Wyoming County · Warsaw

Warsaw Standoff Turns on a Shotgun as Children Remain in the House

A domestic at the Parker residence escalated on the air — the male returned in a maroon dually as the female took possession of the shotgun.

Wyoming County Sheriff's dispatchers walked units into a live domestic at the Parker residence in Warsaw shortly after 2:15 PM. Deputies were talking a caller through it on the phone as the vehicle description came over: a maroon Ford dually. Then the tone changed. “He's still on the phone. He was currently in a dually Ford maroon. Sounds like the female may now have the shotgun”

Within a minute dispatch added the harder detail: “Warsaw units — the Parker residence, there's kids in the residence, and he has come back to the residence”. Two teenagers — ages 16 and 14 — were in the residence along with a 22-year-old son. Additional Warsaw units were toned out.

The call was still live at the top of this window; no injuries were reported on the air by 3 PM.

Cheektowaga · Sloan

Eleven-Year-Old Trach Patient Seizes for 40 Minutes on Willow Lawn Parkway

Doyle EMS caught the first tone; a mutual-aid Sloan page followed as the seizure ran past the half-hour mark.

At 8:42 AM Cheektowaga Fire Dispatch called Doyle EMS to 88 Willow Lawn Parkway, on the west side between Clinton and Griswold, for an 11-year-old male trach patient in seizure. It was the second time the same address had been paged, and by 8:45 AM dispatch was reworking the assignment for Sloan mutual aid, telling both crews the child had been “actively seizing for over 40 minutes”.

The tone in the dispatcher's voice — flat, then insistent — sat above the traffic on Erie Conventional for several minutes. The child was ultimately transported.

West Seneca · Borden Road

Stove Left Burning Three Weeks Turns a Borden Road House Into a Gas Chamber

West Seneca fire and PD spent two hours venting the residence as the resident kept living inside.

Just before 12:48 PM West Seneca Fire Dispatch put a page out to investigate “the strong odor of natural gas coming from inside the residence” at 319 Borden Road. Within a minute West Seneca PD followed on Saianet with the same address. Fire units confirmed a strong presence throughout the house on arrival.

The remarkable detail came from a PD update at 1:15 PM: “the gas burner on the stove here has been on for the past three weeks while he's resident throughout his house, so the house is pretty saturated with natural gas. We're just working on getting it ventilated”. Crews worked through 2 PM to ventilate.

Amherst · Niagara Falls Boulevard

Two-Car Injury Crash Snarls Niagara Falls Boulevard at North French

The chief called it a two-patient job outside Arby's; a second ambulance was requested.

Amherst PD radioed the initial report just after 1:17 PM: “for an injury accident near Arby's at Niagara Falls Boulevard, North French, Ellicott Creek”. Amherst Fire's chief keyed up minutes later to confirm two vehicles, two patients, and a call for a second ambulance.

Traffic slowed at the intersection through the ambulance run; the scene cleared before 2 PM.

Amherst · Boulevard & Sheridan

Officer Reports Man in Mental Crisis at JJ Audubon, Vehicle Missing by the Time Backup Arrives

A follow-up broadcast a few minutes later on the Boulevard flagged a reckless gray Mercury Marquis.

At 1:09 PM an Amherst officer keyed up from the JJ Audubon complex with a rare kind of transmission for a routine afternoon: “I'm here in JJ Audubon. He showed up, seems to be out of it, some sort of mental crisis, not well to drive”. Dispatch acknowledged with the location — Boulevard and Sheridan.

By 1:14 PM another Amherst unit called out a gray Mercury Marquis passing through Dodge in the oncoming lanes on North French heading east — reckless enough to make the air. Whether it was the same subject the officer had described did not land explicitly on the record.

Buffalo · University District

Seizure Call on Custer Street Turns Into a Cardiac Arrest, CPR in Progress

Buffalo Fire's Engine 34 was already inbound when the working-code page came back over the air.

Buffalo Fire toned Engine 34 at 1:59 PM to 66 Custer Street between Main and the dead end, apartment 232, for a 56-year-old male with a possible seizure. Within ten minutes the call was repaged as a working cardiac arrest with CPR in progress, drawing additional equipment.

BPD Dists C-E were on scene by 2:27 AM as crews worked resuscitation.

Amherst · Four Seasons West

The Dying Woodchuck Detail

Amherst PD asks a passing unit for a favor.

An Amherst officer keyed up mid-morning with what may be the summer's most Amherst request: “Check out the dying woodchuck on the front step, 65 Four Seasons West”. Dispatch acknowledged; the woodchuck's fate went unreported on the air.

Amherst · Windermere

The Case of the Perfectly Legal Garage Dogs

An officer closes a Windermere complaint on jurisprudential grounds.

An Amherst officer clearing a lingering complaint delivered the ruling live on the air at 8:28 AM: “You can close that Windermere complaint. There's nothing illegal about keeping the dogs in the garage and I spoke to them last week. I might stop back over there later but it's not an urgent matter”. The officer added he might swing back later — but on his own timeline, not the complainant's.

Amherst · Neighbor Feud

The Cat-Feces-on-the-Back-Door Retaliation Incident

A welfare check reveals the animal-control call may have been the opening move.

An Amherst officer working a welfare check laid out the situation with the calm precision of someone who has been doing this a while: a female neighbor, upset that animal control had been called on her, retaliated by “smeared cat feces on his back door”. Report taken; feline entirely absent from the transmission.

Amherst · Niagara Falls Boulevard

Two Shoplifters, Five Minutes Apart, Running for Two Different Fast-Casual Destinations

One fled toward Premier Car Care; the second aimed for Chili's.

At 12:48 PM an Amherst officer broadcast the first: a black male last seen heading toward Premier Car Care on foot with a duffel bag and a white garbage bag; the store would press charges. Five minutes later, a second officer added a companion piece from Gabe's at 1261 Niagara Falls Boulevard — “the second shoplifter from Gabe's, 1261 Niagara Falls Boulevard, they went on foot towards Chili's, but for this one they just want a trespass if he is located”.

Whether the runners knew each other or independently chose the same intersection as their launch pad remains between them and the retail loss-prevention gods.

Amherst · 8099 Sheridan Drive

Cardiac Arrest Echo Response at the Oak Apartments

Amherst Fire Dispatch called an echo response to 8099 Sheridan Drive, apartment 315 at 9:53 AM for an 88-year-old female in cardiac arrest, between Transit Road and Ledger Lane. Multiple units responded within minutes.

Buffalo · Delaware Ave

Overdose Reported at Delaware Avenue Apartment After Suicide-Threat Call

Buffalo PD B-D districts took a suicide-threat call at 1290 Delaware Avenue, apartment 7, at 2:30 PM — a male stating he had pills and intended to take them. Buffalo Fire's Engine 37 was toned out four minutes later for a 46-year-old male, possible overdose, not alert, with underlying mental-health conditions.

Cheektowaga · Nassau Lane

Male in Mental-Health Crisis at 11 Nassau Lane, Throwing Things and Hallucinating

Cheektowaga PD reported a male experiencing a mental-health crisis at 11 Nassau Lane at 9:50 AM — throwing objects around and reporting hallucinations. Units responded and cleared without further transmission of injury.

Cheektowaga · I-90 EB

Tractor-Trailer vs. Car MVA on the Thruway Near the Henry Street Overpass

Cheektowaga Fire staged multiple units for a tractor-trailer-versus-car crash with injuries on I-90 eastbound, mile marker 425.4, at the Henry Street overpass, starting at 11:52 AM. Traffic ran slow into the noon hour.