Erie County · I-490 · Possible Abduction

A Mother Tails a Dark Gray Volvo Down I-490, Reporting Her 17-Year-Old Daughter Left With an Unknown Man Against a Stay-Away Order

State Police on the Thruway tracked a possible abduction eastbound on I-490 after a mother said her teenage daughter, who has a stay-away order against a named man, had been taken without permission.

At 1:36 PM, State Police on the Thruway began working a caller's report of an erratic vehicle at the 388 mile marker eastbound on I-490 — a dark gray Volvo S60 with no plate, moving about 50 miles per hour. The caller, a mother in a dark blue Honda Accord, said the vehicle held her daughter and “someone she don't know”.

As the mother stayed behind the Volvo, dispatch updated the mile markers steadily downward — 385, 383, 381 eastbound — and relayed identifying details: the daughter, 17-year-old Violet Soborowski, has a stay-away order in place involving a man named Ahmed Santos Rodriguez, though the mother could not confirm he was the driver. The mother “advised that she did not permit this juvenile to leave the residence with anyone”, and troopers were directed to attempt a stop for a welfare check as the two vehicles approached the relay exit.

Buffalo · Lane · Gun Call

A Gun Call on Lane Pulls Edward Cars to a Crowd of Juveniles, a Caller Saying They All Had Guns

Buffalo police sent multiple cars to 215 Lane for a man in all black with a gun outside, with an officer recalling a group of juveniles he was told were all armed.

At 2:33 PM, a Buffalo officer asked dispatch for a couple of Edward cars to 215 Lane for a gun call. The caller reported a male wearing all black with a gun outside; dispatch made 240 the primary car as several units cleared to respond.

An officer who had been to the address earlier added a worrying note over the air: when he was there, “there were a bunch of juveniles outside”, and a complainant was saying the group “all had guns”. The traffic then broke into a long run of a single car number keyed repeatedly — the clipped radio signature of officers moving fast on an armed-crowd call.

Cheektowaga · Target · Children Left in Car

Three Children, Including a Months-Old Baby, Are Found Alone in a Car Outside the Walden Avenue Target

Cheektowaga police were called to the Target at 1750 Walden Avenue for children left unattended in a parked car; an officer found a 9-year-old, a 5-year-old and an infant, with a video left playing for them before the parents went inside.

At 12:21 PM, Cheektowaga police were dispatched to the Target at 1750 Walden Avenue for children left unattended in a red Chevrolet sedan parked in the row right in front of the entrance. An officer passing the store stopped there first, told initially there should be two children in the vehicle.

What the officer found was more: “a 9-year-old, a 5-year-old, and a baby, like a couple-month-old baby in the car”. The children told police their parents had put “a video on the phone for them before they went into the store” before going into the store some six to ten minutes earlier, and an officer had the store page the parents. Officers worked up the registered owner — a mother the children named as Robina Carimini — and spelled out the three children's names over the air; by the end of the run the vehicle was gone and the parents had been contacted.

Olean · Woodview Court · Mental Health Crisis

A Woman Barricades Herself in a Bathroom With a Knife, Threatening Self-Harm, as Olean Officers Respond

Olean police were sent to 3 Woodview Court for a 32-year-old woman in possession of a knife and threatening to harm only herself.

At 2:02 PM, Olean police dispatch broadcast a mental health call at 3 Woodview Court for a 32-year-old woman “in possession of a knife threatening to harm herself only at this time”, last placed in the living room of the house.

Several officers put themselves en route, one asking for the address to be confirmed more than once as cars converged on the quiet court. The call carried the careful, deliberate cadence of a crisis response, with units coordinating their approach to a subject believed to be armed and in distress.

Cattaraugus County · Hillis Field · Missing Child

A Missing 9-Year-Old Girl in a Pink Jacket Is Found Safe by a School Resource Officer

Cattaraugus County deputies searched near a football field for a missing 9-year-old, identified on dispatch as Winter Weber, who was located and cleared within minutes.

At 12:20 PM, Cattaraugus County deputies began searching the area of Hillis Field, near the bridge by the football field, for a missing 9-year-old girl. Dispatch described her as wearing a pink jacket with short brown hair, and identified her on the air as Winter Weber.

The search was brief: the girl was located by a school resource officer and the call was given an all-clear within about nine minutes — one of two missing-child reports on the day's wire that ended with the child found safe.

Cheektowaga · Target · Car Inventory

Officer's Deadpan Car Inventory: A Nine-Year-Old, a Five-Year-Old, and a Couple-Month-Old Baby

Dispatched to the Walden Avenue Target expecting two kids left in a parked car, a Cheektowaga officer radioed back the real tally with the flat weariness of someone who has seen this before: “I got a 9-year-old, a 5-year-old, and a baby, like a couple-month-old baby in the car”. The parents, it turned out, had left a video playing on a phone to keep the three occupied — babysitting by autoplay.

Wyoming County · Silver Springs · Last Call

A Firehouse Last Call, Over the Air, for Firefighter Tom Madison

Between the medical runs, Wyoming County fire paused for a ceremony: a dispatcher keyed up for all Silver Springs fire monitors with “the last call for Firefighter Tom Madison”. The county thanked Madison for “five years of dedicated service” to the Town of Gainesville, the Village of Silver Springs, and the County of Wyoming, closing with a line that gives the volunteer fire service its weight — “Although you are gone, you will never be forgotten.”

Hamburg · Welfare Check · Suspect Description

Be On the Lookout: A Man With a Beard and Glasses Who “Looks Like a Bible Character”

Among the morning's Hamburg calls came a description for the ages. The subject, dispatch relayed, “got a beard with glasses” — adding, per the caller, that “he looks like a Bible character”. Precise it was not; evocative it absolutely was.

Buffalo · East Top Road · Window Dispute

A Woman Bangs on the Windows and Licks the Glass as Her Car Is Hauled Away

Buffalo police got a call to East Top Road for a protest of the modern automotive kind: a woman “banging on the windows and licking the glass while they were getting their car removed” while a vehicle was being removed. The tow, presumably, proceeded.

Olean · Traffic · Dispatcher Reaction

“Daaamn!” — An Olean Dispatcher's Unfiltered One-Word Review

An Olean officer was mid-way through calling out a plate near the new O'Reilly Auto Parts — Pennsylvania tag, read out letter by careful letter — when the radio delivered a single, heartfelt editorial comment: “Daaamn”. No context, no follow-up. Radio decorum, briefly suspended.

Tonawanda · Tonawanda Street · Unresponsive Woman

Power Response Sent for Unresponsive Woman on Tonawanda Street

At 11:25 AM, Tonawanda police dispatch sent a full power response — patrol units plus Twin City medics — to 1159 Tonawanda Street after a caller reported “a female not breathing”.

Dispatchers relayed that the complainant was refusing to perform CPR and that no one could say for certain when the woman had last been seen, adding only that she had reportedly been seen the night before and was found face down by the caller that morning.

Tonawanda · Niagara Falls Boulevard · Motel Disturbance

Black Gloves, Possible Weapon Reported in Route 62 Motel Disturbance

At 11:52 AM, Tonawanda police sent two units to a disturbance at the Route 62 Motel, 1900 Niagara Falls Boulevard, after dispatch relayed that a man from Room 115 had come out of his room wearing black gloves and “trying to fight him”.

Dispatchers said the parties were separated before officers arrived but cautioned that any weapons involved were unknown.

Tonawanda · Waverly · Domestic Complaint

Tonawanda Man Reports Girlfriend Beaten, Crying on Return Home

At 10:37 AM, Tonawanda police sent two cars to a domestic complaint at 79 Waverly, between Delaware Avenue and Elmwood, after a man called saying his girlfriend came home crying and appeared to have been beaten up, telling dispatchers he was “unable to get information from her”.

Buffalo · Marion Street · Domestic/Gun Call

Backpack Gun Reported in Marion Street Domestic Call

At 11:25 AM, Buffalo police sent several Delta cars to the rear apartment at 22 Marion Street for a domestic disturbance, with dispatchers relaying that a man identified on the radio as Mel was “destroying things in the house”, then reported to have a gun stashed in a backpack.

Dispatch described the man as a Black male wearing a blue-and-gray Spider-Man shirt and carrying a pink book bag, and assigned additional cars to back up the call.

Officers reported the man running down Grote Street as they closed in, and the call was cleared after units confirmed they had the pink-and-black bag in hand.

Buffalo · Lane Street · Gun Call

Officer Flags Armed Juveniles at Lane Street Address During Gun Call

At 2:33 PM, Buffalo police sent several Edward cars to 215 Lane Street for a gun call after a caller reported a man dressed all in black with a gun outside.

A responding officer told dispatch that on an earlier visit to the same address, a group of juveniles had been outside and the aunt on scene said they all had guns, prompting more cars to roll on the call.

Buffalo · Seneca Street · Shots Fired

Shot Heard Near Police Garage on Seneca Street, Camera Check Turns Up Nothing

At 9:17 AM, a Buffalo police unit reported hearing one shot fired near 341 Seneca Street, prompting dispatchers to route nearby patrol cars to the area.

An officer already on scene with the superintendent of the police garage said a nearby cable company worker believed the shot had come from the garage's parking lot, and asked that the facility's camera room be checked for video, though a follow-up call found no one answering inside.

By 9:22 AM, officers who had swept the area told dispatch “there's nothing showing as of right now”, and cars were told to slow down.

Buffalo · Jasper Parish · Child Neglect

Mother Accused of Leaving Teen, 6-Year-Old Alone Overnight Without Food

At 7:23 AM, Buffalo police were sent to 126 Jasper Parish to see a complainant on a child neglect call after a caller reported a mother had left her 16-year-old and 6-year-old alone since the previous night, telling dispatch “they don't have food”.

Cheektowaga · Park Edge Drive · Medical Call

Cheektowaga Man Found Unresponsive at Park Edge Drive in Suspected Insulin Reaction

At 12:54 PM, Cheektowaga police were sent to 16 Park Edge Drive, between Pine Ridge Road and David, after a caller reported a 27-year-old man unresponsive in what was initially called in as a possible suicide attempt.

Arriving officers found the man with his eyes open and awake, and radioed that his blood sugar reading was under 77 and that it “sounds like he took some insulin, maybe a little too much”, with fire and AMR responding as officers slowed other responding cars once medics were en route.

Cheektowaga · Walden Avenue · Burglary

Three Men Strip Walden Avenue Apartment, Flee in SUV

At 10:41 AM, Cheektowaga police were sent to the upper apartment at 1196 Walden Avenue after a woman identified on dispatch as Kemo [possible name, unclear] said she came home to find three men inside taking items from her home.

The men left before officers arrived, fleeing in a blue SUV; the complainant told dispatchers the men sell drugs but that she could identify only one by a first name.

Officers checked Walden Avenue for the SUV and reviewed nearby camera footage, reporting a partial match before arranging to meet the complainant at the scene.

Hamburg · North Eagle Crest · Tree Branch Strike

Hamburg Man Struck by Falling Tree Branch While Walking in the Woods

At 1:05 PM, Hamburg Fire Dispatch sent Big Tree EMS and Town of Hamburg EMS to Ripple Way near North Eagle Crest for a 20-year-old man with a head laceration and serious bleeding after being struck in the head by a tree branch.

Dispatch relayed that the man had been walking in the woods when the branch came down and struck him, adding he remained “conscious and alert” as additional units, including Big 29 and Big 3-9, were called to the scene.

Niagara County · Lincoln Avenue · Child Injured

Niagara County Girl Bleeding, Unconscious After Fall on Lincoln Avenue

At 8:38 AM, Niagara County Fire Dispatch sent units to 53 Lincoln Avenue, between Hamilton and South Transit, for a girl estimated between 6 and 9 years old who had fallen and was bleeding from the head, with dispatch reporting an unknown length of downtime and a decreased level of consciousness.

Chautauqua County · Dutch Hollow Road · Burglary

Multiple Subjects Reported Inside Dutch Hollow Road Home in Burglary-in-Progress Call

At 2:31 PM, Chautauqua County dispatch sent patrol units to a burglary in progress at 4325 Dutch Hollow Road, where a caller reported two subjects had entered through the front door and were inside the living room.

Dispatch described the suspects as white males wearing gray hats, shirts and jeans, and by 2:35 PM updated the count to three subjects — two men and a woman — as cars converged on the scene; a white or gray Ford F-250 spotted near the house was also flagged to responding units.

Officers held a perimeter while dispatch worked out which of two neighboring houses the suspects were actually in, ultimately confirming the residence on the west side of the road, 4325 Dutch Hollow, as the scene.