Chautauqua County · Dunkirk Walmart · Vehicle Into Building

Jeep Crashes Into the Dunkirk Walmart — With a Baby in the Front Seat

Yesterday afternoon, a black Wrangler drove into the store, drawing a police response to the busy retail lot.

Yesterday afternoon at about 4:33 PM, Dunkirk police were sent to the Walmart in Dunkirk after a black Jeep Wrangler crashed into the store. The most alarming detail on the air: a baby was reported in the front seat of the vehicle.

The report drew a police response to the retail lot; the window did not detail injuries or the extent of damage to the storefront.

Cheektowaga · Wildy Avenue · Domestic Violence

Anonymous Neighbor Reports a Woman Being Strangled, and Cheektowaga Cars Race In

Yesterday night, a report of screaming from a Wildy Avenue apartment sent multiple units running hot.

Yesterday at about 9:49 PM, Cheektowaga dispatch put out a call to any available north car for 15 Wildy, front apartment, where “an anonymous neighbor reported a female being strangled and a lot of screaming”. Units acknowledged and pressed in, with one crew relaying that the situation was critical and to keep going.

Dispatch noted the anonymous complainant would not give a name for the male involved, and officers worked to sort out whether the noise had come from the front apartment or from Apartment 1 next door. Several cars converged as they tried to make contact. The window did not report an arrest.

Buffalo · Progressive Avenue · Home Invasion

Home Invasion on Progressive Avenue Leaves a Man Stripped of His Clothes as Three Flee in a Black Sedan

Yesterday evening, Buffalo police chased leads across the West Side for two men and a woman who robbed a victim in his home.

Yesterday evening at about 5:45 PM, Buffalo police broadcast a home invasion at 31 Progressive Avenue. According to the traffic, two men and a woman robbed the victim — who was reported stripped of his underwear — before getting into a black sedan last seen headed toward Tonawanda Street.

Officers fanned out across nearby corners, checking Ontario and Tonawanda and around 1380 West for a black Audi and pulling license-plate reader data for the intersection. By 5:57 PM, the victim had given descriptions of three suspects — one described as light-skinned and slight, a white male in his 20s named as Luke, and a third male. The window did not report an arrest.

Chautauqua County · East Priscilla Street · Stabbing

Jamestown Police Hunt an Uncooperative Suspect After a Stabbing on East Priscilla

Yesterday night, a stabbing report with only a vague description sent officers and cameras across the neighborhood.

Yesterday at about 9:32 PM, Jamestown police were sent for a stabbing at 20 East Priscilla, with dispatch saying the only description was a Spanish male and that they were still trying to get details. An ambulance was routed to the scene.

When officers arrived, the male out front would not answer questions and was described as very uncooperative, refusing multiple attempts to say where the incident happened. Dispatch later amended the call location to the nearby 600 block and noted a 911 hang-up pinging in the area minutes before. Officers set up to review camera footage as the search continued.

Lancaster · Friedman Road · Threat to Life

Hotel Guest Reports Text Threats Invoking a Shooting and a New Jersey-Plated Mercedes

Yesterday night, a threat-to-life complaint at a Friedman Road location drew Lancaster officers.

Yesterday at about 9:01 PM, Lancaster police responded to a threat-to-life complaint at 52 Friedman Road, Room 229, after a female sent a caller text threats. The messages reportedly referenced a shooting and a white Mercedes with New Jersey plates.

Officers worked the complaint at the room location; the window did not report an arrest or that a vehicle matching the description was located.

West Seneca · Mineral Springs Road · Cardiac Arrest

CPR and a Working Code on Mineral Springs Road in West Seneca

Yesterday evening, a man found unresponsive and bleeding from the mouth drew a full code response.

Yesterday at about 7:16 PM, West Seneca fire and EMS were dispatched to 981 Mineral Springs Road for a 66-year-old male found unresponsive and bleeding from the mouth. The call was worked as a code, with CPR in progress and the patient's status shifting between unresponsive and semi-conscious across the traffic.

Crews from both the fire department and West Seneca PD were on scene as they worked the patient. The window did not report a final outcome.

Cattaraugus County · Route 16 · Welfare Check

Welfare Check Finds a Suicidal Dementia Patient — and Handguns in the House

Yesterday afternoon, deputies were sent to a Route 16 home for an 88-year-old man threatening suicide.

Yesterday afternoon at about 3:33 PM, Cattaraugus County deputies were dispatched for a welfare check at 11877 Route 16, where a third-party caller reported an 88-year-old male with dementia threatening suicide. Dispatch advised the man does have handguns, though he had not mentioned them that day.

Deputies coordinated coverage across a busy stretch of afternoon calls to get a unit to the address. The window did not report the outcome of the check.

Amherst · Red Roof Inn

Two Dogs, Two Owners, and Nobody Backing Down at the Red Roof

Yesterday at 5:09 PM, Amherst police fielded a dogfighting complaint at the Red Roof, 42 Flint, where two dogs were going at it in the lot — and their owners were arguing right alongside them. The manager was reportedly out there too, trying to sort out the four-legged and two-legged combatants at once.

Lancaster · Roosevelt at Belarus Parkway

Par for the Course: Teen Girls Take a Golf Cart Out on Roosevelt

Yesterday around 6:07 PM, Lancaster police caught a complaint of two or three juvenile females tooling a golf cart down the roadway near Roosevelt and Belarus Parkway — a fairway joyride that had at least one neighbor worried about safety on the public street.

Lancaster · Red Roof Parking Lot

A Missing Front Plate, Unnoticed for a Whole Month

Yesterday at 8:32 PM, Lancaster police took a report of a front license plate gone missing from a Honda CR-V — a car that had reportedly sat parked in the Red Roof lot for a full month before anyone noticed the tag was gone.

Batavia · Vine Street · Nauberg Green

Tent Trouble: Batavia Boy Gets a Hand Stuck in a Pole

Yesterday at 9:30 PM, Genesee County dispatch sent a non-emergency response to 230 Vine Street in Batavia for a 10-year-old boy who'd gotten his hand stuck in a tent pole. Camping trip on hold, dispatch calmly repeated the call twice — the recommended response, mercifully, was slow and steady.

Chautauqua County · East Summit

Down the Drain and Back Again: Keys Recovered Twice in One Night

Yesterday evening, a set of keys took a plunge into a storm drain on East Summit — logged first at 8:30 PM as recovered on arrival, then noted again at 10:03 PM as retrieved from the drain. However you count it, the keys came back up.

Amherst · Store Incident

Amherst Police Search for Man Accused of Inappropriately Touching Teen at Store

Amherst police were called to a store yesterday at 5:43 PM after a report that a man had inappropriately touched a 16-year-old girl and then run out of the building about ten minutes earlier. Dispatch described the suspect as a white male in his 40s with tattoos on his arms, wearing a black shirt and blue jeans, and said the teen's family was waiting at the customer service desk. Officers checking the area minutes later asked whether the man was answering his phone and were told to pull surveillance video if his car was not on scene; no arrest was reported on the air.

Town of Chautauqua · Route 430

Head-On Crash Closes Route 430 in Chautauqua, Two Reported Seriously Hurt

Chautauqua County Fire Dispatch sent North Lake and County Medic 72 to a two-vehicle head-on crash on Route 430 near Nettle Hill Road in the Town of Chautauqua yesterday at 3:42 PM, upgrading the call to a serious personal-injury response within seconds of the first page. Dispatch called out county fire police a few minutes later to close off Route 430 in the area, and just before 4:00 PM radioed Sherman for extra patient equipment at the scene. No word was given on the air about how many people were involved or their conditions beyond the "serious" injury designation, and the road closure's duration was not stated.