Buffalo · Michigan Avenue · Violent Domestic

A Child's Call: Buffalo Cars Rush to a Michigan Avenue Apartment Where a Boy Says His Mother Is Being Strangled

A violent domestic at 1100 Michigan touched off a full response yesterday evening after a child phoned to report his mother was being choked by her boyfriend.

Yesterday at 6:22 PM, a Buffalo dispatcher pulled a couple of patrol cars toward a violent domestic at 1100 Michigan, apartment 107, after a child called to report that his mother was being strangled by her boyfriend.

Dispatch repeated the details as units broke off from other assignments: the child caller said his mom was being choked, and the apartment number was confirmed over the air. A backup unit was added as cars converged on the address.

Buffalo · Michigan & William · Gun Call

A Man Waving a Gun From a Camry at Michigan and William Sends Overnight Cars to a Milton Street Address

A caller reported a driver holding a gun while listening to music early this morning, and the plate traced the Toyota Camry back to a Milton Street home.

Early this morning at 12:38 AM, Buffalo dispatch put out a gun call at Michigan and William, describing a man in a black Toyota Camry who had turned eastbound on William.

According to the caller, the man was holding a gun in his hand inside the car — not pointing it at anyone, but appearing to wave it around while listening to music. Dispatch traced the plate and reported the Camry came back to 102 Milton Street.

By 12:42 AM, a responding officer reported nothing showing at Michigan and William and headed east on William; dispatch told other arriving cars to slow down as the search shifted to the registered address.

Buffalo · ECMC · Stabbing

Stabbing Victim Walks Into ECMC With Wounds to Arm, Torso and Leg

A man told Buffalo officers at the hospital that he had been stabbed in the arm, upper torso and left leg, with no immediate account of where it happened.

Yesterday at 3:26 PM, a Buffalo officer radioed from ECMC that he had a man reporting he had been stabbed — in his left arm, the upper left side of his torso, and his upper left leg.

The officer asked dispatch for a callback number to continue the report away from the open channel, a sign the investigation into where the man was wounded was only beginning.

Cattaraugus County · Route 20 · Rollover

Route 20 Rollover Involving Up to Four Vehicles Leaves Multiple People Injured

A multi-vehicle crash with a rollover on Route 20 drew an ALS response and a convoy of fire apparatus yesterday afternoon.

Yesterday at 5:14 PM, fire dispatch toned out an ALS motor-vehicle accident on Route 20, reported as a rollover involving somewhere between two and four vehicles with multiple injuries.

A string of units answered over the next several minutes — Car 201, Car 203, Tower 263 and Car 204 all reporting en route or on location — as the response built out around the wreck.

Cheektowaga · Harlem Road · Pursuit

A U-Haul Box Truck Runs From Cheektowaga Police at 70 MPH Before the Driver Bails and Is Caught on Foot Near Iroquois

A stop on a U-Haul box truck off Harlem Road turned into a winding slow-speed chase and a foot pursuit through backyards before officers took the driver on the ground.

Yesterday at 9:39 PM, a Cheektowaga officer went out with a U-Haul box truck off Harlem Road, but the truck did not stop. It took off southbound over the bridge toward Williams Street, dispatch relayed, with a white male in a baseball cap driving and a white female passenger.

Speeds climbed to about 70 mph before the pursuit settled into a slow, looping crawl — 25 to 30 mph through stop signs and side streets around Stradman, Wabash and Iroquois — with officers at one point noting, drily, that the truck now seemed to be "obeying the rules of the road."

The chase ended when the driver bailed near Iroquois and ran westbound, the female left behind in the truck. Officers set up a perimeter and went over fences after him, reporting a subject in custody around 99 Wabash.

Grand Island · Queens Drive · Tree Strike

A Man Cutting Down a Tree on Queens Drive Is Struck by a Falling Limb, Bleeding and Not Alert

A 64-year-old fell to a tree limb in his own front yard yesterday afternoon in a dead-end stretch of Grand Island, drawing a priority medical response.

Yesterday at 3:55 PM, Grand Island fire dispatch sent an EMS response to 11 Queens Drive, near Stony Point Road and north of Ransom Road at the dead end, for a 64-year-old man injured while cutting down a tree in his front yard.

A limb had fallen on him, dispatch said, and he was bleeding from the head and not alert — a call toned out at the urgent "30 Delta" level. Crews were routed in from Maple and North Forest to reach the address.

Cheektowaga · Wellington Square · Welfare

Confused Elderly Woman Found on the Ground at Wellington Square as Officers Seize a Bat and an Airsoft Gun

A Harlem Road condominium complex produced a tangle of calls yesterday evening, ending with an elderly woman down and confused and a subject taken into custody.

Yesterday at 8:33 PM, Cheektowaga dispatch handled a run at 3433 Harlem Road, the Wellington Square Condominiums, where an elderly woman in a white coat and dark pants was found on the ground, confused.

The scene came alongside an earlier report of a possible home entry at the same complex — an unlocked door, children's toys disturbed, nothing taken. By the end of the response a subject was in custody, and officers had seized a baseball bat and an airsoft gun.

Jamestown · Glasgow · Structure Fire

Fourth-Floor Fire Draws Multiple Jamestown Engines to a Glasgow Building

A fire reported coming from a fourth-floor room sent engines, a ladder and command to the Glasgow building in Jamestown yesterday evening.

Yesterday at 8:21 PM, Jamestown fire dispatch toned out a structure fire at Glasgow, sending Engine 3, Engine 5, a ladder and Car 1, with the fire reported coming from the fourth floor, room 10.

Dispatch repeated the fourth-floor location to arriving units and read off the nearest hydrants — the closest at 51 Glasgow, the next at 64 Glasgow — as Engine 3 and Car 1 reported in on location.

Cattaraugus County · Little Valley · UNO

Draw Four, Dispatch Two: a Card Game Goes Nuclear in Cattaraugus County

Yesterday at 5:04 PM, a Cattaraugus County deputy summed up the trouble with admirable economy: it was, he radioed, a disagreement over a game of UNO. The patient was requesting an evaluation, no charges — proof once again that no house rule is more dangerous than a stacked Draw Four.

Cattaraugus County · Scott Hollow Road · Addresses

Five Houses, Zero Numbers: a Firefighter's Lament on Scott Hollow Road

Clearing a call yesterday at 9:07 PM, a Salamanca firefighter asked dispatch to pass a message to the town of Great Valley. The residents had asked, multiple times, for house numbers on their road — and there were, he noted, five houses back there total, none of which have house numbers. Dispatch's reply was the night's finest deadpan: "That's cute."

Buffalo · The Regulars · Frequent Caller

He Just Be Chatting: Buffalo Dispatch Knows Its Regulars

Yesterday at 9:34 PM, an unhurried Buffalo officer delivered the whole case file on a familiar voice in two breaths: "Yeah, this guy calls all the time. He just, he just be chatting." Some callers have an emergency. This one, apparently, just has a lot to say.

Hamburg · Scranton · Scooter Caper

The Scooter, the Possum and the Getaway Down Lincoln

Yesterday at 8:27 PM, a Hamburg caller stepped outside on Scranton to look at a possum — and in that moment someone grabbed her scooter. She yelled; the thief yelled back, then rode off down Lincoln before abandoning the scooter in a parking lot and fleeing in a white car. A possum, a scooter and a getaway: the Southtowns' answer to a heist film.

Tonawanda · Duchesne · Running Unattended

Motorcyclist Makes a Pit Stop in the Street, Leaves the Bike Running

Yesterday at 7:29 PM, Tonawanda police fielded a report from Duchesne of a man on a motorcycle who relieved himself in the street — then left the bike running, unattended, and walked off. Idling, waiting, loyal: the motorcycle, at least, had somewhere to be.

Tonawanda · Linwood Road & Homewood Avenue

Man Reported Grabbing Woman at Tonawanda Corner, Flees on Bicycle

Yesterday evening, Tonawanda police dispatch sent units to the corner of Linwood Road[*] [heard: Unwood] and Homewood Avenue after a caller reported “a white male physically grabbing a white female”; the subject was described as a white male in a white hat and an all-grey outfit.

Units on scene advised the male had left the area walking toward Delaware Avenue on a bicycle.

Buffalo · Genesee Street · Shots Fired

Between 15 and 40 Shots Reported Fired Around Genesee Street Building Overnight

Early this morning at 12:15 AM, Buffalo police radio diverted two B District cars from a fireworks complaint at 490 Broadway after callers reported between 15 and 40 shots fired around a building at 392 Genesee Street.

Dispatch guessed the original Broadway complaint was “probably the fireworks, but we'll have that”, but still held a car on it, and by 12:17 AM was telling other cars headed toward Genesee Street to slow down as the response wound down.

Buffalo · Walden Avenue · Assault

Elderly Man Accused of Stabbing Woman in the Face During Walden Avenue Dispute

Overnight at 2:09 AM, Buffalo police radio sent C District units on a return call to 534 Walden Avenue, reporting that a woman had been assaulted earlier in the day by an elderly man who was said to have “poke the face with a knife”.

Buffalo · Dodge Street · Street Brawl

Roughly 50 Brawl in Dodge Street Parking Lot, Mace and Knife Reported Before Crowd Scatters

Yesterday at 9:54 PM, Buffalo police dispatch sent C District units toward Dodge Street after a caller reported “approximately 50 people in a parking lot, some are fighting”, calling in several additional cars.

Dispatch revised the address before settling on 706 Dodge Street, and within a couple of minutes officers reported the crowd had scattered, noting “they got mace, the one got a knife”.

Officers also broadcast license plate numbers for two vehicles seen leaving the scene before the call was cleared a few minutes later.

Cheektowaga · Williamstown Drive · Cardiac Arrest

CPR in Progress on Unresponsive Woman at Williamstown Apartment

Yesterday at 4:54 PM, Cheektowaga Fire Dispatch sent OLEMS and district units to 44 Williamstown, Apartment 1, for a report of an adult female who was under-responsive and not breathing, directing crews through the complex's east driveway to a building at the back.

Buffalo police arrived first and radioed that the woman was breathing but not alert; dispatch added a second ALS ambulance from West Seneca headquarters as crews continued working the call, with units clearing the scene by 4:59 PM.

Depew · George Urban Boulevard · Unattended Death

Unattended Death Reported at Vacant Building Beside Urbandale Plaza Gate

Yesterday at 8:13 PM, Depew police dispatch sent Officer Stilwell to 22 George Urban Boulevard at the Urbandale Plaza for an unattended death, describing the location as a vacant building to the right of the plaza's gate.

Dispatch asked for two additional cars, identified only by number, to respond as well.

Depew · Reim Road · Welfare Check

Depew Officers Check Welfare of Teen Reported Hitting Street Signs on Reim Road

Yesterday at 8:25 PM, Depew police dispatch sent an officer to check a welfare complaint at 85 Reim Road, where a caller reported a white male in his late teens, wearing a black leather jacket, walking up and down the street and talking erratically, warning her that people were coming. The caller said he was now walking down the street hitting street signs.

Units responded to the area, and by 8:26 PM dispatch indicated the teen would be taken to the hospital.

Jamestown · Riverwalk · Overdose

Overdose Patient Wakes Up After CPR Along Jamestown's Riverwalk

Yesterday at 3:15 PM, an Alstar EMS crew radioed UPMC Chautauqua from along Jamestown's Riverwalk with a 46-year-old man who had overdosed near the river, reporting that “CPR was in progress upon arrival, he is now alert and oriented”, with a one-minute ETA to the hospital.

Jamestown · Downtown Square · CPR In Progress

Crews Work CPR on Collapsed Patient in Jamestown's Downtown Square

Yesterday at 3:01 PM, a Jamestown Fire dispatcher reported, “I've got CPR in progress down in the square”, redirecting Medic 74 — already traveling down Main Street — to the call in the city's downtown square.

Olean · South 4th Street · Welfare Check

Olean Officer Tracks Down Man a Caseworker Hadn't Reached Since September

Yesterday at 3:16 PM, Olean police were asked to respond to 320 South 4th Street to attempt contact with a man identified on dispatch as Don Coole, after his caseworker said neither she nor his doctor's office had been able to reach him since September 16.

An officer went to the door facing West Green Street and yelled in a back window to get him to come to the front; by 3:33 PM, the officer reported making contact with him in the lower unit, where “he states he's just waiting for his government phone to be turned on and he'll make some calls”.

Cattaraugus County · Route 16 · Car vs. Semi

Car, Semi Collide Head-On on Route 16 Near Olean, Crews Report Entrapment

Yesterday at 3:14 PM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch sent an ALS response to 5601 Route 16, also given as Dutch Hill Road, for a head-on collision between a car and a tractor-trailer with unknown injuries, drawing Trans Am 8 and other mutual-aid units toward the scene.

Within minutes dispatch relayed a report of entrapment and confirmed the wreck was blocking the roadway; Mercy Flight 6 was held on ground standby while crews worked the scene, and occupants were reported complaining of leg, arm and chest pain.

Jamestown · Barrett Avenue · Domestic Disturbance

Jamestown Police Respond to Barrett Avenue Domestic Call Amid Reports of a Weapon

At 8:08 AM, Jamestown police dispatch relayed a 911 call reporting a woman screaming and a possible weapon involved at a Barrett Avenue address, though further details were not broadcast.