Buffalo · Hutchinson Street · Shots Fired

Thirteen Rounds on Hutchinson: Automatic Fire Leaves Casings and a Blown-Out Window

A neighbor counted the shots; officers found a window shot out two doors down.

Just after 12:26 AM, BPD C-E district units were sent to 228 Hutchinson after a neighbor reported hearing thirteen shots fired within the previous minute. The caller told dispatch they saw nothing, but that it sounded like two automatic guns.

Dispatch slowed the incoming cars and called the complainant back to try to pin down where the shots came from. Minutes later, a unit on scene found the physical evidence two doors down — a blown-out window at 232 Hutchinson — and cleared to work that address. The report developed as officers canvassed the block.

Niagara Falls Boulevard · Motel · Ceiling Collapse

Ceiling Collapse Critically Injures Man in Boulevard Motel Room

Part of the ceiling struck a 50-year-old in the head, leaving him unconscious.

Around 12:18 AM, EMS was sent to the Enjoy Hotel at 5667 Niagara Falls Boulevard, Room 19, for a 50-year-old man struck in the head when part of the room's ceiling came down on him. Dispatch reported him unconscious with poor breathing — a working injury.

The Hotwell Falls fire company and AMR paramedics were dispatched to the room, with a unit reporting on location within a minute of the call and additional coverage arranged for the response area. The dispatch account described the ceiling collapse as the cause of the head injury.

Amherst · Sheridan Corridor · Stolen-Vehicle Pursuit

Stolen-Vehicle Pursuit Off the 290 Ends With a Suspect Fleeing on a Rim

The chase exited at Sheridan before the driver bailed and was run down on foot.

Yesterday just before 10:00 PM, a stolen-vehicle pursuit ran eastbound on the 290 before the driver exited into the Sheridan Avenue corridor, working across Thruway and Amherst PD channels.

The suspect kept going on a bare rim before abandoning the car and fleeing on foot, and was eventually apprehended. A short time later, around 10:00 PM, the stolen vehicle was recovered near 224 Dalewood off Millersport with one occupant taken into custody.

Genesee County · Route 33 · Rollover Entrapment

Rollover Traps a Driver Near Slopes Tire Shop, Extrication Needed

A vehicle rolled on Route 33, pinning its occupant.

Yesterday at about 9:06 PM, Genesee County fire dispatch sent Batavia crews and Mercy Medic 2 to a rollover crash with entrapment on Route 33 near the Slopes Tire Shop, at 33 and Mount Read Road.

The initial page described a driver trapped in the wreck, with fire and EMS turned out to free the occupant. The vehicle had rolled over, according to the dispatch account.

Cheektowaga · Old Union Road · Welfare Check

Teen Texts 911 After Being Locked Out; Mother Refuses Hospital Care

A 15-year-old said she hit her head days earlier and couldn't get help.

Yesterday at about 11:33 PM, Cheektowaga police sent cars to the Apple Blossom Apartments at 2228 Old Union Road, Apartment C-103, after a 15-year-old texted 911 to say she had hit her head three or four days earlier and her mother wouldn't take her to the hospital.

The girl told dispatch the refusal was tied to drug use in the home, and the mother then called in herself, saying officers were not allowed inside but could speak with her daughter — whom she had locked outside. A second car was assigned to cover as units worked the address.

Ellicottville · Elizabeth Street · Structure Fire

Electrical Fire Burns Through an Ellicottville Home's Basement

Crews from four departments were pulled in as flames climbed the east side.

Yesterday at 3:00 PM, Cattaraugus fire dispatch toned out Ellicottville, Great Valley and a deputy for a structure fire at 61 Elizabeth Street in the Village of Ellicottville, between Jefferson and Madison — a house with smoke showing and possible flames in the basement.

Law enforcement on scene reported an electrical fire and did not believe anyone was inside the residence. As flames spread up the east side of the home, command called for mutual-aid manpower from Great Valley, West Valley and the City of Salamanca, staging incoming units at the corner of Jefferson and Elizabeth so command could wave them in.

Amherst · AmeriCross Drive

Something Rotten on AmeriCross: Neighbor Says Homeowner Is Drowning Skunks

A caged critter, a garden hose, and a very unhappy neighbor.

Yesterday at 4:46 PM, an Amherst dispatcher sent a car out to 32 AmeriCross Drive on one of the more unusual neighbor complaints of the window: a caller reported that the homeowner there had been trapping wild skunks in cages and then drowning them.

Amherst · UB North Campus

Batman Comes to Cooke Hall: Student Boxes a Bat, Campus Cops Handle Parole

A glue trap, a language barrier, and a captive freed to the great outdoors.

Yesterday at 4:35 PM, UB campus police were sent to meet a student outside Cooke Hall who had a bat trapped in some kind of glue box found inside the building. Through what an officer described as a very tough language barrier, they confirmed the animal was contained and the student was already waiting outside.

The resolution came a few minutes later, when an officer keyed up to note the creature had been "released from captivity" — a jailbreak, arranged.

Cheektowaga · Dick Road Bridge

Hold Your Horses: Draft-Horse Driver Strands Arguing Riders on the Dick Road Bridge

A marooned party, a stubborn teamster, and a bridge nobody could leave.

Yesterday at 4:57 PM, a Cheektowaga dispatcher sent a car to the B41 Dick Road bridge for a complaint that read like a Western: a party was marooned there, and the driver of a draft horse was reportedly preventing them from leaving while everyone stood around arguing.

West Seneca · Mill Road

By the Numbers: Mill Road Music Complaint Fails to Break the Decibel Barrier

Same house, same complainant, and a reading that came up short of the law.

Yesterday at 9:22 PM, West Seneca police fielded a loud-music complaint at 125 Mill Road — a recurring call from the same complainant. Officers found the sound below the 95-decibel threshold that applies before the 11:00 PM cutoff, and a follow-up run to the same address a half-hour later, around 9:50 PM, landed the same way.

Cattaraugus County · 5 Mile Road

Wide Load: Combine Harvester Takes Up the Whole Road Near Buffalo Street

A dispatcher attaches herself to the great combine caper.

Yesterday at 4:27 PM, Cattaraugus sheriff's dispatch took a report of a combine traveling on 5 Mile Road toward Buffalo Street and taking up nearly the whole roadway. A few minutes later the dispatcher wrapped it up in the most rural way possible: "You can attach me to that combine call."

Town of Tonawanda · Sheridan Parkside

Man Waves Machete Near Sheridan Parkside Bus Stop in Broad Daylight

Yesterday at 4:35 PM, Tonawanda Police Dispatch sent units to the area of Sheridan Parkside and Browning after a caller reported a black male in the grass area across from a bus stop “waving a machete around”. The caller said she had seen him minutes earlier doing the same thing. Responding officers had no further description to go on, and the call was cleared without an update on an arrest or weapon recovery.

Buffalo · Hudson Street · Child Welfare

Five-Year-Old Found Hanging From Window With No Parent Present, Buffalo Police Say

Yesterday at 6:11 PM, a Buffalo police dispatcher radioed an urgent alert to district units: a five-year-old was found hanging halfway out a window at 263 Hudson, with no parent present. The call cut through otherwise routine district chatter about a bicycle-riding gun-call suspect and a hit-and-run nearby, and the transcript captured no further update on the child's condition or whether a parent was located.

Cheektowaga · Nightclub · Weapon Report

Reported Handgun at Cheektowaga Nightclub Triggers Extended, Unfounded Search

Cheektowaga police spent roughly 40 minutes overnight searching a nightclub after a report that a patron had a handgun. Units cleared the location patron by patron before dispatch called the report unfounded, with no weapon located.

Hamburg · Lake & South Park · Robbery

Complainant Reports Robbery, Assault Near Lake and South Park; Dispatch Flags Suspect's Caution File

Yesterday at 3:43 PM, Hamburg Police Dispatch relayed a complaint near Lake Avenue and South Park Avenue in which the caller said they had been robbed and assaulted. Dispatchers flagged an existing caution file on a subject identified on the radio as Timothy Campbell, describing him as “very argumentative”. A related account, relayed from a third party on Linwood Avenue, said the complainant had been approached by two women.

Batavia · Batavia Downs · Injury

Woman's Hand Crushed Backstage at Batavia Downs Event

Yesterday just after 11 PM, Genesee County Fire dispatched units to Batavia Downs at 8315 Park Road after a 35-year-old woman's hand was crushed in the infield stage area between Richmond Avenue and a nearby cross street given variously on the air as Wilson Road and Lewiston Road. The caller advised that venue security could help control the scene while crews responded.

Arkwright · Machete Threat

Man Threatens Woman, Hacks at Vehicle With Machete in Arkwright

Yesterday just before 11 PM, Chautauqua County law enforcement responded to a report of a man wielding a machete in the Town of Arkwright, who reportedly struck at a vehicle with the weapon and threatened a woman. The radio traffic did not indicate whether the man was located or an arrest made.

Jamestown · Prendergast Avenue · Domestic

Domestic Chase Through Jamestown Ends With Knife Left at Scene Near Prendergast Avenue

Yesterday at 3:32 PM, Jamestown police were sent to a domestic dispute at East 5th Street and Prendergast Avenue[*] after a caller reported a male chasing a female. Minutes later, dispatchers updated responding units: the man, described as white and wearing a baseball cap, had thrown an object at the woman and grabbed her purse before the pair continued west on 4th Street. The caller told dispatchers a knife was found near 6th and Prendergast Avenue[*], at the spot where the object had been thrown.