referral relayed that a boy, back from a weekend with his father, told his mother the father had threatened to come back and kill them both.

At 11:57 AM, Amherst dispatch sent officers to 441 Allenhurst on a welfare check that came in through a child-protective services worker. According to the dispatch relay, there was “a report of an 8-year-old who was visiting with dad over the weekend”.

The eight-year-old, dispatch said, “told mom his dad threatened to come back and kill her and the eight-year-old” It is the second serious family call Amherst handled before early afternoon, and it carried the same urgency as the Autumn Creek Lane domestic.

Buffalo · Elmwood Avenue · Gun Call

Buffalo Police Answer a Gun Call at an Elmwood Avenue Apartment Over a Report of Multiple People Outside With Guns

Units converged on 366 Elmwood, apartment 301, holding the air for the call before an officer moved to clear an open, boarded-up property.

At 11:24 AM, Buffalo dispatch put out a gun call to patrol units at 366 Elmwood, apartment 301, with a report that there were “multiple people outside with guns”.

As cars arrived, dispatch repeatedly held the air for the gun call. One officer radioed that the property was “open, and I'm actually going to clear the property” and asked that the city be notified to board it up, requesting one more patrol car nearby before clearing. The channel then moved on to routine business, the call resolving without further escalation on the air.

Town of Tonawanda · Delaware Avenue · Missing Juvenile

Town of Tonawanda Police Launch a Search for a Missing 14-Year-Old Who Never Showed for His Haircut

The boy, who may have a processing disorder, was last seen waiting to cross Delaware Avenue; he left his phone at home.

At 10:29 AM, Tonawanda dispatch sent patrols to the area of 4228 Delaware Avenue for a missing 14-year-old boy, described as a white male, 5'8", thin build, in a t-shirt and sweatpants. He lives at 133 Joseph, dispatch said, and “His mother watched him walk over; when she got there, he was no longer there”

As cars responded, dispatch added detail: the boy, first name Micah, “may have some sort of processing disorder. He left his phone at home” Officers moved to check the home in case he had returned while the search spread along Delaware.

Lancaster · Hidden Meadow Crossing · Gas Explosion

A Contained Gas-Fireplace Explosion Rattles a Lancaster Home, Sending Crews Into the Basement to Kill the Gas

Twin District firefighters shut the service to the fireplace and left the homeowner waiting on National Fuel after a loud bang on an attempted startup.

At 9:37 AM, Lancaster's Twin District fire companies worked a report at 27 Hidden Meadow Crossing after the homeowner heard a loud bang while trying to start a gas fireplace. A firefighter went to the basement to shut off the gas to the fireplace, and an incoming engine was told to “come cold and then when you get here just hold your crew”

Crews metered the house and found nothing. “They had a small gas explosion within a contained gas fireplace. We've shut the gas off to the unit” the officer reported, and the homeowner was left to wait for National Fuel to service the unit. Companies were back in service within the half hour.

Cattaraugus County · Great Valley · Domestic Disturbance

A Stay-Away Order Is Allegedly Violated as a Man Sleeps on the Couch in a Great Valley Domestic Call

State police at Machias asked Cattaraugus deputies to a Gray Valley home where a female caller said a man barred by an order of protection was inside.

At 7:30 AM, Cattaraugus dispatch relayed from state police at Machias a domestic in progress at 5810 Andara Road in Gray Valley. A female caller reported a man identified on dispatch as Jake Clark was there, “currently sleeping on the couch, but there's a stay-away order of protection in place”

Deputies out of Little Valley were steered to the home. The order of protection — an order a court issues to keep one person away from another — was the heart of the call: the man's presence inside, if confirmed, is itself the violation the caller reported.

Hamburg · St. Francis Friary · Holy Smoke

Holy Smoke: A Friary Fire Alarm Turns Out to Be the Incense

Lake View firefighters chased a smoke detector at St. Francis and found the only thing burning was devotion.

At 12:29 PM a smoke detector tripped at the St. Francis Friary, 4214 St. Francis Drive in Hamburg, pulling a Lake View engine and mutual aid. The culprit was soon obvious, and the dispatcher had to confirm it on the air: “I believe you said it was set off by incense?”

By 12:39 PM the verdict was in. “They're burning incense” a crew reported, and everyone went back in service — the false alarm traced, as the dispatch log dryly put it, to incense.

Cattaraugus County · I-86 · Bear Necessities

A Bear Parks Itself in the Middle of I-86 Until the Marshals Move It Along

Cattaraugus deputies scrambled a car westbound near exit 20, only for the problem to settle itself.

Just before 1:00 PM, Cattaraugus dispatch began chasing a report of “a bear in the middle of I-86 westbound near 20” Deputies sorted out who was closest, hopping up on the highway to see whether the state would need a hand.

The resolution came quickly, and bloodlessly: “You can disregard — the marshals pulled it out of the road” Everyone stood down, the bear's rush-hour cameo over.

Cattaraugus County · Hoxie Hill Road · Cattle Call

A Dozen Cows Stage an Impromptu Roadblock on Hoxie Hill Road

The morning shift's first order of business in Polar was a herd that had other ideas about where the pavement ends.

At 8:12 AM, Cattaraugus dispatch sent a zone-3 patrol to check out “approximately a dozen cows on the roadway” on Hoxie Hill Road near Benson Road in Polar — a rural traffic hazard of the four-legged kind.

Hamburg · Uncle Joe's Diner · Masked Bandit

A Raccoon Tries to Muscle Its Way Into Uncle Joe's Diner Before Opening

Hamburg police got a front-door complaint about an uninvited early bird on Southwestern.

At 8:56 AM, Hamburg dispatch relayed a call at Uncle Joe's Diner on Southwestern: a car was needed “near the front door for a raccoon that's attempting entry” The would-be patron did not have a reservation.

Amherst · Princeton · The Great Shoe Caper

An Amherst 'Burglary' Boils Down to an Ex-Friend and Three Pairs of Shoes

The complainant was walking home — a trek she figured would take about an hour and a half.

At 12:06 PM, Amherst dispatch took a complaint from 232 Princeton, Apartment 4: the caller “says she's walking home and it's going to take her about an hour and a half” The loot in question, dispatch relayed, was “the ex-friend broke into the house, took three pairs of shoes”

Amherst · Old Post Road · Overnight Break-In

Amherst Officer Forces Entry at Business Hit by Overnight Break-In

At 10:37 AM, Amherst Police Officer Jerick Bracey told dispatch he was heading to 106 Old Metal, off Old Post Road, to check a business hit by a break-in overnight, adding that he planned to force open the door to get inside.

Dispatch logged the unit's status on scene a few minutes later.

Town of Tonawanda · Kelvin Drive · Garage Fire

Garage Fire Breaks Out Behind Kelvin Drive Home in Town of Tonawanda

At 8:45 AM, Tonawanda Town Fire Control issued an alarm for a possible garage fire near Lincoln Park Drive and Kelvin Drive, based on a single call with no address confirmed. Engine crews began responding within a minute, and a patrol unit on scene soon reported a good amount of smoke.

By 8:48 AM, the first unit on scene found fire in the back of a residence at the corner of Lincoln Park Drive and Kelvin Drive, and additional engines followed. The on-scene chief directed crews to pull up at the corner house, and water was reported on the fire by 8:51 AM; Fire Control confirmed no medics were needed and rerouted the ambulance crew that had been placed on standby.

Tonawanda · Delaware Avenue · Search For Missing Male

Video Spots Missing Man Near Delaware Avenue, Search Turns Toward The River

At 11:11 AM, Tonawanda Police pulled video from a camera near Delaware Avenue, across from a hair salon, and found “a male just matching this description crosses from Joseph to the other side of Delaware and starts taking off and running”. Officers noted he appeared to have white graphic lettering on the back of his t-shirt.

A dispatcher relayed that the man's mother said he and his father often walk along the river in North Tonawanda, and asked that the City of Tonawanda and North Tonawanda be advised he could be heading that way; a unit confirmed it would make contact with those departments.

Buffalo · Glendale Avenue · Gun Call

12-Year-Old's 911 Call Describes Gun and Knife in Mother's Buffalo Apartment

At 1:07 PM, Buffalo Police dispatch sent two cars to 60 Glendale Avenue for a gun call that began with a 12-year-old's call to 911 saying her mother's boyfriend had a gun. A female could be heard screaming in the background, and a male caller separately reported he had been assaulted with a dumbbell.

Dispatch then relayed that “Female's screaming. The male has a gun and a knife”, and moments later added that a male was also throwing weights.

Minutes later, dispatch relayed a clarification from officers on scene: the child was saying her mother had seen the gun, not that the child had seen it herself.

Buffalo · Hertel Avenue · Weapons Threat

Trio Accused of Threatening to Shoot Up Hertel Avenue 7-Eleven, Trading Blows and a Crowbar

At 12:05 PM, Buffalo Police dispatch flagged a high-priority call near Hertel Avenue and Military Road, reporting three men threatening to shoot up a 7-Eleven and physically fighting each other, with one trying to strike another with his vehicle and another holding a crowbar. Dispatch sent multiple cars toward the scene.

Units were slowed en route to 460 Hertel as additional cars signed onto the call, with three cars ultimately assigned.

Buffalo · Michigan Avenue · Child Wandering

Motorist Flags Down Police After Toddler Found Wandering Alone on Michigan Avenue

At 8:54 AM, Buffalo Police dispatchers sent two patrol units to Michigan Avenue near Goodell Street after a motorist called in to say she had “found a 2 or 3 year old child wandering the street”. The caller told dispatch she would be waiting in a gray Chevy Trax on Michigan between Goodell and Virginia.

Buffalo · Perry Street · Fire Alarm Investigation

Reported Smoke and Heat on 8th Floor of Perry Street High-Rise Traces to Kitchen Stove

At 10:09 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatched Engine 32, Engine 3, Ladder 5 and Battalion 43 to 305 Perry Street, between Chicago and Louisiana, for an activated commercial fire alarm. The alarm company reported smoke, heat and a pull-station activation on the 8th floor, and incoming companies were told to hold while a crew went up to investigate.

By 10:17 AM, Ladder 5 radioed that the source was “heat on the stove” in Apartment 8H and that building staff could handle it, clearing the remaining companies.

Cheektowaga · Borden Road · Possible Squatter

Caller Reports Someone Inside Boarded-Up, Fire-Damaged Borden Road House

At 10:53 AM, Cheektowaga Police dispatch sent a patrol unit to 801 Borden Road after a caller reported someone might be inside the house, which has been boarded up since a previous fire.

Dispatch relayed updates as they arrived by text message, including word that the person inside may have been leaving, while acknowledging the information was still developing.

West Seneca · Greenspring Court · Medical Emergency

West Seneca Man Found Unresponsive Comes To Before Crews Arrive

At 2:32 PM, West Seneca Fire dispatched Vigilant companies and an ALS ambulance to 64 Greenspring Court for a man reported unresponsive and not breathing. Dispatch added a paramedic unit from Seneca and Old Post Road to the response.

By 2:35 PM, dispatchers updated responding crews that the man was “now alert and conscious”, according to AMR paramedics already on scene.

East Aurora · Buffalo Road · Crash With Injuries

Two-Car Crash at Buffalo Road and Bowen Sends One to Hospital

At 7:04 AM, East Aurora Fire dispatched crews to a two-vehicle crash with injuries at the corner of Buffalo Road and Bowen. Jamison Road and East Aurora engines responded along with an AMR paramedic unit.

By 7:13 AM, units on scene reported “two vehicles, one definite transport, second for evaluation”.

Lancaster · I-90 · Injury Crash

Three-Car Crash On I-90 Near Lancaster Leaves One With Shoulder Injury

At 8:30 AM, Lancaster Fire Dispatch sent Bowmansville and Millgrove companies to a three-car accident on the New York State Thruway westbound near mile marker 407.7, with one party complaining of shoulder pain. Dispatch repeated the page before clearing crews to respond.