Buffalo · Allentown · Sexual Assault Arrest

A Man in a Gorilla Suit Sexually Assaulted a Woman Near Allen Street — One in Custody

Overnight, Buffalo police took a man into custody after a woman reported a sexual assault by an attacker in a gorilla suit at Allen and Wadsworth.

At about 12:10 AM, a Buffalo dispatcher sent a car to Wadsworth at Allen, telling the responding unit a female “said she was assaulted by a male in a gorilla suit”. The call-taker had the officer repeat it before confirming the detail.

Dispatch arranged a callback to the caller at Allen and Wadsworth and routed additional units to the scene. Follow-up traffic indicated one person was taken into custody. The scanner traffic established the report, the costume detail, and the arrest but did not establish further charges before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Kensington-Bailey · Armed Subject Report

A Gun Spotted in a Pocket Scatters Roughly 200 Trick-or-Treaters Near Bailey Avenue

Yesterday evening, Buffalo police worked a packed Halloween crowd in the Bailey Avenue area as reports of an armed man came in from more than one caller.

Yesterday at about 9:54 PM, an officer working the Lang and Bailey area told radio there were “about 200 kids around the lane, just trying to disperse them now” as police tried to break up the gathering. Within minutes a second gun report came in near 455 Stockbridge.

Dispatch relayed a description of an unknown male who had a gun in his pocket, with the subject reported at 460 Dartmouth and a black 2016 Toyota Prius mentioned. Units fanned out looking for the vehicle and the man. The scanner traffic established the crowd and the weapon reports but did not establish an arrest or a recovered gun before the thread closed.

Hamburg · Old Lakeshore Road · Water Rescue

An Empty Boat Beached With Its Motor Running Sends the Coast Guard Searching Lake Erie

Yesterday evening, a boat found beached off Old Lakeshore Road — engine running, lifejackets scattered, nobody aboard — launched a multi-agency water search.

Yesterday at about 8:44 PM, a patrol near 5426 Old Lakeshore Road reported “a boat that's beached on shore, motor running, lifejackets laying around, no one in sight”. Police were already on scene, Lakeview and Lake Erie Beach companies were activated, and dispatch said the Coast Guard had both a boat and a helicopter responding.

Marine 9 headed to the boat and suggested a Hamburg drone team be launched to help scan the shoreline and water, which dispatch approved. Lakeview's water-rescue units and additional apparatus were toned toward the area. The scanner traffic established the abandoned boat and the search but did not establish that anyone was found before the thread closed.

Tonawanda · Hawthorne Avenue · Armed Subject Report

A Man Came Out With a Shotgun and Yelled at Trick-or-Treaters on Hawthorne Avenue

Yesterday evening, Tonawanda police were sent to Hawthorne Avenue after a man reportedly stepped out of his house with a shotgun as children trick-or-treated.

Yesterday at about 7:42 PM, Tonawanda dispatch sent multiple cars to 17 Hawthorne, in the Buckingham area, after a report that a man “came out of the house there with a shotgun, he went back in his house” before going back inside. The caller tied the complaint to yelling at trick-or-treaters in the neighborhood.

Units from the Delaware Highlands area were directed toward the address. The scanner traffic established the shotgun report and the police response but did not establish that charges were filed or that the weapon was recovered before the thread closed.

Wyoming County · Elm Street · Armed Confrontation

A Man Retrieved a Hatchet From His Car During a Lobby Confrontation on Elm Street

Yesterday evening, Wyoming County deputies were called to an Elm Street apartment building after a confrontation in which a man armed himself with a hatchet from his vehicle.

Yesterday at about 10:52 PM, Wyoming County deputies were dispatched to 55 Elm Street, apartment 217, for a confrontation in the building lobby. Dispatch said a subject identified on the air as Jonathan Michael was armed with a hatchet he had retrieved from a vehicle.

The scanner traffic established the confrontation and the weapon but did not establish an arrest or any injuries before the thread closed.

Clarence · Alamosa · Large Crowd

A Large Overnight Crowd on Alamosa Raised Fears of People Being Trampled

Early this morning, deputies held a call open at an Alamosa address after a caller described a large group and people being trampled.

Early this morning at about 2:30 AM, dispatch worked a call at 4903 Alamosa where a caller said “there's a lot of people getting trampled over”. Units 11 and 5 were directed to head that way, with the call left open for responding officers.

A few minutes later, at about 2:34 AM, the situation was characterized more cautiously as just a large group of people. The scanner traffic established the crowd report but did not establish any confirmed injuries before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Hirschbeck · Fire

Oven and Out: Engine 22 Takes the Self-Cleaning Oven to the Backyard to Cool Off

Yesterday at about 5:22 PM, Engine 22 wrapped up an oven fire the simplest way imaginable — by carrying the appliance outside. “We removed the self-cleaning oven to the backyard so it could cool down, no further problems” the crew reported. Dispatch, deadpan, read it right back: “You removed the self-cleaning oven to the backyard to cool down, no hazard at this time”. Problem solved, no hazard at this time, 22 back in service.

Buffalo · McClellan / McKinley · Reckless Op

Grass Stains: ATV Riders Go Flying Through the Field the Second They Clock a Patrol Car

Yesterday at about 7:17 PM, a Buffalo unit near McClellan and McKinley Parkway offered a textbook officer-safety note: “two guys on ATVs go flying through the grass here when they saw a patrol vehicle, just for officer safety”. No pursuit, just a report filed and a patch of lawn the worse for wear.

Buffalo · Seneca / Edson · Reckless Op

Neck and Neck: A Giraffe on an ATV Pops Wheelies Past Seneca and Edson

Yesterday at about 9:06 PM, Buffalo officers at Seneca and Edson logged the Halloween sight of the night on a reckless-operation call: “got a male on an ATV dressed as a giraffe doing wheelies”. The safari rolled on.

Chautauqua County · Greenhurst · Fire Investigation

Fog of War: A Reported Fire Turns Out to Be a Halloween Fog Machine

Yesterday at about 6:16 PM, a Chautauqua County fire crew chasing a smoke report through a mobile-home park found the culprit was pure holiday décor. “There is just a small decoration that was letting out fog” the responder reported, before setting off to run down the actual haze drifting up the street. The engine picked up, no further action.

Buffalo · Early Hours · Assist Request

Last Call: A Weary Officer Radios for Backup Just to Get a Drunk Man Through His Own Door

This morning at about 6:25 AM, after a long Halloween night, a Buffalo officer keyed up with a request that needed no translation: “I just need help getting this drunk guy into his apartment”. Another car was asked to assist.

North Tonawanda · Webster Street · Fight Injury

Man Treated for Possible Broken Nose After Fight Outside North Tonawanda Pub

Niagara County fire dispatch sent North Tonawanda Engine 4 overnight, just after 1 AM, to Webster Street outside Boyer's Irish Pub, between Tremont Street and Goundry Street[*] [heard: Gounder Street], for a male already on scene with patrol who suffered “possible broken nose from a fight”; the call went out as a BLS priority response.

Clarence · Knife, Threat of a Gun

Knife, Then Mention of a Gun, Draws a Crowd in Clarence

Officers on the Amherst-Clarence police channel were working a disturbance overnight, just after 1:44 AM, where dispatch relayed that “the subject brandished a knife and then mentioned something about a gun, but no gun was seen”. A responding unit described a large crowd still gathered with vehicles on scene, placing it “between a 50 and 1600 building primarily here”, and asked that bystanders help wave patrol cars toward the right building.

Buffalo · Jefferson Avenue · Structure Fire

Entrapment Reported as Full Box Alarm Hits Jefferson Avenue Building

Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent a full box assignment — Engine 21, Engine 33, Engine 3, Ladder 6, Ladder 4, Ladder 2 as the fast truck, Rescue 1 and several chief and support units — to Jefferson Avenue Jefferson Avenue, between Glenwood and Woodlawn, at 5:24 PM for a reported structure fire with entrapment. A dispatcher relayed heavy black smoke showing within a minute of the page, and the first-arriving Engine 21 reported a two-and-a-half-story ordinary building where “fire shooting out, number 4 side, 2nd floor, laying in line”; the assignment was shifted to the fireground channel as crews pushed hoselines in. No word followed on the air in this window on whether the reported entrapment was confirmed.

Buffalo · Overland Avenue · Gun Call

Family Flees Overland Avenue Home After Man Points Gun at Son, Police Say

A Buffalo Police C District unit was sent to Overland Avenue Overland Avenue just after 5 PM on a gun call after dispatch relayed that there was a “male inside the residence with the father pointed at the son”. Additional cars were added to the run within the minute, and dispatch confirmed “everyone's outside except for the man with the gun”, indicating the family had gotten clear of the residence while officers worked to resolve the situation.

Buffalo · Sycamore Street · Overdose Call

Buffalo Fire, Police Respond to Reported Overdose Near Church on Sycamore Street

Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 31 to Sycamore Street Sycamore Street, between Oberlin and Miller, at 7:45 PM on a report of an overdose with a psychiatric component. Dispatch described the patient as “wearing all black” and noted he might be found across the street in front of a church, advising Engine 31 that police were also responding but that “there's no need to stage or use precautions”.

Buffalo · Fillmore Avenue · Two-Car Crash

Fillmore Avenue Call for Pedestrian Struck Turns Out to Be a Two-Car Wreck

Buffalo Fire Dispatch sent Engine 3 for EMS yesterday at 10:50 PM to Fillmore Avenue and Sycamore Street on a report of a pedestrian struck. Engine 3 arrived to find police and AMR already on scene and radioed back minutes later to clarify it was “actually a two-car MVA at Fillmore and Sycamore, one person being evaluated by AMR”, with police and AMR holding the scene before the engine returned to service.

Buffalo · Clinton & Spring · Shots Fired

Roughly 15 Shots Reported Fired Near Clinton and Spring on East Side

Buffalo police dispatch relayed a report of “15 shots fired at Clinton and Spring” yesterday evening, sending units toward the area of Clinton Street and Spring Street on the city's East Side. As the call developed, officers struggled to pin down an exact address, with one dispatcher radioing that she was going to “try to get a better location”, and patrol cars were shifted to cover the surrounding blocks. No injuries or a confirmed address were reported over the air before the channel moved on to other calls.

Buffalo · Elmwood & Lafayette · Trick-or-Treaters Found

Two Young Trick-or-Treaters Who Wandered Off Found Safe Near Elmwood

Buffalo police dispatch sent officers near Elmwood Avenue and Lafayette Avenue[*] [heard: Ellen Wynne Lafayette] yesterday evening after a mother reported “missing two of her kids who went off trick-or-treating and walked away” — an 11-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl, possibly near a Toyota Highlander. Units converged on the area within minutes, and by 7:02 PM dispatch called off the search, radioing that “children have been found” after the pair had simply wandered away from their mother to collect more candy.

Cheektowaga · Shanley Street · Building Evacuated

Attic Smoke Call on Shanley Street Escalates to Evacuation

Cheektowaga Fire Dispatch sent units 291 and 293 to 381 Shanley Street, between Bismarck and Richards, shortly after 4:30 AM for smoke reported in the attic with no visible flames. Crews arriving at the two-and-a-half-story home initially found nothing showing from outside, but within minutes an interior crew reported “moderate smoke in the lower attic”, and command ordered the building evacuated while sending a truck company to check the second-floor attic and the basement. No injuries were reported over the air.

Evans · Sisson Highway · Motorcycle Accident

Motorcyclist Down Near Marshfield Prompts Road Closure in Evans

Springville Fire Control paged North Collins Emergency Squad yesterday at 4:58 PM for a person down near Marshfield on Sisson Highway[*], initially reported as a bicyclist bleeding from the nose. Dispatchers relayed conflicting reports through the call on whether the victim was a bicyclist or motorcyclist, citing “profuse bleeding”, and sent Langford's 9-2 and 9-3 engines to assist North Collins units. By 5:06 PM crews confirmed it was a motorcycle accident, reporting “a male on the ground, it is a motorcycle accident”, and the Langford chief asked that Route 75 be shut down at Sisson Highway[*] and Lenox Road while units worked the scene.

Southtowns · EMS Dispatch · Access Delay

AMR Dispatchers Scramble to Reach Seizing Patient After Failed Callbacks

AMR South EMS dispatchers spent several minutes past 10:30 PM yesterday trying to raise a caller at an address whose notes said the front door was unlocked, radioing Unit 560 that the patient “he's probably going to seize again”. Two callback attempts went unanswered, and a dispatcher noted a fire company had already been sent to the address and then unexpectedly cleared, saying “fire was there and then picked up” before holding 560 on standby while a backup line, heard on air as Mars, tried its own callback.

Lockport · Park Avenue · House Fire

Lockport House Fire Draws Mutual-Aid Standby as Crews Search for Possible Occupant

Niagara County Fire Dispatch confirmed a kitchen fire at Park Avenue Park Avenue in Lockport shortly after 3:38 AM, after a caller reported they “believe someone's still inside”. As Lockport crews pushed inside — radio traffic at one point relaying “we're interior fire” — county dispatch called South Lockport and Cambria departments to stand by at Lockport Fire Headquarters to cover the city. Operations continued for nearly an hour before dispatch released all units at 4:33 AM; no confirmation of the reported occupant was broadcast in this window.