Franklinville · South Main Street · Assault

A Man With a Baseball Bat Chases Another Through a Franklinville Food Mart

Cattaraugus deputies were sent when one man went after another with a bat inside a South Main Street store, both parties named on the air.

At 11:05 AM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatch put out a call at the Franklinville Food Mart on South Main Street: a man chasing another man with a baseball bat, inside the store. Dispatch named the parties on the air — a person identified on dispatch as Phillip Luce chasing a person identified as Trey McKenzie.

A bat-swinging chase through the aisles of a small-town convenience store is exactly the kind of run that draws a fast rural sheriff's response, and deputies were routed in to sort out the two men and whatever set the confrontation off.

Buffalo · Chippewa & Washington · Armed Robbery

An Armed Robbery Near the Chippewa Strip Ends With Cut-Up Suspects and a Pursuit

Buffalo police chased a black SUV west on Chippewa after a knife-point robbery, then turned up a man with cuts on his hands nearby.

Around 10:30 AM, Buffalo police worked a robbery near Chippewa and Washington, at the edge of downtown's nightlife strip. Callers described two white males getting into a black SUV with a black female already inside; an Amazon driver told officers the vehicle took off west on Chippewa from Washington. Dispatch pushed cars to the area and worked a plate — a New York registration heard as MEB 4580.

Minutes into the search, an officer flagged a man on foot with cuts on his hands and asked to be marked out at Chippewa and Washington — "He's got some cuts on his hands. It's going to be related," the unit radioed. Officers put out clothing descriptions on two men and passed along a possible name and a possible destination of 33 Dersen in West Seneca as they tried to run the SUV to ground.

Buffalo · Marine Drive · Elevator Rescue

Three Riders Trapped in a Marine Drive Elevator Are Freed by Buffalo Rescue Crews

A level-2 response put an engine, a ladder and Rescue 1 to work on a stuck elevator at 79 Marine Drive.

At 2:39 PM, Buffalo Fire was dispatched for people trapped in an elevator at 79 Marine Drive, on a level-2 response that sent Engine 1, Ladder 2 and Rescue 1.

The rescue went off cleanly: within minutes crews had all three occupants out of the stalled car and the incident closed as complete. It was a tidy finish to a call that could have run much longer.

Tonawanda · Highland Avenue · Home Invasion

A Reported Home Invasion on Highland Avenue, With the Cameras Disabled and an Argument Still Underway

Tonawanda police were sent for unknown trouble at a Highland Avenue home where security cameras had been knocked out and a verbal fight was in progress.

At noon, Tonawanda police responded to a report of unknown trouble at 864 Highland Avenue, dispatched as a possible home invasion. Callers reported that the home's security cameras had been disabled and that a verbal argument was still in progress as officers rolled.

The combination — a claimed intrusion, disabled cameras, and a fight ongoing inside — put units in fast, though the picture stayed murky on the air, the sort of call where dispatchers work to sort a genuine break-in from a domestic dispute in the moment.

Buffalo · Custer Street · Hostage Call

A Woman Says a Neighbor Locked Her in a Closet Over a Debt on Custer Street

A caller reported being restrained with a shoestring and shut in a closet by a neighbor, in a bizarre hostage run at 66 Custer.

Just after noon, Buffalo police fielded a hostage call at 66 Custer, apartment 318. Dispatch relayed that a woman said she owed a neighbor money and that he had locked her in a closet — a person identified on dispatch as Ernest Williams, described as putting a shoestring around her leg, which she was able to work off.

The account grew stranger as it came in: a lock on the closet, and another man said to be in the apartment taking her television. Cars were routed to Custer as dispatch worked to pin down exactly which apartment the woman was being held in. It was one of the odder police runs on the wires all day.

Lancaster · Williams Street · Cardiac Arrest

A Williams Street Cardiac Arrest Ends in Death Despite Bystander CPR

A woman was performing CPR when EMS arrived at 4819 Williams Street; a time of death was logged shortly after.

At 11:00 AM, Lancaster PD and AMR South EMS were sent for a cardiac arrest at 4819 Williams Street, where a woman was already performing CPR and Twin District EMS was responding.

The bystander effort could not turn it around. Despite CPR in progress before crews arrived, a time of death was logged at 11:30 AM. It was the day's fatality on the wires — a reminder of how often the earliest, hardest work falls to whoever is standing closest.

Amherst · Eggert Road · Domestic

A Domestic Dispute With Children Present Draws Amherst Police to Eggert Road

Officers were sent to a husband-and-wife argument, with children in the home and a history of domestics at the address.

At 12:33 PM, Amherst police responded to a domestic dispute at 1396 Eggert Road, between Crosby and Garland — a husband and wife arguing, with children on the premises. Dispatch noted a history of domestics at the address.

A family fight with kids in the house pulls a careful multi-car response, and officers moved in to separate the parties and check on the children.

Buffalo · Hertel Avenue

Grease, Water and a Sprinkler: Firefighters Reignite the Very Fire They Came to Put Out

A stovetop grease fire at 601 Hertel got the classic worst-possible treatment — a splash of water — and this time it was the crew's own move.

Buffalo Fire went up to apartment 202 at 601 Hertel Avenue to check an oven fire that had already flickered out. Then physics did what physics does to a grease fire and water: "We sparked it and ignited the sprinklers," a chief reported, after the crew threw water on a grease fire on top of the stove — reigniting it and tripping the overhead sprinkler.

The sprinkler ended up doing the honest work — "we have a grease fire contained by the sprinkler," the chief radioed a few minutes later — while the department below got the runoff, water coming in under the door. Grease-fire lesson of the day, delivered by the professionals: never the water.

Amherst · Custody

Make Me a Biohazard: An Amherst Cruiser Gets the Full Spit Treatment

One custody subject, no manners, and a very put-upon patrol car.

Around 12:41 PM, an Amherst officer keyed up with a request that captured the indignity of the moment perfectly: "Can you make me a biohazard? He's spitting all over my car." The subject in custody had apparently decided the back seat needed redecorating.

It's a real designation with real cleanup behind it — but as radio poetry goes, few lines say more with less about how a shift is going.

Amherst · Found Property

A Stranger's Walk, a Recovered Laptop, and One Grateful Resident

The kindness-of-strangers file adds an entry: somebody out for a stroll found it and turned it in.

Mid-afternoon in Amherst, an officer signed off a found-property run on a warm note: "I'm glad the resident at 49 had the laptop. They found it on a walk." A missing laptop, recovered on somebody's stroll and reunited with its owner — a small, tidy piece of good news on an otherwise busy wire.

Depew · Lancer Court

The Grocery App Hit the Panic Button: An Instacart SOS Sends Police to Lancer Court

A delivery platform's emergency alert flagged an unresponsive customer named Jeffrey — dispatch by algorithm.

At 2:06 PM, Depew police were routed to Lancer Court on an SOS alert that came in not from a neighbor or a family member but from Instacart — the grocery-delivery app — reporting a subject named Jeffrey as unresponsive.

It's a strange new corner of the welfare-check world: the panic-button feed of a shopping app landing on a suburban police dispatch. Officers went to check on Jeffrey the old-fashioned way.

Cattaraugus · Route 16

A Dog Staring Into the Weeds Earns Itself a Welfare Check

Off Route 16 near Lambert's Towing, one non-responsive pup gave a passerby just enough of a bad feeling to call it in.

Just after 9:35 AM, Cattaraugus deputies got a welfare-check request on behalf of a dog: spotted off Route 16 near Lambert's Towing, by the underpass, staring fixedly into the weeds and not responding. Whether the dog was fine, transfixed, or onto something only it could see, it had unsettled a passerby enough to summon the sheriff.

Amherst · UB North Campus

UB Campus Police Flag Abandoned SUV, Possible Gun Near Princeton

Just after 7 AM, University at Buffalo Campus Police radioed all patrols to check on a suspicious vehicle reported dumped in the area of 146 Princeton Avenue — a black Ford Explorer with an Arizona registration that dispatch said “possibly has a gun”. Moments later, the same dispatcher flagged the vehicle as tied to a report of unlawful use of a motor vehicle with shots fired, and said the information was being forwarded to city police department users. No arrest or further resolution was reported on the air within the window captured here.

Lackawanna · Prospect Street

Lackawanna Police Investigate Medication Tampering Report at Prospect Street Apartment

Lackawanna police were dispatched just before 8:42 AM to a Prospect Street apartment on a report of unauthorized entry, where the caller alleged someone had tampered with medications inside the unit. No arrest or further status was reported on the air before the call cleared.

Olean · South Union Street

Olean Police Separate Couple With History of Violence in South Union Street Dispute

Olean police responded to a domestic dispute on South Union Street shortly after 8:16 AM involving a couple dispatch described as having a history of prior violence between them. Officers separated the two at the scene, and the parties were kept apart with no immediate report of injury or arrest. No further status was given on the air before the channel moved to other calls.

Little Valley · Missing Child Located

Missing Little Valley 12-Year-Old Found Safe at Grandparents' House

Cattaraugus County Sheriff's deputies searching for a missing 12-year-old, dispatched shortly after 1:35 PM, located the child safe about eighteen minutes later at a grandparent's address in Little Valley. Deputies closed out the search on the air with no injury or further incident reported.

Jamestown · East Side

Squatters Blamed for Ceiling Damage at Jamestown East Side Property

Jamestown police responded to a report of squatters occupying the second floor of a property on the city's East Side beginning shortly after 7:39 AM, where the caller said the unauthorized occupants had caused damage to the ceiling below. The call continued intermittently on the air for roughly fifteen minutes; no arrest or resolution was reported before the channel moved on.