Amherst · Sunrise Boulevard

Amherst PD works a “suicide by police” threat on Sunrise

Just past noon, an Amherst PD unit pulled up at 273 Sunrise and radioed a warning to responding cars: a non-alert male at the address had made a threat to harm himself and to force a “suicide by police.” Officers began deploying cones to close the street.

Radio traffic over the next several minutes showed the response coordinated at a walking pace — officers dropping cones, one unit taking the front while another moved central. Fourteen minutes in, an officer asked over the air whether a firearm was recovered; another confirmed a SIG-style handgun on scene.

By 12:20 PM the same officer went back on the radio with an outcome: “Sub-minor injury refused. Action report on file”. No shot was fired, and Amherst PD returned to service.

Amherst · Grover

Cardiac arrest on Grover pulls Amherst Fire and EMS to Snyder-area home

At 1:22 PM Amherst Fire Dispatch paged a call at 406 Grover, between Maynard and Rosedale. Amherst PD immediately tagged the run as a cardiac arrest, Echo response.

Fire and medic units were on the road within moments; the outcome of the resuscitation was not stated on the air within the PM window.

Buffalo · East Side

Buffalo Fire goes Level 3 on report of family member threatening to torch a home with gasoline

At 11:11 AM Buffalo Fire Dispatch broadcast a preliminary signal for a Buffalo East Side address (the audio address transcribed as “144 [Wright?], between East [Delavan?] and the dead end” — the street name did not clearly resolve on the air). Engine 31, Engine 33, Ladder 14, B-43 and F-11 were assigned for a report of a resident's family member attempting to set the home on fire.

Three minutes later, dispatch upgraded the run: “The family member is standing outside with the gasoline”. A P.S. Level 2 was ordered along with F-11 and police, then bumped to Level 3 for all companies.

At the scene, a battalion chief asked over the air whether the department had a meter capable of testing for gasoline fumes inside the house. By 11:28 AM the incident had de-escalated to a small rubbish fire in a second-floor garbage container, extinguished on arrival with no damage; companies were released.

West Seneca · Harlem Road

Man in orange t-shirt threatens to “come back and shoot everybody” at Winchester Community Church

West Seneca PD dispatched two cars at 11:57 AM to Winchester Community Church, 909 Harlem Road, after a report that a white male in an orange t-shirt had walked into the congregation yelling “he was going to come back and destroy the church and shoot everybody” before leaving on foot.

Within seconds, dispatch relayed a second sighting: the same subject walking toward the Tim Hortons on Harlem Road. Officers made contact and, per later blotter traffic, detained the subject on scene.

Perry · State Route 246

Barn fire brings Wyoming and Genesee mutual aid to Perry

The morning kicked off with a barn fire at 1631 State Route 246 in the Town of Perry, between LaGrange Road and Burke Hill Road. Genesee Co Fire dispatched a special-aid page at 7:04 AM, pulling in Wyoming Co Fire and the Wyoming County Sheriff for scene control and traffic; a fill site was established at Perry Center and covering companies were shuffled around neighboring stations.

The incident wound down through the late morning — units were reported back in service at Perry Center just before 12:46 PM.

Forestville · Ball Road

Working structure fire on Ball Road pulls Chautauqua County tankers into Forestville

Chautauqua Fire Dispatch put out a structure-fire page at 1:52 PM for 2795 Ball Road, between Center Road and Park Road in Forestville, Town of Hanover.

The initial run-list was heavy: Tanker 11, Engine 16, Sheridan Tanker 161, Bay Creek, Truck 171, Rescue 191, Cassadaga Engine 101, and fire coordinators — the standard rural mutual-aid stack for a working structure fire without a hydrant network. Fire attack operations were underway as the PM window closed.

Lancaster · 4201 Walden Avenue

A parcel returned to Amazon in Lancaster came back with a little something extra

At 10:17 AM Lancaster PD sent a unit to the Amazon warehouse at 4201 Walden Avenue, main entrance. Per dispatch: a complainant had opened a return box and found what he believed to be mushrooms — the wild variety, presumably, not portabellos — and “would like to turn it over.” No word on the customer whose refund is about to get very interesting.

Hamburg · Route 5 westbound

“The yearly shitshow” rolls south — Hamburg dispatch counts 200 bikes and ATVs heading for Evans

At 2:04 PM a Hamburg PD dispatcher keyed up with a heads-up for Evans PD: “We have 200 sport bikes, dirt bikes, ATVs and lower cars heading westbound if you can notify Evans. It's the yearly shitshow”. A companion call, thirteen minutes earlier, had Buffalo PD noting roughly a hundred ATVs already congregated at 121 Porter at Front Park “for officer safety and awareness.” Two counts, one procession, and the annual Lake Shore Ride was in full swing.

Cheektowaga · 1041 Walden Avenue

Teens try to knock a contractor off his ladder in Cheektowaga; “now everyone's arguing with each other”

At 2:21 PM Cheektowaga PD Dispatch sent a unit — once headquarters was clear — to 1041 Walden Avenue. The dispatcher's summary was concise and unimprovable: “A bunch of teenagers tried knocking the ladder down while he was on it, and now everyone's arguing with each other”.

Jamestown · Camp Street

The Great Jamestown Plush Heist

Jamestown PD Dispatch, 10:11 AM: “Three, can you check around Camp Street between Park and Helm for a juvenile female that came up and took a stuffed animal”. Suspect description: five feet, black hair, tank top, jeans. Charge: trespassing, presumably against a very sad kid.

Jamestown · construction site

Larceny with leverage: someone stole a three-phase induction motor from a Jamestown job site

Jamestown PD's late-morning larceny dispatch to the Western NY Urology parking lot described the stolen item, with palpable admiration for the thief's back, as “a three-phase engine of some sort that's extremely heavy”. Anyone shopping used-industrial on the marketplace apps this week: caveat emptor.

Cheektowaga · 152 Ellen Drive

Suspected CO poisoning on Ellen Drive brings Cheektowaga Fire and AMR

Cheektowaga Fire dispatched to 152 Ellen Drive at 2:18 PM for a possible carbon monoxide poisoning with potential gas leak. AMR South EMS follow-up traffic added that a single party had CO-type symptoms with a gas oven left open for ten hours; the occupants were outside on arrival.

Cheektowaga · 381 Shanley Street

Cheektowaga PD and AMR respond to reported pill overdose on Shanley Street

At 2:32 PM Cheektowaga PD and Fire responded to a report of a suicidal male at the lower-front apartment of 381 Shanley Street. AMR South EMS traffic minutes later described a 68-year-old male who had ingested ten pills; police were on scene.

Niagara · Walmore Road

Multi-injury MVA at Walmore and Upper Mountain draws mutual aid

At 11:37 AM Niagara County Fire paged an auto accident at Walmore and Upper Mountain reporting multiple injuries; mutual aid was requested. No later dispatch traffic within the PM window contradicted the initial “multiple injuries” designation.

Franklinville · South Main Street

Cattaraugus deputies respond to a large fight in Franklinville village

Cattaraugus Sheriff Dispatch 1 broke traffic at 2:10 PM to send units to 44 and 49 South Main Street in the Franklinville area for a fight in progress. Radio traffic escalated within the minute: dispatchers relayed “approximately 45 people fighting.” Suspects were reported to have fled the area in a van.