Buffalo · Spalding Street · Violent Domestic

A Neighbor's 911 Call Sends Buffalo Police to Spalding Street for a Man Dragging a Woman Into a Garage

Officers raced to 82 Spalding on a violent-domestic report and were soon chasing a description of the woman being forced into a burgundy SUV headed toward South Park.

At 11:56 AM, Buffalo dispatch pushed cars to 82 Spalding for a violent domestic, telling units the information came from a neighbor: “male's dragging the female into the garage”. Additional cars radioed they would back up on the call, and the first unit reported on scene within minutes.

The picture then shifted off the block. On an update at 12:00 PM, dispatch said “male pushed a female into the back of a burgundy electric vehicle heading towards South Park, said it looks like a Jeep, but it's not”, with only a partial plate — Lincoln, Tom, Zebra — before officers refined it to a full tag and units broke off to try to intercept the vehicle.

Lackawanna · Wood & Rowland · Man With a Machete

A Ski-Masked Man Reportedly Waves a Machete Near a Blue Corner House on Lackawanna's Wood Street

Lackawanna police sent all cars to the area of Wood and Rowland on a text-to-911 report of a masked man brandishing a machete.

At 8:36 AM, Lackawanna dispatch put out an all-cars call to the area of Wood and Rowland, around 32 Rowland, for a subject with a knife. Dispatch described it as “a male brandishing a machete”, adding that a text to 911 said the subject was wearing a ski mask and was standing by a blue corner house.

Hamburg · Marie Drive · Cardiac Arrest

Hamburg Crews Work a Full Cardiac-Arrest Code on Marie Drive After a Caller Can't Move the Patient Alone

A 47-year-old man in cardiac arrest drew paramedics, AMR and multiple fire units to Marie Drive, with command calling for more manpower to keep working the code.

At 10:24 AM, Hamburg Fire dispatched a paramedic response to 4534 Marie Drive, near Ciminelli and Clark, for a 47-year-old man in cardiac arrest. Dispatch noted the caller “refused pre-arrival instructions, the patient is rather large and she was unable to get him out of the bed”, leaving responders to take over on arrival.

With AMR on scene, dispatch confirmed crews would be working the code and, at 10:29 AM, relayed that “more manpower requested to the scene of the cardiac arrest”. Additional engines and EMS units were sent to assist as the resuscitation continued.

Concord · Kissing Ridge · Off-Road Rescue

A 12-Year-Old Hurt on the Kissing Ridge Trails Draws Off-Road Rigs From Three Companies and a Mercy Flight Standby

A boy with a head injury from a bicycle crash on the Crazy 8 Trail sent Springville-area companies scrambling for ATVs and UTVs before crews reached him near the north bridge.

At 12:14 PM, Springville Fire Control toned out an EMS request at 10296 State Road, Kissing Ridge North, on the Crazy 8 Trail, for a 12-year-old boy with a head injury from a bicycle accident. Dispatch stressed the terrain, telling responders “you're going to need off-road to get to him”.

Concord, Morton's Corners, Sardinia and East Concord companies were pulled in for ATV and UTV crews, and at 12:23 PM command asked dispatch to “put Mercy Flight on an airborne standby”. As units reached the scene, East Concord 9 reported the patient was down by the north bridge and canceled the off-road equipment, with the landing zone set at Kissing Ridge North.

Wyoming County · Route 28 · Missing Woodcutter Search

A Man Who Left to Cut Wood and Went Silent Sends Wyoming County Deputies Searching the Property Near a Pond

A friend's standing instruction — call 911 if he couldn't be reached by 11 — put deputies on Route 28 looking for a woodcutter who hadn't answered his phone.

At 11:05 AM, Wyoming County dispatch started a deputy toward 2855 Route 28, between Rice and Snyder Road, after a friend called in a welfare check. Dispatch explained that Nick Fisher, who lives at the address, “went out to cut wood at 9:30 AM this morning, usually he doesn't go alone, but he did”, and had told the friend to call 911 if he couldn't reach him by 11 o'clock.

Dispatch said that when Fisher cuts wood he usually works by the residence to the right near the pond, and relayed that calls to his cell phone had gone unanswered. A second unit started from the office to assist, and deputies moved to search the property.

Salamanca · South Main Street · Overdose

A 29-Year-Old Woman Gets Narcan Twice and CPR in a South Main Street Overdose in Salamanca

Salamanca Fire and Seneca EMS worked a not-breathing opioid overdose downtown, administering Narcan twice as CPR was underway.

At 12:09 PM, Salamanca Fire was dispatched to 98 South Main Street for a 29-year-old woman described as an opioid overdose who was not breathing. Narcan was administered twice and CPR was in progress, with Seneca EMS responding ALS.

The call carried into the early afternoon as a cardiac-arrest follow-up, with a Salamanca unit remaining on location for extended scene time with the patient.

Buffalo · Elmwood · Suspicious Blanket

A Passerby Spots a Blue Blanket Behind the Regal Theaters on Elmwood and Fears a Body Is Inside

Buffalo police checked a suspicious report on Elmwood after someone reported a blue blanket, possibly with a body inside, and refused to go near it.

At 12:41 PM, Buffalo police were sent to 2001 Elmwood, behind the Regal Theaters, after a passerby reported a blue blanket with what might be a body inside. Dispatch noted the caller refused to approach, and officers responded to check it out.

Jamestown · Riverwalk Center · Suspected Stroke

A Man Is Airlifted From Jamestown's Riverwalk Center on a Suspected Stroke

Jamestown Fire and county medics worked a possible stroke at the Riverwalk Center on South Main Street before the patient was flown out.

At 2:30 PM, Jamestown Fire and county medics were dispatched to 15 South Main Street, the Riverwalk Center, for a male with a possible stroke. Medics 35 and All-Star responded, and the patient was airlifted from the scene.

Jamestown · Continental Breakfast Bandit

The Continental Breakfast Bandit Strikes a Jamestown La Quinta

At 9:47 AM, Jamestown police caught a case of hospitality theft at the La Quinta on 3rd Street. The complaint, as read over the air: there was “a person that's not a guest refusing to leave and helping themselves to the continental breakfast”. No word on whether the mini-muffins pressed charges.

Lancaster · Broadway & Aurora · The Radar-Gun Regular

Lancaster's Radar-Gun Regular Is Back on the Corner — and Jumping Into Traffic

At 11:27 AM, Lancaster police were sent to Broadway near Aurora for a familiar face: “the male that we often get complaints about who holds a device that looks similar to a radar gun”. This time, dispatch said, he was jumping out into traffic and a complainant had nearly struck him. Dispatch summed up the department's history with the man plainly — a white male with a radar-gun-looking device in hand — adding, "We've dealt with him multiple times," and noting he typically hangs out at the corner of Aurora and Broadway.

Cheektowaga · Harlem Road · The $50 Standoff

Police Dispatched Over a 7-Eleven Cashier Who Wouldn't Break a $50

At 1:42 PM, a Cheektowaga car was sent to the 7-Eleven at Harlem and George Urban to see a complainant over a true emergency. Per dispatch: “He's mad at the business, can't break his $50 bill”. The responding officer took it in stride.

Olean · Barnum Road · The Garage Fire That Wasn't

A 'Possible Garage Fire' on Barnum Road Turns Out to Be a Chimney That Needed Raising

At 1:39 PM, Olean Town and City companies were toned out for a possible garage fire in the area of 732 Barnum Road. What crews found was decidedly less dramatic: no garage fire at all, just smoke rolling off a wood stove with a low exhaust pipe. All units cleared with a verdict for the homeowner — “advised to extend his chimney pipe up past the peak of the structure”.

Hamburg · Applebee's · Dinner Theater

An Applebee's Lunch Devolves Into Spitting, Shouting and a Missing Wallet

At 2:29 PM, Hamburg police were still sorting out a scene at the Applebee's on Milestrip when it escalated. Dispatch radioed that a second guest had gone back inside and was yelling at everybody, then relayed the main event: “one just started spitting and everybody is accusing somebody of stealing a wallet from the restaurant and taking the money out”. A nearby car pulled off a Wegmans run to check on it until backup arrived.

Olean · Machias Station · Go Bills

A Machias Crew Signs Off the Afternoon's Calls With Two Words of Pure WNY

At 1:07 PM, amid the afternoon's steady run of medical calls, a Machias unit radioed back in service to Cattaraugus County fire control with the only closing line that matters this time of year: “back at the hall and back in service. Have a good rest of the day and go Bills”.

Amherst · UB North Campus · Welfare Check

UB Police Close Out Hours-Long Hunt for Missing Student After She Calls Her Mother Back

At 7:38 AM, University at Buffalo police opened an attempt-to-locate welfare check on a female student living at Hadley Village, after her mother reported the student had told her at 5:15 AM that morning that she was at a hospital without saying which one — and that calls to the area's hospitals had turned up nothing.

Officers found no vehicle registered to the student in the Hadley Village lot, then went to her apartment, where no one answered the door and dispatch asked a responding officer to try reaching her roommates instead.

At 7:52 AM the student called her mother directly; dispatch relayed that she was alive, able to talk only briefly, and had gone to a hospital overnight before being discharged earlier that morning, closing out the search.

Tonawanda · Crisis Services · Welfare Check

Crisis Team Called to Check on Caller After Reported Suicidal Threat

At 12:23 PM, Town of Tonawanda dispatch sent a unit to assist crisis services with a welfare check after a caller was reported to have made a suicidal threat, described on the radio as “agitated on the phone with them”.

Buffalo · Cass Street · Unattended Children

Buffalo Police Search After Report of Two Young Girls Wandering Alone Near the Riverfront

At 2:30 PM, a Buffalo police dispatcher relayed a passerby's report of two younggirls, estimated three to four years old, “seen walking into the park”.

The caller said the children had “crossed Cass Street into the park” and that they were “near the river”, with only a couple of patrol cars immediately available to respond.

Depew · Mona Court · Suicide Threat

Depew Police Rush to Mona Court After Man Threatens to Kill Himself With Young Daughters, 4 and 7, Inside

At 12:20 PM, Depew police dispatched a unit to 12 Mona Court for a man threatening to kill himself, with dispatch noting he was believed to have his four-year-old and seven-year-old daughters in the house; the girls' parents were already on their way to the scene.

Dispatch cleared the call minutes later for follow-up, with no further update on how the situation inside the house was resolved broadcast before the channel moved on.

Wyoming County · M&T Bank · Child Safety Stop

Wyoming County Deputy Flags SUV With Unbuckled Infant Hanging Out the Window, Suspended Insurance

At 12:48 PM, a Wyoming County sheriff's deputy stopped behind traffic near an M&T Bank for a passing train reported seeing a black Chevy Equinox in which “somebody keeps sticking the baby out the window to look around, not buckled”, adding that the vehicle's insurance was suspended as it pulled away toward a nearby Tops.

A second deputy located the Equinox several minutes later but found no one nearby, reporting the occupants appeared to have gone toward the train.

Wyoming County · Attica · Narcan Response

Inmate Given Narcan at Attica Correctional Facility

At 2:11 PM, Wyoming County fire dispatch reported a Narcan administration at Attica Correctional Facility on Exchange Street, for a 42-year-old male inmate who was described on the air as “not alert”.

Olean · Store Parking Lot · Child Welfare Check

Olean Police Force Entry to Car After Finding Three Young Children Left Alone Outside Store

At 10:53 AM, Olean police were sent to check the welfare of a child left alone in a vehicle outside a store, a gray 2018 Chevy Traverse parked in the second row in front of the building; the caller, who did not remain on scene, told dispatch the child had “nothing but a diaper on”.

Officers located the Traverse and found not one but three children inside, all believed to be under five, after a registered-owner check on the vehicle came back negative; officers forced entry to reach them, and no further update on their condition was broadcast before the window closed.

Chautauqua County · Columbus Township · Structure Fire

Mutual Aid Called to West Main Street Structure Fire in Columbus Township

At 2:15 PM, Chautauqua County fire dispatch toned out Clymer Fire for mutual aid to Columbus Township, sending Engine 331 and Ambulance 331 to 65 West Main Street for a structure fire.

Minutes later, dispatch told the county's fire coordinators that Clymer was moving to mutual-aid status out of the city to help cover the call, an indication the response was being sustained rather than cleared quickly.

Chautauqua County · Celoron · Motorcycle Accident

Motorcyclist Down in Celoron Roadway Draws ALS Response

At 1:40 PM, Chautauqua County dispatch sent Medic 70 and Ambulance 73 to 5 Hunt Road in Celoron for an ALS response to a motorcycle accident, with the male rider reported down in the roadway.