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Hamburg · South Creek Road · Water Rescue

A Woman Pulled From South Creek, and the Call Turns to a Recovery

Hamburg's Star Team raced to a female down in the creek off Old Lakeview Road; police on scene confirmed the worst and had everyone slow to a cold response.

Yesterday at 3:48 PM, Hamburg Fire dispatched its Star Team and a paramedic ambulance to 2772 South Creek Road, off Old Lakeview Road, for a female down in the creek and not breathing. Dispatch pushed the full rescue response, noting the footpath down to the water would fit an ATV.

Within two minutes, police on scene reported it was a confirmation and asked everyone to respond cold. "Police on scene stating it's confirmation, requesting everybody respond cold," the dispatcher relayed at 3:50 PM. It was the night's most severe call.

Top StoriesThe best of the wires — county-wide

Williamsville & Amherst · Grover Cleveland · Pursuit

RESOLVED

An Air-Supported Chase Along Grover Cleveland Ends in an Arrest

A wanted subject with multiple warrants failed to yield, drawing Cheektowaga and Amherst officers and air support before a low-speed chase ended in cuffs.

Yesterday evening, beginning about 7:45 PM, Cheektowaga and Amherst police worked a pursuit along 524 Grover Cleveland Highway, between Rosedale and Eggert, with air support overhead. The subject, wanted on multiple warrants, had failed to yield.

The chase stayed low-speed and ended with the subject apprehended. The thread cleared the channel by about 8:17 PM.

Cattaraugus County · Promise Land Road · Assault

ONGOING

A Woman Assaulted, and a Man Said to Threaten Her With a Gun on Promise Land Road

A third-party caller reported a female being assaulted and a male threatening to harm her with a firearm; deputies raced in overnight and worked to identify the pair.

Early this morning at about 1:25 AM, Cattaraugus County deputies were sent toward 1072 Promise Land Road after a third-party caller, not on scene, reported a female being assaulted. "Male has threatened to harm her with a firearm," the dispatcher relayed.

Deputies detoured units in as one worked its way over from Allegany. Dispatch named the male on the air as Alan Schultz and the female as Eloria Moran, and asked units to run both for warrants.

Aurora · Warner Golf Road · Fall From Horse

RESOLVED

A Rider Thrown From a Horse Is Rushed With a Head Injury

A 21-year-old woman fell from a horse at Warner Golf Road with a head injury and uncontrolled bleeding, and was taken to Buffalo General.

Yesterday at about 9:00 PM, East Aurora and Hamburg fire crews responded to 10700 Warner Golf Road for a 21-year-old woman who had fallen from a horse, suffering a head injury with uncontrolled bleeding.

She was transported to Buffalo General. Further details were not stated on the air.

Jamestown · North Main Street · Missing Teens

ONGOING

Two Teens Vanish From a North Main Store in an Unknown Vehicle

Jamestown police put out a call for a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old last seen leaving a North Main convenience store, headed north.

Yesterday at about 10:06 PM, Jamestown police reported two missing juveniles — a 14-year-old female and a 16-year-old — from the 7-Eleven on North Main Street. The pair were said to have left northbound in an unknown vehicle about 9:40 PM.

The vehicle and destination were not known as the call went out. Officers worked to locate them.

Cattaraugus County · I-86 Red House · Pursuit

ONGOING

A Flashlight-Waving Man on the I-86 Median Sparks an Overnight Pursuit

Cattaraugus deputies found a male on the median with a flashlight near mile marker 54 in the Red House area, and a pursuit was initiated.

Overnight, at about 12:10 AM, Cattaraugus County deputies reported a male standing on the median of I-86 with a flashlight in the Red House area, near mile marker 54 westbound. A pursuit was initiated.

The resolution was not detailed further on the air as the thread moved off the dispatch channel.

West Seneca · Union Road · Child in Danger

ONGOING

A Passenger Reports an Infant Partway Out a Car Window, and Units Race to Find It

A female passenger called to report she had an infant on her lap that was partially out the window of a black Hyundai; West Seneca units swept the area toward Union.

Yesterday at about 7:31 PM, West Seneca police fielded an alarming call: a female passenger reported she had an infant on her lap that was partially out the window of a black Hyundai driven by a male, headed toward Union Road. Units were told to check east and west for the vehicle.

Officers moved into the area to locate the car. What they found was not stated further on the air.


Overheard: The WiresCops, cabbies, custodians, dispatchers — off-script

Jamestown · Courtesy Loop

How Are You? No, How Are YOU? A Jamestown Radio Loop Refuses to End

Amid the routine chatter, the channel dissolved into an unhurried volley of genuine pleasantries.

Yesterday at 3:29 PM, the Jamestown PD dispatch channel briefly forgot it was a police radio. "Good day, sir." "Good day." "How are you?" "Very well." "How are you doing, sir?" "I'm doing pretty good." Around and around it went for the better part of a minute — very well, doing great, yeah, good — a warm, wholly sincere courtesy loop that ended, fittingly, on someone allowing they'd "been watching the news lately."

Cheektowaga · Genesee Street · Cab Fare

Send a Cab — and Yes, He's Got Cash

Dispatch arranged a ride for a patient on Genesee Street, with the crucial detail attached.

Yesterday at 8:00 PM, Lancaster dispatch worked out transportation for a patient at 4600 Genesee Street in Cheektowaga. "Can you send a cab to this location?" the request went. "He's got cash." A rare radio call that resolves the fare question before the cab even rolls.

Thruway · Exit 57A · Loose Dog

A Large Black Dog Takes the Thruway Shoulder, No Further Information

State units were pointed toward Exit 57A for a pedestrian of the four-legged variety.

Yesterday at 5:00 PM, Thruway dispatch sent units toward Exit 57A eastbound for a report of "a large black dog walking on the right shoulder, no further information." The dog offered no comment; the record simply notes it was there.

Cheektowaga · Pirate's Terrace · Rooftop Riddle

Two Men on the Roof of a Plateless Silverado Puzzle a Passerby

An untagged pickup, two riders perched up top, and a call to Cheektowaga PD to sort it out.

Yesterday at about 10:24 PM, a caller flagged a silver Silverado near Pirate's Terrace with two men up on the roof and no license plate. Cheektowaga police were sent to make sense of the untagged pickup and its rooftop occupants.

Lackawanna · Center · Premise Check

All Quiet at the Mysteriously Named Slash Pad

A Lackawanna premise check came back in order at a location whose name raises more questions than it answers.

Yesterday at about 10:03 PM, a Lackawanna officer cleared a routine premise check on center with a tidy sign-off: "Premises check of the slash pad on center. All appears in order." Whatever the slash pad is, it was — reassuringly — fine.


Regional BlotterThe rest of the record, by region

Buffalo Metro

Buffalo · 77th Street

Buffalo Man's Third Ambulance Call of the Night Brings Crew Back With Breathing Trouble

Yesterday at 10:24 PM, AMR South EMS sent Unit 269 hot to 130 77th Street for a 43-year-old man now having difficulty breathing — the third return call of the night to the same address. Dispatchers confirmed the crew would call ahead before arriving.

Chautauqua & Cattaraugus

Jamestown · Forest Avenue

Text to Crisis Line Sends Jamestown Police to Forest Avenue Amid Threat to Burn Down House

Yesterday at 5:34 PM, Jamestown police were sent to 254 Forest Avenue on a Priority 1 well-being check after dispatch relayed that a woman identified on the radio as Ariana Warren had texted a mobile crisis line stating “her father was starting to burn the house down”. Units were assigned to the address within the minute; no further updates on the family's safety were broadcast during the window monitored.

Freedom · Scotch Road

ONGOING

Cattaraugus Domestic 'Ramps Back Up' Overnight as Suspect Returns, Busts Window

Overnight, around 4:12 AM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's deputies were sent back to 11219 Scotch Road in the Town of Freedom after a domestic dispute an earlier unit had responded to flared back up, with dispatch reporting that a man identified on the radio as Cameron Klink had returned to the address and broken out a window. A follow-up transmission from a Little Valley unit clarified that at the earlier call to the same residence, the other party had already left before deputies arrived and no charges had been filed.

Dunkirk · Aceville Estate

Unknown Man Walks Into Aceville Estate Home, Threatens Woman Before Dawn

Dunkirk police dispatch relayed a report just after 6:08 AM that an unknown man had walked into a woman's home at Aceville Estate and threatened her. The dispatcher indicated, based on the radio traffic, that the woman was not doing well and that other residents were on the property, though no description of the man or further details were broadcast. No arrest was reported over the air before the channel moved on to other traffic.

Cattaraugus County · Route 417

Commercial Burglary Reported Overnight at Route 417 Community Bank

Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatch sent Unit 8-2 to a Community Bank branch at 3074 Route 417 around 6:14 AM after a commercial burglary was reported at the location. The unit acknowledged the call but told dispatch it would need to refuel before responding. No details on entry, loss, or suspects were broadcast.

Other Calls of Note

Northtowns
[2:00 AM]Amherst · Welfare Check Overnight just after 2:00 AM, Amherst officers asked a fellow unit to check whether a resident identified on dispatch as Ty Piener would come to the door, after a woman identified as Heather was heard loudly screaming at them but would not open it; no further details were broadcast.
[4:09 AM]Amherst · Florence Lane Early this morning, Amherst police flagged a gold sedan with black trim that had been circling the area of 32 Florence Lane slowly since 11 PM the night before, with no one seen getting out of the car; it was last seen heading northbound toward Winterbrook before turning westbound.
[9:27 PM]UB Campus · Elevator Rescue Yesterday around 9:27 PM, UB Campus police and Getzville Fire responded to a confirmed elevator entrapment on campus with one person stuck inside; the doors were freed and a Getzville Fire assistant chief signed off with a report on the incident by roughly 9:30 PM.
[8:17 PM]Amherst · Webster & Millersport Yesterday around 8:17 PM, UB Campus police responded to a deer-versus-vehicle crash at Webster Road and Millersport Highway with unknown injuries; the driver was described as hysterical and the vehicle's airbag had deployed, with an ambulance dispatched to the scene.
[7:17 PM]Amherst · LRT Station Yesterday at 7:17 PM, AMR South EMS sent a crew hot to 2666 Main Street outside the Amherst LRT Station for a 64-year-old man in difficulty breathing, described as wearing a grey shirt and black pants on the Amherst Street side of the station.
[10:06 PM]Amherst · UB North Campus Campus police were called to Goodyear Hall around 10:06 PM yesterday after three men without university ID were seen trying to get inside, and after someone let the group in a sweep of the sixth floor, where they reportedly got off the elevator, turned up no trace of them.
[4:08 AM]Grand Island · Baseline Road Grand Island Fire Dispatch sent Squad 2 on a hot EMS response to a 41-year-old man on Baseline Road early this morning who was reported ill with chest pain, shortness of breath and a history of pancreatitis.
[5:37 AM]Grand Island · East River Road Squad 2 requested a hot EMS response to East River Road early this morning after an 85-year-old man fell and was found bleeding from the head.
[8:46 PM]Newstead · Billington Heights Road AMR South EMS dispatched a crew to 70 Billington Heights Road in Newstead around 8:46 PM yesterday for a 36-year-old man in distress after undergoing a vasectomy earlier that day, with no further details broadcast.
Buffalo Metro
[9:44 PM]Lackawanna · Adams Street AMR South sent a crew hot to the lower apartment at 228 Adams Street yesterday at 9:44 PM for an 8-year-old boy who had fallen face-first into a wall, sustaining facial lacerations.
[7:03 PM]Lackawanna · Save-A-Lot Lackawanna police were sent to the Save-A-Lot at 1234 Abbott Road yesterday at 7:03 PM after three juveniles, about 12 years old, were reported trespassing after being previously warned to stay out; dispatchers said the group fled on bikes toward Doran Avenue as officers responded. A patrol unit could not locate the group, and the store's manager, Daryl, was advised before the call was cleared around 7:09 PM.
[7:45 PM]Lackawanna · Roland Avenue Lackawanna police went to 67 Roland Avenue, Apartment 2, yesterday at 7:45 PM for a welfare check on a 48-year-old man, identified on dispatch as Richard Copon, who has a history of heart issues and had stayed at the residence as a guest the previous night. A patrol unit arrived within minutes and the call was closed without further radio traffic.
[8:36 PM]Lackawanna · Portage Road AMR South dispatchers sent a crew hot to the NFTA bus stop at 1124 Portage Road yesterday at 8:36 PM for a patient reported to be overdosing; the crew was cleared by roughly 8:40 PM with no further details broadcast.
[5:04 PM]Cheektowaga · Walden Avenue Aldi Yesterday at 5:04 PM, Cheektowaga Fire dispatch requested an ambulance to a vehicle accident with injury in front of the Aldi Foods at 1685 Walden Avenue, with a rescue unit confirmed responding within a couple of minutes.
[4:33 PM]Cheektowaga · WellNow Urgent Care Yesterday at 4:33 PM, Cheektowaga police were called to a WellNow urgent care after staff reported that a man believed to be the father of a child being treated for a head injury walked in, took the child, and left before the exam was finished; a responding officer swept the lot, found no one flagging him down and no victim to speak with, and closed the call.
[3:05 PM]Cheektowaga · Walden Avenue Yesterday at 3:05 PM, Cheektowaga police sent units toward Walden Avenue near Smokey Bones after two shoplifters fled a nearby Burlington — a Black male in white pants and a Black female in a black shirt and blue shorts, both carrying backpacks — but by the time officers circled back to check the area the call had already sat for the better part of 20 minutes, and no arrest was broadcast.
[4:52 AM]Cheektowaga · Sprucewood Drive Cheektowaga Fire dispatchers sent a crew to 187 Sprucewood Drive around 4:52 AM for a 75-year-old man who had fallen, suffered a head injury and was not alert; a second unit was sent to the address minutes later with the district chief responding as well.
[10:39 PM]Cheektowaga · Pays of Creek Road AMR South dispatchers redirected a crew yesterday at 10:39 PM to a hot call at 575 Pays of Creek Road in Cheektowaga, sending the ambulance to the facility's Memory Care Unit for a 91-year-old man who had fallen and suffered a head injury.
[7:46 PM]Lancaster · Transit Road Walmart Yesterday around 7:46 PM, Lancaster police were asked to check on an older woman at the 4975 Transit Road Walmart after a bystander reported she had parked recklessly, over the lines near lawn and garden, then gotten out and staggered into the store; dispatch broadcast her plate and a description of a gold 2011 Buick before units were told minutes later to disregard.
Southtowns
[2:30 AM]Hamburg · Elderwood Hamburg EMS was dispatched around 2:30 AM to Elderwood, 76 Buffalo Street, Apartment 208, for a 72-year-old woman with difficulty breathing; a mutual-aid crew responded to assist and AMR was called in from Mercy Hospital to handle the transport, with no further details on her condition broadcast.
[3:26 PM]Hamburg · North Creek Road Yesterday at 3:26 PM, Hamburg Fire dispatchers routed the town's drone to assist Hamburg police with a search in the area of 2837 North Creek Road, with no further details on the search's outcome broadcast.
Chautauqua & Cattaraugus
[6:25 PM]Cattaraugus County · Springwood Trailer Court Cattaraugus County fire dispatch sent a BLS ambulance yesterday at 6:25 PM to the Springwood Trailer Court off Baghdad Road for a 68-year-old man who had fallen after becoming dizzy, with a unit reporting clear of the scene a few minutes later.
[6:54 PM]Portville · Court Street Cattaraugus County fire dispatch declared a stroke alert yesterday at 6:54 PM for a 44-year-old woman on Court Street in Portville, reporting right-sided facial numbness, lower back pain, dizziness and lightheadedness before an ambulance responded to take her in for evaluation.
[4:55 PM]Little Valley · Welfare Check Yesterday at 4:55 PM, a Cattaraugus County sheriff's patrol in the Little Valley zone was sent to check the welfare of a man who had sent text messages indicating self-harm, with dispatch noting he had unknown access to weapons; a second unit was attached to assist, and the responding deputy was back in service by 5:00 PM.
[5:29 PM]Dunkirk · Central Avenue Yesterday at 5:29 PM, Dunkirk Fire Dispatch sent Rescue 1, Engine 4 and Medical 71 on an ALS response to 603 Central Avenue for a 68-year-old woman reported semi-responsive after a fall, with a rescue unit on scene by 5:31 PM.
[5:45 PM]Jamestown · East 3rd Street Yesterday at 5:45 PM, Jamestown police dispatch sent a unit to 104 East 3rd to take a report on an assault reported from 711 North Main, telling the officer the man involved would step outside to speak with them; a dispatcher checked back minutes later to confirm the unit was in contact.
[5:51 PM]Olean · North 12th Street Yesterday at 5:51 PM, Olean police were sent to the area of North 12th Street after a report of a woman running down the street in her underwear who appeared to be under the influence; officers checked 11th, 12th and 13th streets without finding her, and one unit radioed that she “might have went into the house on the 200 block of North 12th, she was in there the other day”.
[2:02 AM]Freedom · Scotch Hill Road Cattaraugus County deputies were sent overnight, around 2:02 AM, to 11219 Scotch Hill Road for a domestic dispute between Cameron Klink and Cecilia Cellini after he left the residence on foot heading south toward Freedom Road; dispatchers relayed that no weapons were involved and that he was possibly under the influence.
[3:16 AM]Franklinville · South Main Street Cattaraugus County fire dispatch sent an ALS ambulance to 48 South Main Street in Franklinville just after 3:16 AM for a 44-year-old man reported with altered mental status; a mutual-aid crew staged at the scene's entrance on a non-emergency basis until law enforcement could secure it, with crews still awaiting a callback from the man's family as of the last transmission monitored.
[6:18 PM]Salamanca · West Hetzel Street Yesterday around 6:18 PM, Salamanca police were sent to the area of West Hetzel Street after a previously reported man was seen walking a nearby trail shouting about the CIA; a unit checked the area within minutes and cleared without further incident reported over the air.
Elsewhere in WNY
[7:20 PM]Thruway · Exit 55 Yesterday around 7:20 PM, a Thruway Authority dispatcher relayed a trooper's report of an erratic driver passing Exit 55, saying a black Tesla and a motorcycle nearly struck him and several other vehicles while traveling at a high rate of speed; the call was logged as event 323 and no further details were broadcast.
[6:07 PM]Thruway · Work Zone, MM 426 Yesterday around 6:07 PM, a Thruway Authority trooper asked dispatch to put out a lookout for a white Jeep Compass reported driving roughly 90 miles per hour through a work zone near mile marker 426.3 westbound, weaving in and out of traffic and nearly causing multiple crashes; the call was logged as event 293 and the vehicle was not located over the air.
[4:41 PM]Thruway · Exit 51 Yesterday around 4:41 PM, Thruway Authority units responded to what was originally reported as a three-car crash near Exit 51 eastbound after a caller driving a blue Honda Odyssey said she was run off the road by a Toyota pickup and pushed into a tractor-trailer; the Odyssey pulled over, but both the semi and the Toyota kept going before troopers arrived, and dispatch put out a lookout for the fleeing vehicles.
[10:37 PM]New York State Thruway · Guardrail Strike Yesterday around 10:37 PM, Thruway units closed the left lane westbound near mile marker 356.2 after a tractor-trailer went into the guardrail; a second report of a rig into the rail farther west at mile marker 364.5 was believed by dispatchers to be the same crash, and the lane was reported clear again by 10:40 PM.
[12:32 AM]New York State Thruway · Missing Persons Early this morning near mile marker 463.2 westbound, a Thruway trooper radioed headquarters that a second occupant found during a stop was also a Monroe County missing person, and asked that Monroe County be notified to keep that report open while a complainant was contacted to come pick up the pair, who were not to drive any further.

Editor’s Note

A steady overnight of routine medical runs, lift assists and small-town domestics carried most of the window across Western New York, with Chautauqua and Cattaraugus dispatch running the heaviest of the day. The sharper edges came in flashes: a Hamburg Star Team pulled an unresponsive woman from South Creek in a confirmed drowning; an air-supported Amherst pursuit chased a warrant subject across Grover Cleveland to an arrest; and a Cattaraugus County assault call had a man allegedly threatening a woman with a firearm on Promise Land Road. A rider thrown from a horse near Warner Golf Road and two Jamestown teens who vanished from a North Main store rounded out an otherwise quiet stretch.

Daily Gem

Premises check of the slash pad on center. All appears in order”

— Lackawanna PD Dispatch, 10:03 PM

By the Numbers

Segments
9,872
Active systems
30
Busiest hour
8:00 PM–9:00 PM (Cheektowaga–Lancaster call cluster)
Regional Breaking
0
Updates
0
By Agency (top 5)
BucketSegs
Fire / EMS5100
Police3900
Airport / aviation320
Rail / maritime300
Other252
By Area (top 5)
BucketSegs
Outer counties3600
Other Erie County2100
Cheektowaga / Lancaster / Depew1900
Buffalo1100
Williamsville & Amherst600

By-agency and by-area counts are proportional estimates from channel-family activity; conventional trunks are mapped by their home region.

The WNY Listening Post · Wednesday, September 2, 2026 · A.M. Edition · Vol. I, No. 116
Compiled from public radio scanner traffic via the WNY Listening Post automated pipeline. Transcriptions are AI-generated and may contain errors; verify names and details before action.