Eggertsville · Main & Maynard

Bicycle Suspect Bolts From Main Street Stop, Caught After 30-Minute Backyard Manhunt to His Parents' House

Patrol set up a perimeter from the Spectrum Building at Edgar & Meade to Hyde Park Boulevard; one party in custody at 22:33, contempt and robbery charges

An Amherst traffic stop on the bicycle of a wanted subject went sideways at 22:02 when the rider took off westbound on Main Street, vanishing into the lot at Compass Care near Eggert before the patrol officer could close the distance. Within minutes officers had eyes on a New Jersey Devils jersey under a gray-green jacket and baseball cap, last seen northbound on Millersport Highway, then northbound from Six Corners.

The bike turned up ditched in the grass with a wet boot print leading over a fence — patrol believed the rider was bouncing toward family at 64 Norman. A perimeter snapped up around 121 Hyde Park Boulevard and the Spectrum Building at Edgar and Meade; officers shadowed the suspect through backyards. At 22:32, one officer yelled “he's running west, bomb the gun” and at 22:33 dispatch cleared the air with "one party in custody, all cars can slow it down." Booking charges were contempt (first degree) and robbery (third degree); the underlying complaint involved a Richard Zawicki the officers had documented history with on Norman.

Williamsville · Transit & Sheridan

Second Fire Alarm of the Hour at the Eastgate Plaza on Transit

Paracel and the Dix/T-Shirt corridor light up the air; alarm company reports general fire alarm, crews investigate

Amherst Fire Dispatch fielded a back-to-back at 20:42 — a second fire alarm activation called in at the Eastgate Plaza, 5105 Transit, with the alarm company reporting a general fire alarm activation across the Dix Clothing / T-Shirt anchor row near Sheridan Drive and Greiner. Crews investigated and cleared without smoke or fire condition; ventilation reset and the system was reset by service.

Snyder · 547 Frankhauser

Snyder EMS Call for 78-Year-Old with Trouble Breathing

Single-family on Frankhauser between Sudbury and Copley; Snyder Fire and Twin City EMS handled

Snyder Fire was dispatched at 16:16 to 547 Frankhauser Road between Sudbury and Copley for a 78-year-old female with difficulty breathing. Twin City EMS handled transport.

Amherst · Transit & Norris Park

Two-Car Crash With Airbag Deployment at Transit and Dodge Highway, Ambulance Itself Needs a Tow

Twin City and Mercy carried the patients; the bad-luck twist was the ambulance that responded ended up calling for a hook

Just before 12:43 a.m., Amherst Fire dispatched on a motor vehicle accident on Transit Road at Dodge — Mercy EMS rolling, known injury. Two patients were released to Twin City and Mercy crews. “it's one of those bad” — then the ambulance company itself called for a tow, and AFC ended up working the rest of the call as an ambulance recovery. Patrol cleared by 1:10 a.m.

Amherst · Alberta Drive

Family Olive Garden Dinner Ends With a Citizen Walking Off In a Blue Suit, A Wegmans Standoff, and a Gas-Station Wardrobe Tear

Endless breadsticks, finite patience

At 17:14 a complainant flagged Amherst Patrol from 675 Alberta Drive over a family argument that started at the Olive Garden. By 17:18 patrol was trying to coax the gentleman — wearing a blue suit and gray shirt, walking southbound on Alberta from the restaurant — toward the Wegmans at the Boulevard. By 17:46 staff thought he was either inside the Mobil gas station or had crossed to the McDonald's: "wearing all gray, gray shirt with a tear on either the right or left shoulder." Patrol confirmed the gas station, made contact at Windermere with a police profile, and cleared. Filed under: the breadstick limit is not the only limit.

Amherst · 234 Robin Road

Rain-Day Welfare Check: The Dog on Robin Road Has Notes

One unhappy hound, one civic complaint, one 9-1-1 system that actually picks up

At 15:34, Amherst Patrol logged the kind of dispatch only a Sunday afternoon can produce: “We'll stop out at 234 Robin Road for the dog that's been left out in the rain” A neighbor watching weather radar harder than the dog's owner. No arrest, but a presumed firm conversation on the porch.

Amherst · Norris Plaza + Skinnersville Road

Two Deer, Two Roads, One Long Night for Amherst Patrol

Bambi vs. the suburban bumper, round two; one struck on Wehrle, one limping on a Getzville sidewalk

At 00:13 a check went out for “a deer struck in the middle of the road” on Wehrle Drive at Brookside. Five hours later, a separate call — patrol at 05:43 was asked to “check on an injured deer on the sidewalk” on Skinnersville Road near Charter Oaks. Different deer, different streets, same brutal week to be a hooved Amherst resident.

Amherst · 81 Telefair Drive

Battery-Change Fire Call: The Smoke Detector Tried to Tell Them Something

Transom 9 responding to 81 Telefair before the alarm company called back

At 16:52, Amherst Fire's Transom 9 was already rolling on 81 Telefair Drive when the alarm company called back to report the resident was changing the battery. By 17:02 dispatch noted the homeowner “had issues with the alarm system, attempted to replace the batteries to fix the problem” — and still having issues. Crews back in service. Lesson, as ever: the chirp wins. Always.

Amherst · Mile Marker 27

Guardrail Surrenders Quietly Near Mile Marker 27, No Witnesses, No Rush

Patrol to NOCTEC: a polite heads-up that something whacked the guardrail at some point

At 15:20 a unit asked dispatch to “notify NOCTEC there's going to be some guardrail damage” on the right side of the roadway, marker forthcoming. Two minutes later: “It will be closer to mile marker 2-7. It does not need immediate attention”. A small, quiet civic message in a sea of louder ones.

Amherst · Sweet Home & Sullivan

Elderly Scooter Pilot Takes the Center Lane on Sweet Home, Tim Hortons Within Reach

An entire Sunday in eleven seconds of dispatch

At 17:15: “Check on the elderly male riding his scooter down the middle of Norrisport over by Tim Hortons and Sullivan” The radio gives us no further drama — just the image, free of charge.

Williamsville · M&T Bank Center

M&T Bank Security Politely Demands the World's Most Civilized 2 a.m. Radio Silence

"Communications done during this test are to be done on a landline except for emergencies"

At 02:13 M&T Bank Security cued up its monthly fire-alarm testing protocol with a multi-key broadcast asking the channel to please go quiet. “Communications done during this test are to be done on a landline except for emergencies” The bank radioed it twice for clarity, like a librarian who really, really means it. Controllers, please check back in.

Buffalo · East Side

Fire Burns Through Truss Roof of One-Story Buffalo Restaurant, Crews Knock It Down on the Inside

Kitchen fire crossed the roof; utilities cut at the meter; Ryder Chief on scene

Buffalo Fire's Channel 2 fireground went hot just before 8 p.m. on a one-story truss-roof restaurant with active kitchen fire; first-arriving units reported flames had “crossed the roof”. Ryder Chief took command, called for outside electric and gas, and by 20:06 utilities were secure and the chief had knocked it down to a holding-only operation. Companies 37 and Ladder 4 held the scene; no civilian or firefighter injuries broadcast on the channel during the window.

Tonawanda · 207 Wheeler

Wires Down Over Vehicles, Tires Pop, Tree Across the Street in Front of 207 Wheeler

A storm-system aftershock or freak failure; National Grid called, Franklin closed

TonwndaFD reported “wires down over a couple of vehicles and bullets on tires” at 15:25 in front of 207 Wheeler. Crews cleared the air to deal with wires draped over a couple of cars and a vehicle's coal-colored exterior actually catching fire, with patrol coming up Franklin. Time logged 15:26. National Grid was already moving on widespread storm-cleanup traffic; crews kept the block closed while they worked the pole and the vehicles.

Buffalo · 121 Buffum Street

Tree and Wires Down on Top of a Vehicle at Buffum & Indian Orchard, Buffalo Forestry Toned Out

Wooden pole on Alabama Street; Engine 25, Ladder 10 working it; both ends of the street blocked off

Buffalo Fire dispatched Engine 25 and Ladder 10 to 121 Buffum Street — "Buffum to Indian Orchard" — at 15:14 for a tree and wires down. “pole that's struck by a vehicle. On top of a vehicle with a tree down” BFD requested Forestry; the police held the scene on Alabama at both ends of the intersection. Cleared by 15:23.