Amherst · Bank-lobby flag

Officer-Safety Flag Goes Out for an Amherst Bank Customer With an AR-15 in His Past

Bank staff confirmed the name; dispatch broadcast a known-meth-user history and a vow to make a "bloody mess"

At 8:27 a.m., an Amherst PD unit asked dispatch to verify whether a man giving the bank his name only as "Anthony" was Anthony Torello, born 1975. “he wouldn’t give me his name, but the bank staff says his name is Anthony”, the officer said. Within a minute, dispatch came back with the kind of warning that turns an account dispute into an officer-safety call: “known meth user”, “does not like the police”, “has threatened to make it a bloody mess if he has to go with them anywhere”.

The unit confirmed there was no knife on the subject at the bank, and the subject said he would wait until the bank opened to continue — then officers cleared the screen, marked the call back in service, and moved on. The flag stayed live in the system in case he showed up elsewhere in the village later in the morning.

Amherst · Sierra Drive

Front-Lawn Family Brawl on Sierra Drive Pulls a Cluster of Amherst Cars on a 10-23

At 9:29 a.m., Amherst dispatch put a car out for a domestic at 211 Sierra Drive off Campbell Boulevard, then within seconds upgraded the picture: “sounds like it’s a large family involved out on the front lawn when parties threatening, 10-23”. Officers stacked into the area, with one announcing they would peel away to a separate priority once enough units arrived.

By 9:32 the on-scene officer reported the irate party had walked off — “there’s no issues, just a little irate, but he’s gone, so I’ll be quick” — and an inside check turned up a sold sign on the front lawn, suggesting at least part of the spark was a real-estate transition. A welfare check at a separate address half a mile away (Heidi Hines, 1942) ran in parallel, with a caller reporting that someone with a foreign accent had answered the home phone.

Amherst · Rapids Road

Multiple Smoke and CO Alarms Sound Throughout 12012 Rapids Road; Station 2 Rolls

At 1:16 p.m., Amherst Fire Dispatch paged Station 2 for a CO-detector activation at 12012 Rapids Road, between Downey Road and Greenbush Road, with “multiple alarms reported throughout the building”. The dispatcher rebroadcast the location twice to make sure responding units had the address right. Aggressor (Eggertsville) 7 went ahead on the call; companies were back in service shortly after, with no further escalation on the air.

Amherst · Recurring deceased cat

“That Was the Same Cat From This Morning” — Amherst PD’s Best Continuity Note of the Day

Mid-afternoon, an Amherst officer closing out a Millersport call delivered a short transmission that put a whole day’s deceased-feline log into a single phrase: “that was the same cat from this morning”. Earlier in the shift, dispatch had already taken a 9:25 a.m. entry for “a deceased cat on Millersport just south of Maplemere”. The brief’s favorite kind of detail: the radio noticing itself.

Eggertsville · Dollar General

A 10-Year-Old’s Mystery 911 From Outside the Dollar General: “I Don’t Know What Happened, I Don’t Know What Happened”

A 12:55 p.m. EMS call from outside the Dollar General at 3372 Sheridan Drive came in as the most unhelpful possible distress: “I don’t know what happened, I don’t know what happened”, and a hang-up. A car started over; the call back rang twice with no answer; a home address with no police history supposedly had a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old there alone. The dispatcher’s clipped follow-up cuts deeper than any narrative: “supposed to be a 10-year-old and a 12-year-old staying there”.

Amherst · Husky vs. The Unknown

A Husky’s Mouth, a Mystery Animal, and a Two-Unit Investigation Into What Bit Whom

Just after 1 p.m., a homeowner’s “husky right now got hit in the mouth by an unknown animal”, and Amherst PD had to triage a strange call: a dog with a bloody jaw and no opponent in sight. The officer hedged the urgency: “it’s bleeding from the mouth, it’s not severe but it’s just a little excited”. The kicker came at 1:09: “we’re heading over to 52 and 58 in Amherst to see if we can find out what animal this was” — a sentence that promises an animal-control mystery and delivers no resolution on the radio.

Williamsville · Main Street

A Confused Customer Pulls Up at 5661 Main, Staff Take Her Keys, and Her Doctor Coincidentally Calls 10 Minutes Later

At 2:02 p.m., an Amherst officer described the scene at 5661 Main Street[*]: “an elderly customer that pulled up on the wrong side of the building”, and “the staff members have her keys currently”. The screen update was routine — elderly customer, confused, staff helping. Then, five minutes later, the radio delivered the kind of timing that doesn’t feel like coincidence: “coincidentally her doctor’s office just called requesting a welfare check for her stating that she’s very delusional”, with the doctor reporting recent decline in memory and judgment.

Amherst · Sheridan & Northwood

Deer Struck on Sheridan; the Car Goes On, the Deer Does Not. Highway Pickup Logged.

An Amherst patrol unit at 10:30 a.m. delivered the day’s most economical incident report: “the deer struck Sheridan and Northway. The car continued on. Deer still on the road”. Six minutes later: “you can log that deer for pickup south side of Sheridan at Northwood” — a one-line wildlife haiku for the morning's call sheet.

Amherst · Overnight garage entry

Amherst PD Works an Overnight Attached-Garage Entry: Gray Four-Door BMW, Garages Left Open Up the Block

An Amherst officer briefed dispatch from the scene of an overnight attached-garage entry on a residential block: “it was an attached garage that was entered, if I’m not mistaken, 39 Elgort”, with two suspects in a gray four-door BMW seen at the house around 5:30 a.m. and additional garages left open at adjoining homes. The officer expected more reports as the morning went on, with patrol working the lawns for tossed driver’s licenses, purses, and other discarded property.

Williamsville · South Long Street

Williamsville EMS Run to South Long Street for 65-Year-Old Cancer Patient “Not Alert”

At 1:44 p.m., Amherst Fire Dispatch paged a Williamsville EMS call to 137 South Long Street, between Garden Parkway and the dead end, for a 65-year-old male cancer patient not alert. Williamsville 95 responded; the patient was transferred to TCA 233 minutes later and units were back in service.