Amherst · The Boulevard
Fake $100 Bill Passed at Millie's Ice Cream Sends Suspect Toward Target
Yesterday just after 5:50 PM, Amherst police were sent to Millie's Ice Cream, 1593 The Boulevard, after an employee reported a customer had just tried to pay with a fake $100 bill. Dispatch described the man as Black, with long dreadlocks, wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants, and said he was believed to have walked off toward the nearby Target. A patrol unit radioed it would check the area; no arrest was reported on the air.
Williamsville · Main Street
Wedding Reception Fight on Main Street Ends With Guest Pushed Outside
Yesterday just after 8:34 PM, Amherst police were sent to a wedding reception at 6777 Main Street, the Main-Transit corridor address of the Salvatore's Italian Gardens banquet hall, after dispatch relayed a report of a guest fight in which one man was pushed outside. A tip described the man as Black, with braided hair and a red jacket, possibly leaving the area; a patrol unit briefly spotted a matching SUV nearby but reported it went dark and got away before officers could catch up. No arrest was reported on the air.
Town of Tonawanda · Englewood Avenue
Masked Duo Bail on Kia Break-In Attempt as Tonawanda Police Close In
Early this morning just after 1:47 AM, Tonawanda police were sent to Englewood Avenue[*] [heard: Englewood Island] between Dumont and Keith Terrace after a caller reported someone actively breaking into a vehicle. Arriving officers found two men dressed head-to-toe in black with face masks working on a dark gray Kia, with a third person waiting inside a gray SUV the group had arrived in. When units moved in, all three fled south on Englewood into Buffalo; dispatch could not confirm a plate on the SUV. The caller told police he was not sure whose Kia the men had been trying to take.
East Aurora · Genesee Road
Off-Road Rescue Gear Called for Chainsaw Injury Near East Aurora
Yesterday around 5:04 PM, East Aurora Fire dispatch sent units to 12300 Genesee Road, on the north side between Warner Grove and Savage, for a 67-year-old man with a head injury described on the air as a possible chainsaw injury. Dispatch called for Chief B. Sardinia's off-road rescue equipment to reach the patient, repeating the request for off-road gear before confirming the response to the address for the same 67-year-old man.
Other Calls of Note
Northtowns
[2:20 AM]Amherst · Millersport Highway
Around 2:20 AM, Amherst officers were also checking on a man in a white hoodie reported checking car door handles nearby, tied to a black Ford Escape with Texas plates, when dispatch flagged that the vehicle in question was likely the black Ford Explorer Tremor with switched Texas plates reported stolen the previous night. Minutes later, a patrol spotted the Explorer southbound on Millersport Highway near Maple Road and moved to intercept as it merged onto the 290 westbound ramp; officers followed briefly as it looped back onto the highway eastbound before command called off the pursuit and asked neighboring jurisdictions to watch for the vehicle overnight.
[9:37 PM]Amherst · Wehrle Drive
Just after 9:37 PM yesterday, Amherst police responded to a domestic dispute at 1520 Wehrle Drive; officers arrested the female half of the couple, describing her on the air as extremely uncooperative and reporting she had a knife on her person that was safely separated from her before the arrest. The male half waited outside near the garages while the female remained inside the residence with one child; he had declined EMS evaluation multiple times before being released from the scene.
[7:24 PM]Amherst · Kings Highway
At 7:24 PM yesterday, Amherst police broadcast a report of a possible stolen Ford Explorer occupied by a man in a white hoodie, last seen westbound on Kings Highway toward Harlem Road with a Texas plate on the rear. A responding officer searched the area extensively but could not locate the vehicle, and the witness who had reported it had already left the scene by the time officers arrived.
[7:23 PM]University at Buffalo · Campus Police
UB Campus Police spent part of the evening arranging a welfare check for a student, relaying just after 7:23 PM yesterday that the student would need to call the Counseling Center directly, and minutes later asking dispatch to reach an on-call counselor. The specific concern was not stated over the air, but the urgency of the request pointed to a mental-health check rather than a routine call for service.
[4:09 PM]Amherst · Chappell Woods Court
Just after 4:09 PM yesterday, Amherst Fire sent an ambulance to 24 Chappell Woods Court in East Amherst for a 12-year-old suffering a severe allergic reaction; dispatch upgraded the call to urgent after reporting that one EpiPen had already been exhausted. The crew remained tied up with the transport for the better part of the next quarter hour.
[10:27 PM]North Tonawanda · Port Road
North Tonawanda Fire dispatch sent an ALS-priority ambulance to the intersection of Port Road and River Road yesterday just after 10:27 PM for a reported vehicle-pedestrian collision; no further details on the patient's condition were broadcast.
[1:52 AM]Tonawanda · Sheridan Drive
Just after 1:52 AM, Tonawanda police were sent to the 7-Eleven at 1490 Sheridan Drive for a criminal mischief complaint after a clerk reported a black male with long braids and blue clothing damaging the store's signs near Sheridan and Eggert. The man ran off before officers arrived, last seen behind 1486 Sheridan, and the clerk added he had also taken merchandise from inside the store; officers noted the area of School Street as a possible direction of travel.
[9:27 PM]Tonawanda · 290 near Colvin
At 9:27 PM yesterday, Tonawanda police were alerted to a caller's report of a male driver slumped over the wheel and swerving at under 40 mph westbound on the 290 near Colvin Boulevard[*] [heard: Colvin]; the vehicle was described only as possibly a Kia or Mitsubishi, with no color confirmed, and no further update on locating the driver followed on the air.
[3:16 PM]Tonawanda · Englewood Avenue
Just after 3:16 PM yesterday, Tonawanda police and fire were sent to St. John's on Englewood Avenue after a vehicle struck the building, deploying the driver's airbags; units confirmed the vehicle had made contact with the structure and checked for injuries on scene.
[3:28 AM]Tonawanda · Niagara Falls Boulevard
Around 3:28 AM, Tonawanda police responded to a hit-and-run at Niagara Falls Boulevard and Brighton Road[*] [heard: Brighton], with the striking vehicle described only as gray and last seen fleeing the scene; officers had not located it as of the last transmission.
Buffalo Metro
[12:39 AM]Buffalo · Near the Ford
Buffalo police responded overnight near the Ford after a caller reported hearing two shots, then dealt with a run of reckless driving that nearly struck a patrol car twice before officers confiscated a minibike and a go-kart from two riders described on the radio as “knuckleheads”.
[1:26 AM]Buffalo · Near a Hospital
Buffalo police took a report overnight near a hospital that a woman had gotten into a fight with a group of people who took her phone during the scuffle and used it to send themselves $150 through Cash App.
[4:34 AM]Buffalo · Allen & Elmwood
Buffalo police tracked a caller early this morning who said three men had tried to assault him near Elmwood Avenue and Allen Street, staying on with 911 as he kept walking toward Elmwood Avenue and Virginia Street and then Delaware Avenue, with a silver Honda Civic reported in the area.
[5:22 AM]Buffalo · McKinley Avenue
Buffalo police and fire responded early this morning to the McDonald's on McKinley Avenue for a silver SUV that had struck the curb with the driver reportedly passed out and unresponsive inside, though the call was cancelled a few minutes later as units cleared.
[8:49 PM]Buffalo · South Division & Washington
Buffalo police responded yesterday evening to South Division Street and Washington Street for a report of a man carrying a knife, chased a male in a gray shirt and sweatpants running down Washington Street toward South Division Street, and detained one male in the area.
[10:43 PM]Lancaster · Lake Area
Lancaster police fielded a report yesterday just after 10:43 PM of a pickup truck flying flags tailing an SUV in an apparent road-rage incident near the Lake area; dispatch did not report a stop or resolution on the air.
[7:11 PM]Cheektowaga · Fire Dispatch
Just after 7:11 PM yesterday, Cheektowaga Fire was dispatched for a 10-month-old choking on a cookie; the infant was reported crying and vomiting on arrival and was transported for evaluation.
[8:03 PM]Depew · Scholey Woods
Depew police responding to a complaint near a playground yesterday evening chased a group of juveniles — seven of them at one point, an officer radioed — into the wood line between Scholey and a nearby golf course, asking a second unit to check Ream Road and the north side of Cornell Avenue in case anyone emerged from the trees.
Southtowns
[1:31 AM]Hamburg · I-190
State troopers responded overnight to a single-car crash into the right guide rail on I-190 near exit 6, and by 1:41 AM found the car — a Ford sedan bearing New York plate LWK 1324 — abandoned near milepost 4 with front-end damage and the driver already gone.
GLOW Counties
[7:23 PM]Batavia Area · Emily Court
Genesee County Fire dispatch sent a medic unit to 14 Emily Court in the Batavia area yesterday just after 7:22 PM for a 55-year-old man with a laceration to the fingers described as a near-amputation; a repeated call for the same address followed minutes later, and no further update was broadcast.
[2:38 AM]Wyoming County · Pine Tavern
Wyoming County Fire Dispatch arranged an early-morning mutual-aid intercept, coordinating with Livingston County to meet a Medic 80 ambulance transporting a 23-year-old woman described as intoxicated and tachycardic from SUNY Geneseo toward Warsaw; the meeting point was set at the Pine Tavern, and dispatch confirmed the intercept would be handled by Livingston County rig 6284.
[9:16 PM]Batavia · Union Street
Genesee County Fire Dispatch sent Mercy Medic 1 into Batavia yesterday evening for a 12-year-old boy with a head injury at a community field entrance on Union Street; no further update on his condition followed on the air.
[3:28 PM]Batavia · McElroy Street
Genesee County Fire Dispatch reported a person struck by a lawnmower yesterday afternoon at 6860 McElroy Street, between Tonawanda Road and Milltown Road; no further detail on the injury or the patient's condition followed on the air.
Chautauqua & Cattaraugus
[3:00 PM]Sheridan · Vehicle Crash
Yesterday just after 3:00 PM, Chautauqua County Fire Dispatch sent a multi-unit response — rescue, ambulance and engine companies from several stations — to a vehicle crash in the Sheridan area, calling in fire police for traffic control and requesting a landing zone after a unit reported the driver still in the car and unconscious. A short time later, dispatch acknowledged crews were facing “a lengthy extrication with no medevac available” after a medevac helicopter proved unavailable; no further update on the patient's condition followed on the air.
[3:21 PM]Olean · CVS
Yesterday just after 3:21 PM, Olean police were sent to a CVS after a caller reported a man tried to grab a woman as she attempted to walk into the store; the caller said the man, wearing a black backpack and a sweater, had gone inside and remained there, and officers reported him detained a few minutes later.
Elsewhere in WNY
[9:06 PM]New York State Thruway · Westbound near Exit 47
Yesterday around 9:06 PM, the Thruway Authority put out a call for an older-model black pickup truck driving erratically westbound from Exit 47 at a high rate of speed, “almost hitting other vehicles”, and a trooper acknowledged heavy westbound traffic in the area; no further update followed on the air.
[11:08 PM]New York State Thruway · Westbound
Yesterday just after 11:08 PM, the Thruway Authority fielded a report of an erratic westbound driver who passed a caller's pickup truck and then “brake-checked him repeatedly” before speeding off; dispatch traced the plate to a red 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 registered in North Tonawanda, and the caller reported losing sight of the vehicle.
[1:31 AM]NYS Thruway · Exit 6
A Thruway unit reported a one-car crash into the right guide rail on the northbound Thruway just before Exit 6 shortly after 1:30 AM and called for a tow, telling dispatch the driver had not yet been reached as another unit continued working a nearby ramp.