Hamburg · Holiday Lane · Armed Subject

Hamburg Police Track a Bleeding Armed Subject From a Red Roof Motel to a Holiday Lane Apartment Complex, Camera to Camera

Yesterday afternoon officers followed a man with blood on his clothing through the Route 52 corridor and into Holiday Lane Apartments, coordinating a tactical approach via multiple camera angles.

Yesterday beginning around 3:42 PM, Hamburg police worked a sustained pursuit of a subject tied to an armed incident, tracking him from the Red Roof motel area through the Route 52 crossing near Pierce Avenue. Dispatch circulated a description — a roughly 5-foot-11 black male with dreadlocks, white shirt, blood on his clothing — carrying multiple bags and a backpack.

Over the next half hour officers followed the man on camera as he moved toward the Holiday Lane Apartments, with dispatch relaying his location across multiple angles and noting a firearm history. Units coordinated a tactical approach to the complex, confirming the suspect's position at a rear porch area before closing in. The traffic documented a methodical, camera-guided containment of a possibly armed subject through a residential corridor.

Buffalo · I-190 · Stolen-Vehicle Pursuit

A Stolen Durango With a Florida Plate Draws a Multi-Agency Pursuit From Buffalo Onto the 190, Air Support Overhead and an Armed Occupant Reported

Yesterday evening Buffalo police, Cheektowaga units and State Police chased a white Dodge Durango with a possibly armed occupant, Air 1 tracking from above before the suspect was left at large northbound.

Yesterday beginning around 7:28 PM, Buffalo police and Cheektowaga units worked a lengthy pursuit of a stolen Dodge Durango carrying a Florida plate, with the occupant reported possibly armed. The department's Air 1 tracked the vehicle from overhead as ground units coordinated across jurisdictions; one uncooperative subject was taken into custody near Brookside and Potter around 7:53 PM.

The chase spilled onto the highway. By about 8:00 PM, the white Durango was northbound on the 190 with the occupant observed reaching into the vehicle, State Police Troop A and Buffalo PD coordinating on the Thruway channel. A red flash was initiated and then terminated near 1655 Niagara Street as the suspect remained at large northbound. The traffic carried the full apparatus of a running stolen-vehicle pursuit — helicopter, multiple agencies, and a weapon in play — before it broke off.

Wheatfield · Houston Road · Crash With Entrapment

A Car-and-Semi Crash on Houston Road Traps the Driver With Airbags Deployed and CPR Already Under Way

Yesterday evening Niagara County fire dispatch sent crews to 9928 Houston Road for a car-versus-semi collision, with the driver confirmed trapped and a paramedic crew requesting help as CPR ran.

Yesterday at 7:38 PM, Niagara County fire dispatch put out a car-semi accident at 9928 Houston Road, confirming airbag deployment and a driver trapped in the vehicle, with an ALS priority. Fire control cleared the initial dispatch at 7:38 PM and crews began marking on location.

By 7:44 PM the call had turned grave: dispatch relayed that CPR was in progress and that the paramedic crew was requesting additional help, with the incident moved to a dedicated tactical channel. Units including a county-fire company marked on scene just inside Genesee County. The run had every marker of a serious highway-speed collision — a trapped driver, deployed airbags, and resuscitation under way at the roadside.

Livingston County · York · Crash With Entrapment

A Two-Car Crash in York Leaves One Person Trapped Inside a Vehicle Already on Fire, Drawing Mutual Aid Across County Lines

Yesterday evening Wyoming County fire relayed a mutual-aid request into York, where a two-car wreck at Genesee Street and Chandler Road had one occupant still trapped in a burning vehicle.

Yesterday at 7:13 PM, Wyoming County fire relayed a mutual-aid request into neighboring Livingston County — the Town of York, at Genesee Street and Chandler Road — for a two-car motor vehicle accident with one person still trapped inside a vehicle that was on fire. Dispatch repeated the assignment twice, stressing that the occupant remained trapped inside the burning car.

Responding crews asked whether a helicopter was already in the air for the call; dispatch answered that was unknown and offered to check with Livingston. The run carried the urgent cross-county rhythm of a fire-and-entrapment wreck — a person pinned, flames on the vehicle, and companies converging as air support was weighed.

Buffalo · Bailey & Ludington · Hit-and-Run

A School Bus Full of Children Is Struck Near Bailey and Ludington; the Second Vehicle Flees Before Crews Arrive

Yesterday afternoon a car hit a school bus with children aboard near Bogardus and Bailey; the driver was evaluated by AMR while the other vehicle took off from the scene.

Yesterday at 4:40 PM, Buffalo Fire dispatch toned Engine 28, Ladder 15, F20 and B46 to Bogardus Street and Bailey Avenue for a crash involving a car and a school bus, dispatch noting children were on the bus. Arriving crews narrowed the scene to Bailey and Ludington and reported back to command that there were no kids remaining on the bus and the bus driver would be checked out by AMR.

The second vehicle was gone. As crews compared notes — “you said that was a Kia?” — command confirmed the other car had taken off. By 4:48 PM the chief wrapped it up on the air: the second vehicle fled the scene, the bus operator was being evaluated by AMR, and Engine 28 would handle the balance of the incident and take the report. No injuries to the children were noted on the air.

Buffalo · 176 Victoria · Missing Child

A 12-Year-Old Missing More Than a Day Across Buffalo's East Side Is Found Safe Just After Midnight and Driven Home

Early this morning, officers who had canvassed for hours located Demetrius at Richlawn and Central Park and brought him back to 176 Victoria.

Early this morning, around 12:05 AM, a door-to-door search for a 12-year-old boy missing roughly 20 to 30 hours came to a quiet end. As one officer worked a tip from the child's father — that the boy might have gone to a street called Grand over in the Delta District — another car broke in with the news: “We have that kid at Richlawn and Central Park”.

Dispatch confirmed the location and asked that the child be returned to 176 Victoria. “If you could bring him back 176 Victoria, please,” a supervisor answered, with a clipped “great job” over the air as units stood down. The resolution closed out an overnight search that had checked Compass House and multiple locations across the East Side before the boy turned up safe at a nearby park.

Cheektowaga · Home Depot · Why So Serious

Why So Serious? Cheektowaga Dispatch Warns Cars a Man in Full Joker Makeup Is Loose in the Home Depot

Face paint and everything — a courtesy heads-up in case the aisles start calling it in.

Yesterday at 6:07 PM, a Cheektowaga dispatcher gave the road a gentle warning: “just in case you get any calls from Home Depot, that man I was talking about, he's dressed up like the Joker from The Dark Knight”. For good measure, she added the detail that seals it — “Face paint and everything” — and noted he was in the Depot right then. No crime, no chaos, just a man committed to the bit somewhere between the paint department and plumbing, and a dispatcher making sure nobody panicked when the calls came in.

Amherst · Welfare Check · Crocs or Slippers

The Case of the Purple Footwear: An Amherst Officer Needs One Thing Cleared Up — Crocs, or Slippers?

A welfare check turns, briefly, into the day's most pressing identification question.

Yesterday afternoon, mid-search on a welfare call tied to an adult-protective report, an Amherst officer keyed up to settle the one detail that mattered for picking the right person out of a crowd: were they purple Crocs, or were they slippers? It is the kind of question that sounds absurd on the air and is, in fact, exactly the right one to ask — the small, specific thing that turns a vague description into a match.

Amherst · Harbridge Manor · Uninvited Guest

She Cried in His Bed, Then Hid His Garbage Cans: A Harbridge Manor Mystery Caller Returns

Late last night, a resident dialed 911 several times over a visitor with a very particular repertoire.

Late yesterday, around 11:37 PM, Amherst dispatch sent a car to 45 Harbridge Manor for a complainant who had called 911 numerous times. The story, as relayed over the air: about an hour earlier a woman had shown up uninvited and cried in his bed — and she had turned up once before, roughly a week prior, when, on her way out, she hid his garbage cans. Several of them. An officer named Ray cleared headquarters to go sort out one of the stranger welfare runs of the night.

Cheektowaga · Garden Village Drive · Spot 3

Passed Out in Spot 3: A Silver SUV, a Whippet, and a Very Specific Parking Space

Cheektowaga dispatch had the make, the color, and the stall number — everything but a good explanation.

Yesterday just before 9:00 PM, a Cheektowaga dispatcher sent a car to 145 Garden Village Drive with the kind of description that leaves nothing to chance: “Female passed out in a vehicle due to nitrous oxide. It's a silver SUV parked in spot 3”. For the next few minutes the radio was all confirmation — “You said 145, spot 3?” “Affirmative. Silver SUV.” — a tidy little chorus about one woman, one SUV, and one very precise parking space.

Wyoming County · Silers Camp · Much Ado About Smoke

Loud Explosions, Smoke Showing, Possible Camper Fire — and, in the End, Nothing at All

A dramatic campground call near Routes 78 and 98 deflates into a large brush fire the campground was already handling.

Yesterday just before 7:00 PM, Wyoming County fire toned out a possible camper fire at Silers Camp near Routes 78 and 98 after a caller reported “loud explosions, smoke showing, possible camper fire”. Crews were barely rolling when the anticlimax arrived over the air: “you can cancel the call, campground called in, just a large brush fire”. The explosions, the smoke, the camper fire — all of it dissolved into a brush pile the campground already had in hand.

Amherst · Sweet Home Road · Car Into House

Car Leaves Roadway, Strikes Sweet Home Road House Overnight

Overnight at 2:20 AM, Amherst Police dispatch sent a unit to 936 Sweet Home Road, between Holmcrest and Emerson, after a car left the roadway and struck a house; units confirmed the call and cleared the scene within a couple of minutes, with no further detail given on the air about injuries or the driver.

Amherst · Brandt · Self-Harm Threat

Third Call of the Day to Brandt Apartment Ends With Woman Threatening to Cut Herself

Yesterday at 7:25 PM, Amherst Police dispatch pulled a unit off another assignment and sent it back to 77 Brandt, apartment 2, saying “it's the third time today, a female broke some glass and she's threatening to cut herself”.

Dispatch noted it was the third call to the address that day and asked a second unit to cover backup moments later; an information report was logged once the scene cleared.

Buffalo · Auburn and DeWitt · Shots Fired

Buffalo Woman Reports 10 to 12 Shots Fired Near Auburn and DeWitt

Early this morning at 2:42 AM, a Buffalo Police dispatcher relayed that a woman at 127 Auburn reported hearing “10 to 12 shots”, with nothing seen, near the corner of Auburn and DeWitt.

Delta 543 arrived on scene minutes later to check the area; no injuries, evidence, or further details were reported over the air.

Buffalo · North Vaughn and Prospect · Armed Robbery

Gunpoint Robbery Near North Vaughn and Prospect Sends Suspects Running Toward Niagara Street

Yesterday at 4:09 PM, Buffalo Police Bravo units were sent to investigate a robbery near Elmwood Avenue[*] [heard: Elton Wood] and West Ferry Street, with the complainant meeting officers at a nearby Tops gas station.

Witnesses described one suspect in a black hoodie with a spider design carrying a blue backpack and another with dreadlocks and a face mask, all described as Black males, who ran down Maryland toward Prospect.

A further radio update placed the robbery itself near North Vaughn and Prospect, just steps from Niagara Street, where the victim said “a black weapon right to his waistband and he took his bag and took off”.

Cheektowaga · Genesee Street · Domestic

Cheektowaga Domestic Call Ends With Resisting Arrest Near Market

Yesterday at 10:44 PM, Cheektowaga Police dispatched units to the upper apartment at 2292 Genesee Street after a woman called 911, said she had just been beaten, and then hung up before dispatchers could get her back on the line.

Checking the address's history, dispatchers identified the caller as Cassandra Davis and the man involved as a person identified on dispatch as Christopher Thomas, born in 1980.

Arriving officers reported “a bunch of resisting and obstructing” from a man found near a nearby market who insisted he was unrelated to the call and tried to walk away; one unit stayed with him while a colleague worked to get the woman to come outside.

Hamburg · Sheeva Lane · Residential Burglary

Burglar Slips Into Hamburg Home Through a Bathroom Window

Yesterday at 3:19 PM, Hamburg Police dispatch sent units to a residential burglary at 4227 Sheeva Lane, between Sherindale and Larietta, after dispatch said the intruder had gotten in through a bathroom window.

Wyoming County · Dutch Hollow Road · Suspicious Vehicle

Suspicious Vehicle Spotted at Barn Hours After a Death at Wyoming County Home

Yesterday at 7:47 PM, Wyoming County Sheriff's dispatch sent a deputy to 3639 Dutch Hollow Road after the daughter of someone who had died at the residence earlier in the day reported a vehicle backed up to one of the property's barns, last seen there about 15 minutes earlier.

Genesee County · Lewiston Road · Vehicle vs. Tractor

Vehicle-Tractor Crash on Lewiston Road Traps Occupant, Draws Extrication Crew

Yesterday at 7:39 PM, Genesee County Fire dispatch sent Merseyside 1 to 217 Lewiston Road for a vehicle that collided with a tractor, with entrapment reported and extrication equipment required to free the occupant.

Dunkirk · Jefferson Street · Domestic, Knife

Dunkirk Domestic Call Brings Officers Facing a Man Armed With a Knife

Just after midnight, at 12:09 AM, Dunkirk Police responded to a domestic incident in progress at 858 Jefferson Street after a caller reported a man was armed with a knife; officers indicated on the air that they intended to take him into custody, and the call cleared without further escalation reported.