Buffalo · Child Abduction

Father Takes Five-Year-Old in a White Subaru, Against a Standing Order of Protection

A mother told Buffalo police her child's father drove off with their daughter — while she held an order of protection against him.

At 11:52 AM, Buffalo police were sent to the area of 23rd and Hayden to a mother whose child's father had just taken off with their five-year-old daughter. The caller, dispatch said, holds an order of protection against him.

The man was reported driving a white Subaru. Dispatch moved quickly to layer on backup — one unit was preempted from another assignment, a second car was called to 95 Hayden, and a third fell in behind, with officers noting a party already in custody as the search for the vehicle spread.

Olean · Fenton Mobility · Firearms Threat

Threat to Bring Guns to an Olean Facility Puts the Building on Lockdown

A man was reported threatening to arrive with firearms to shoot another man at 26 Center Street.

At 10:53 AM, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's Office took a threat report at Fenton Mobility, 26 Center Street, where a man was said to be threatening to bring firearms to the facility to shoot another man there.

The facility was placed on lockdown as deputies responded, with dispatch working to pin down whether the man was en route. It was one of two firearms-related scares the Sheriff's Office juggled through the late morning.

Cattaraugus County · Palmer Street · Search

A Life 360 Ping, a Locked Truck, and a K-9: Deputies Search for a Woman Near Palmer Street

A report of a woman apparently attempting self-harm in a garage sent Cattaraugus deputies combing an access road and a kayak park.

At 1:16 PM, Cattaraugus County deputies began responding to a report of a woman, identified on dispatch as Felicia Pope, apparently attempting self-harm — described as breathing exhaust from a white Chevy truck in a garage near a Palmer Street address.

A Life 360 alert pointed searchers toward an access road near the Palmer Street address, and units fanned out toward a kayak park in the Colon Valley area. Around 1:45 PM a female subject was located and her truck was found locked at the park, with a K-9 requested to help work the scene.

Buffalo · 161 Clarence · Knife Robbery

A Domestic That Turned Into a Knife Robbery, and a Blue Audi Tracked by Camera

Buffalo police pieced together a suspect's escape route across the East Side after a robbery at 161 Clarence.

At 7:10 AM, Buffalo police worked a robbery that had popped up on the board at 161 Clarence, with the suspect reported to have displayed a knife. An officer out with detectives flagged that the call, which began as a domestic dispute with someone refusing to leave, might be related.

Dispatch broadcast a camera-fed update tracing the suspect's vehicle — a dark blue Audi with a roof rack — as it turned around at a laundromat parking lot, ran westbound on Kensington past Olympic, and made a right toward Park Ridge just before 6:50 AM. ADI was notified and a bus was being arranged for the victim.

Buffalo · 1245 Bailey · Suspicious Person

A Man Blocked a 17-Year-Old From Leaving a Bailey Avenue Bus Stop

A caller reported the man getting in the teen's face and keeping her from walking away.

At 7:11 AM, Buffalo police were sent to 1245 Bailey for a suspicious person — a man described as having shoulder-length dreads, a red hoodie and black pants — who was reported following a 17-year-old girl.

Dispatch relayed that the man had been getting in the girl's face and preventing her from walking anywhere, and was sitting at the bus stop when the call came in. The girl was described as wearing blue.

Amherst · UB Campus · Disturbance

A Distraught Mother's Search for Her Daughter Ends With a Ban From the UB Campus

Campus police served an order tied to a prior summer disturbance and warned the woman she'd be arrested if she returned.

At 11:19 AM, UB Campus PD took a disturbance call for what a dispatcher described as an irate mother looking for a daughter she believed to be missing, causing issues with the resident advisors near a Goodyear Hall room 119.

Officers noted this was the same woman from a prior incident over the summer — during an early-attendance program she had caused a disturbance, exposed herself, and made threats while her then-17-year-old daughter, now 18, was on campus. With an order of protection in play, officers arranged to serve the paperwork; ultimately, they let her leave the property, telling her the documents would be mailed certified rather than fight over her waiting for them.

Peace Bridge → I-190 · Drug Flight

A Wrong Turn Off the Peace Bridge Ends With a Bag Holding 125 Grams of Cocaine

A 2026 black Hyundai Elantra fled south onto I-190 and left behind a rental car and a felony's worth of powder.

At 11:08 AM, Thruway dispatch broadcast a be-on-the-lookout for a 2026 black Hyundai Elantra that had made a wrong turn coming off the Peace Bridge, gone back onto the I-190 southbound, and fled the area — leaving behind a bag containing 125 grams of cocaine.

The plate came back to a rental car, and Border Patrol was reported attempting to follow the vehicle to a possible destination. The flight unfolded during an unusually busy stretch on the wire, which minutes earlier had carried a separate report of a white Freightliner clipping bridges with an oversized load.

Buffalo · U District · Line of Duty

The Dog Catcher and the Cat: Buffalo's Lone Animal Officer Bitten on the Job

At 10:49 AM, Buffalo's dog control officer called out of service to head to the hospital — bitten, of all things, by a cat in the U District. The kicker, radioed in with audible resignation: "I am the only dog control officer on duty right now."

Buffalo · East Side · At Large

The Week-Long Wanderer: An Emaciated Pit Bull Nobody Can Catch

At 11:35 AM — moments after handling a hammer-and-shovel domestic on Seneca — Buffalo dog control fielded a call for a loose brown pit bull with white spots. The caller said the dog had been out there all week and looked emaciated, a stray that has apparently outlasted every attempt to bring it in.

Tonawanda · Sheridan Drive · Evacuation

Hold the Guac: A Rice Cooker Clears Out a Sheridan Drive Chipotle

At 2:19 PM, Tonawanda police and fire cleared out the Chipotle at 1759 Sheridan Drive over a rice cooker and a possible gas leak, sending the whole building out onto the sidewalk. Dispatch noted the restaurant had already had a fire at the same spot the day before — twice unlucky in as many days.

Cattaraugus County · Training Tower · Nuisance

A Foaming-Mouthed Man Dogs a National Fuel Crew Near the Fire Tower

At 12:55 PM, Cattaraugus deputies went looking for a man at large near a fire training tower, reported to be harassing National Fuel workers and, per dispatch, foaming at the mouth. The same subject had been described earlier over on Gargoyle Park Road, drifting from one crew's worksite to another.

Amherst · 381 Rosedale · Property Found

The Case of the Lawn Sunglasses, Solved by Ring Camera

At 11:13 AM, an Amherst dispatcher logged a genuine front-lawn mystery at 381 Rosedale: a resident found a pair of sunglasses on her grass after her Ring camera caught people crossing the lawn while a car drove by. She had both the footage and the abandoned eyewear waiting for the responding officer.

Tonawanda · Medical Emergency

Marble-Choking Call Involving Toddler Draws Priority Response in Tonawanda

At 12:33 PM, Tonawanda police dispatch put out a high-priority call for a toddler choking on a marble, sending an officer to assist responding EMS crews. No update on the child's condition was broadcast on the air before the call cleared.

Buffalo · Suicide Threat Call

Buffalo Officers Sent to Bathroom Barricade Over Suicide Threat

Just before noon, Buffalo police dispatch sent officers to an apartment complex's building 3, unit 706, for a report described on the air as “28 year old male locked himself in the bathroom, threatening to harm himself”. Dispatch identified the man on the radio only by the first name Dominic and said Adult Services had already been notified. No further update on his condition, or on whether officers were able to talk him out, was broadcast on the channel before traffic moved on to other calls.

Cheektowaga · Retail Theft

Best Buy Shoplifter Leads Cheektowaga Officers on Foot Chase Toward Dick's

Just before 2 PM, Cheektowaga police were sent to a Best Buy for a shoplifter who fled on foot through the shopping complex toward a nearby Dick's Sporting Goods, with dispatch relaying the suspect's direction of travel as officers converged. No arrest was confirmed on the air before the call cleared.

Fredonia · I-90

Two Children Evaluated After I-90 Crash Near Fredonia

At 2:19 PM, Fredonia fire dispatch sent crews to a crash on I-90 near Fredonia, where medics on scene evaluated two children who had been involved in the wreck. No information on the children's conditions, the vehicles involved, or the cause of the crash was broadcast on the air before the call cleared.

Allegany · Structure Fire

Wall Fire Fills Allegany Home With Smoke Before Crews Stand Down

Just after 8:36 AM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch sent crews to a house in Allegany after a fire burning inside a wall filled the home with smoke. Crews knocked the fire down and stood down within the half hour, with no injuries or displacement broadcast on the air.

New York State Thruway · Bridge Strike

Oversized Load Confirmed to Have Struck Two Thruway Bridges Near Buffalo

Just after 11 AM, Thruway maintenance dispatch asked a Silver Creek-area crew to check for bridge damage between mileposts 450 and 467 eastbound after a passerby reported a tractor-trailer striking a span. Troopers converging on the vehicle described it as carrying “a big white construction box on the trailer”, with damage visible at the rear of the box. Minutes later, dispatch confirmed on the air that troopers had a “confirmed bridge strike, two bridges so far it looks like” — one span at milepost 466.1 and the next bridge eastbound. The witness who called it in said he watched the truck strike both structures, but troopers who checked the corridor between the Peace Bridge and Exit 1 reported negative results locating the vehicle, and dispatch asked for the witness's name and number as the search continued.