Other Calls of Note
Northtowns
[2:00 AM]Amherst · Welfare Check
Overnight just after 2:00 AM, Amherst officers asked a fellow unit to check whether a resident identified on dispatch as Ty Piener would come to the door, after a woman identified as Heather was heard loudly screaming at them but would not open it; no further details were broadcast.
[4:09 AM]Amherst · Florence Lane
Early this morning, Amherst police flagged a gold sedan with black trim that had been circling the area of 32 Florence Lane slowly since 11 PM the night before, with no one seen getting out of the car; it was last seen heading northbound toward Winterbrook before turning westbound.
[9:27 PM]UB Campus · Elevator Rescue
Yesterday around 9:27 PM, UB Campus police and Getzville Fire responded to a confirmed elevator entrapment on campus with one person stuck inside; the doors were freed and a Getzville Fire assistant chief signed off with a report on the incident by roughly 9:30 PM.
[8:17 PM]Amherst · Webster & Millersport
Yesterday around 8:17 PM, UB Campus police responded to a deer-versus-vehicle crash at Webster Road and Millersport Highway with unknown injuries; the driver was described as hysterical and the vehicle's airbag had deployed, with an ambulance dispatched to the scene.
[7:17 PM]Amherst · LRT Station
Yesterday at 7:17 PM, AMR South EMS sent a crew hot to 2666 Main Street outside the Amherst LRT Station for a 64-year-old man in difficulty breathing, described as wearing a grey shirt and black pants on the Amherst Street side of the station.
[10:06 PM]Amherst · UB North Campus
Campus police were called to Goodyear Hall around 10:06 PM yesterday after three men without university ID were seen trying to get inside, and after someone let the group in a sweep of the sixth floor, where they reportedly got off the elevator, turned up no trace of them.
[4:08 AM]Grand Island · Baseline Road
Grand Island Fire Dispatch sent Squad 2 on a hot EMS response to a 41-year-old man on Baseline Road early this morning who was reported ill with chest pain, shortness of breath and a history of pancreatitis.
[5:37 AM]Grand Island · East River Road
Squad 2 requested a hot EMS response to East River Road early this morning after an 85-year-old man fell and was found bleeding from the head.
[8:46 PM]Newstead · Billington Heights Road
AMR South EMS dispatched a crew to 70 Billington Heights Road in Newstead around 8:46 PM yesterday for a 36-year-old man in distress after undergoing a vasectomy earlier that day, with no further details broadcast.
Buffalo Metro
[9:44 PM]Lackawanna · Adams Street
AMR South sent a crew hot to the lower apartment at 228 Adams Street yesterday at 9:44 PM for an 8-year-old boy who had fallen face-first into a wall, sustaining facial lacerations.
[7:03 PM]Lackawanna · Save-A-Lot
Lackawanna police were sent to the Save-A-Lot at 1234 Abbott Road yesterday at 7:03 PM after three juveniles, about 12 years old, were reported trespassing after being previously warned to stay out; dispatchers said the group fled on bikes toward Doran Avenue as officers responded. A patrol unit could not locate the group, and the store's manager, Daryl, was advised before the call was cleared around 7:09 PM.
[7:45 PM]Lackawanna · Roland Avenue
Lackawanna police went to 67 Roland Avenue, Apartment 2, yesterday at 7:45 PM for a welfare check on a 48-year-old man, identified on dispatch as Richard Copon, who has a history of heart issues and had stayed at the residence as a guest the previous night. A patrol unit arrived within minutes and the call was closed without further radio traffic.
[8:36 PM]Lackawanna · Portage Road
AMR South dispatchers sent a crew hot to the NFTA bus stop at 1124 Portage Road yesterday at 8:36 PM for a patient reported to be overdosing; the crew was cleared by roughly 8:40 PM with no further details broadcast.
[5:04 PM]Cheektowaga · Walden Avenue Aldi
Yesterday at 5:04 PM, Cheektowaga Fire dispatch requested an ambulance to a vehicle accident with injury in front of the Aldi Foods at 1685 Walden Avenue, with a rescue unit confirmed responding within a couple of minutes.
[4:33 PM]Cheektowaga · WellNow Urgent Care
Yesterday at 4:33 PM, Cheektowaga police were called to a WellNow urgent care after staff reported that a man believed to be the father of a child being treated for a head injury walked in, took the child, and left before the exam was finished; a responding officer swept the lot, found no one flagging him down and no victim to speak with, and closed the call.
[3:05 PM]Cheektowaga · Walden Avenue
Yesterday at 3:05 PM, Cheektowaga police sent units toward Walden Avenue near Smokey Bones after two shoplifters fled a nearby Burlington — a Black male in white pants and a Black female in a black shirt and blue shorts, both carrying backpacks — but by the time officers circled back to check the area the call had already sat for the better part of 20 minutes, and no arrest was broadcast.
[4:52 AM]Cheektowaga · Sprucewood Drive
Cheektowaga Fire dispatchers sent a crew to 187 Sprucewood Drive around 4:52 AM for a 75-year-old man who had fallen, suffered a head injury and was not alert; a second unit was sent to the address minutes later with the district chief responding as well.
[10:39 PM]Cheektowaga · Pays of Creek Road
AMR South dispatchers redirected a crew yesterday at 10:39 PM to a hot call at 575 Pays of Creek Road in Cheektowaga, sending the ambulance to the facility's Memory Care Unit for a 91-year-old man who had fallen and suffered a head injury.
[7:46 PM]Lancaster · Transit Road Walmart
Yesterday around 7:46 PM, Lancaster police were asked to check on an older woman at the 4975 Transit Road Walmart after a bystander reported she had parked recklessly, over the lines near lawn and garden, then gotten out and staggered into the store; dispatch broadcast her plate and a description of a gold 2011 Buick before units were told minutes later to disregard.
Southtowns
[2:30 AM]Hamburg · Elderwood
Hamburg EMS was dispatched around 2:30 AM to Elderwood, 76 Buffalo Street, Apartment 208, for a 72-year-old woman with difficulty breathing; a mutual-aid crew responded to assist and AMR was called in from Mercy Hospital to handle the transport, with no further details on her condition broadcast.
[3:26 PM]Hamburg · North Creek Road
Yesterday at 3:26 PM, Hamburg Fire dispatchers routed the town's drone to assist Hamburg police with a search in the area of 2837 North Creek Road, with no further details on the search's outcome broadcast.
Chautauqua & Cattaraugus
[6:25 PM]Cattaraugus County · Springwood Trailer Court
Cattaraugus County fire dispatch sent a BLS ambulance yesterday at 6:25 PM to the Springwood Trailer Court off Baghdad Road for a 68-year-old man who had fallen after becoming dizzy, with a unit reporting clear of the scene a few minutes later.
[6:54 PM]Portville · Court Street
Cattaraugus County fire dispatch declared a stroke alert yesterday at 6:54 PM for a 44-year-old woman on Court Street in Portville, reporting right-sided facial numbness, lower back pain, dizziness and lightheadedness before an ambulance responded to take her in for evaluation.
[4:55 PM]Little Valley · Welfare Check
Yesterday at 4:55 PM, a Cattaraugus County sheriff's patrol in the Little Valley zone was sent to check the welfare of a man who had sent text messages indicating self-harm, with dispatch noting he had unknown access to weapons; a second unit was attached to assist, and the responding deputy was back in service by 5:00 PM.
[5:29 PM]Dunkirk · Central Avenue
Yesterday at 5:29 PM, Dunkirk Fire Dispatch sent Rescue 1, Engine 4 and Medical 71 on an ALS response to 603 Central Avenue for a 68-year-old woman reported semi-responsive after a fall, with a rescue unit on scene by 5:31 PM.
[5:45 PM]Jamestown · East 3rd Street
Yesterday at 5:45 PM, Jamestown police dispatch sent a unit to 104 East 3rd to take a report on an assault reported from 711 North Main, telling the officer the man involved would step outside to speak with them; a dispatcher checked back minutes later to confirm the unit was in contact.
[5:51 PM]Olean · North 12th Street
Yesterday at 5:51 PM, Olean police were sent to the area of North 12th Street after a report of a woman running down the street in her underwear who appeared to be under the influence; officers checked 11th, 12th and 13th streets without finding her, and one unit radioed that she “might have went into the house on the 200 block of North 12th, she was in there the other day”.
[2:02 AM]Freedom · Scotch Hill Road
Cattaraugus County deputies were sent overnight, around 2:02 AM, to 11219 Scotch Hill Road for a domestic dispute between Cameron Klink and Cecilia Cellini after he left the residence on foot heading south toward Freedom Road; dispatchers relayed that no weapons were involved and that he was possibly under the influence.
[3:16 AM]Franklinville · South Main Street
Cattaraugus County fire dispatch sent an ALS ambulance to 48 South Main Street in Franklinville just after 3:16 AM for a 44-year-old man reported with altered mental status; a mutual-aid crew staged at the scene's entrance on a non-emergency basis until law enforcement could secure it, with crews still awaiting a callback from the man's family as of the last transmission monitored.
[6:18 PM]Salamanca · West Hetzel Street
Yesterday around 6:18 PM, Salamanca police were sent to the area of West Hetzel Street after a previously reported man was seen walking a nearby trail shouting about the CIA; a unit checked the area within minutes and cleared without further incident reported over the air.
Elsewhere in WNY
[7:20 PM]Thruway · Exit 55
Yesterday around 7:20 PM, a Thruway Authority dispatcher relayed a trooper's report of an erratic driver passing Exit 55, saying a black Tesla and a motorcycle nearly struck him and several other vehicles while traveling at a high rate of speed; the call was logged as event 323 and no further details were broadcast.
[6:07 PM]Thruway · Work Zone, MM 426
Yesterday around 6:07 PM, a Thruway Authority trooper asked dispatch to put out a lookout for a white Jeep Compass reported driving roughly 90 miles per hour through a work zone near mile marker 426.3 westbound, weaving in and out of traffic and nearly causing multiple crashes; the call was logged as event 293 and the vehicle was not located over the air.
[4:41 PM]Thruway · Exit 51
Yesterday around 4:41 PM, Thruway Authority units responded to what was originally reported as a three-car crash near Exit 51 eastbound after a caller driving a blue Honda Odyssey said she was run off the road by a Toyota pickup and pushed into a tractor-trailer; the Odyssey pulled over, but both the semi and the Toyota kept going before troopers arrived, and dispatch put out a lookout for the fleeing vehicles.
[10:37 PM]New York State Thruway · Guardrail Strike
Yesterday around 10:37 PM, Thruway units closed the left lane westbound near mile marker 356.2 after a tractor-trailer went into the guardrail; a second report of a rig into the rail farther west at mile marker 364.5 was believed by dispatchers to be the same crash, and the lane was reported clear again by 10:40 PM.
[12:32 AM]New York State Thruway · Missing Persons
Early this morning near mile marker 463.2 westbound, a Thruway trooper radioed headquarters that a second occupant found during a stop was also a Monroe County missing person, and asked that Monroe County be notified to keep that report open while a complainant was contacted to come pick up the pair, who were not to drive any further.