Cattaraugus County · Broadway Road · Stabbing

Stabbing Victim on Broadway Road Draws an ALS Priority Transport

A man with a laceration to his left arm was rushed out on a priority run in a rare piece of violence for the Cattaraugus County board.

Yesterday at 8:56 PM, Cattaraugus fire dispatch worked a stabbing at 10 Broadway Road, with a male victim reporting a laceration to his left arm.

The call was handled as an ALS priority transport — advanced life support with the patient moved out fast — a rare category of call for a rural stretch of the board that otherwise leaned heavily on falls and lift assists overnight.

Wyoming County · Geary Road · Cardiac Arrest

Cardiac Arrest on Geary Road Sends Wyoming County Responders Scrambling

Dispatch pushed an urgent ambulance run for a 29-year-old man in cardiac arrest at a rural Wyoming County address.

Yesterday at 6:30 PM, Wyoming County fire dispatch put out an ambulance call at 3526 Geary Road, between Route 362 and Horton, for a 29-year-old man in cardiac arrest — a starkly young patient for that category of call.

The dispatch drew a scramble of units keying up to respond, with crews coordinating who was available and en route over the next several minutes. No patient outcome crossed the air before the call moved off the channel.

Jamestown · Charles Street · Armed Threat

Man Threatens a Caller With a Chainsaw at a Charles Street Home

Jamestown police were sent to a Charles Street residence after a caller reported a man menacing her with a chainsaw in hand.

Yesterday at 7:41 PM, Jamestown police were dispatched to 11 Charles Street after a caller reported a man threatening her with a chainsaw in hand.

Officers were sent to the address to separate the parties. No further resolution crossed the air before the call cleared the channel.

Amherst · UB North Campus · Indecent Exposure

Indecent Exposure Near Lockwood Library Bridge Sends UB Police Searching Campus

A man reported with his hands on his genitals near the Lockwood Library bridge slipped away before officers could pin down his location, possibly walking off campus.

Yesterday at 5:57 PM, University at Buffalo campus police worked an indecent-exposure complaint near the Lockwood Library bridge, with a caller reporting a man seated with his hands on his genitals. Dispatch put units on Mary Talbert and toward the Student Union-to-Lockwood bridge to find him.

The description firmed up over the next several minutes to a skinny white male in his 50s, graying short hair, gray clothing and no facial hair, last seen on seating just outside 215 Lockwood. Officers checked the library and first floor with negative results; an investigator relayed the subject may have walked into the city, and the search cleared without a subject in hand.

Jamestown · Harris Street · Self-Harm

Overnight Self-Harm Call on Harris Street Draws an Urgent Multi-Unit Response

An early-morning Jamestown call reported a woman who had tied her pants around her neck in an attempt to harm herself, sending three units to the scene.

At 4:42 AM, Jamestown police dispatch sent three units to 91 Harris Street after a request for assistance: a woman identified on dispatch as Crystal had tied her pants around her neck in an attempt to harm herself.

Multiple officers copied the call and headed in, with one out on scene within minutes. The call cleared over the following minutes without further detail crossing the air.

BNIA · Airport Shuttle · La Dolce Vita

Arrivederci, Arrivals: Shuttle Driver Maps a Two-Week Italian Grand Tour Over the Air

Not Florida — Italy. Between arrivals runs late yesterday evening, a BNIA shuttle driver walked a coworker through a fortnight of vacation that made the terminal loop sound very small: "When landing in Rome, then we're going to go to Tuscany and the Maltese Coast and then Sicily."

There was a plan for the food, too. Someone's already coming to teach the group to make pasta — "and we'll eat it," the driver said, before landing the whole itinerary with a flourish: "A little vino and we'll be fine." See you in two weeks, Scott.

BNIA · Airport Shuttle · Proud Parent

Set, Spike, Sentiment: A Shuttle Driver's Fond Volleyball Memories

The BNIA shuttle channel doubles as a confessional some evenings. Yesterday at 5:41 PM, one driver offered a small, warm aside on parenting: "My son played volleyball through college. It was fun to go watch."

The bonus, he noted, was strictly practical — the sport is indoors, "so you don't have to worry about the water." A dry seat and a winning kid; that'll do.

Buffalo · Crossroads · Ditched

Two Feet Into the Roadway: A Limo Dispatcher's Very Precise Ditch Report

Some scene reports paint a picture. Yesterday at 8:40 PM, a Buffalo limo dispatcher relayed the fate of a driver who missed the entrance to Crossroads: "He's in the ditch. He's got his back end sticking out probably a good two feet into the intersection."

Then, in real time, the self-correction we could all use: "or not intersection, roadway." Two feet either way.

Thruway · Exit 45 · Low Bridge

He Thought the Bridge Was Too Low. Reader, He Made It.

Every driver's worst clearance nightmare, resolved on the air with maximum understatement. Yesterday at 5:01 PM, Thruway dispatch summed up one motorist's ordeal: "The driver was concerned that the bridge was too low, but he was able to make it, so he's on his way."

No crunch, no closure, no news. Just a man, a bridge, and a happy ending measured in inches.

Little Valley · Mill Street · Domestic

Let Them Eat Cake: A Little Valley Domestic Ends in Frosting

Not every domestic ends in cuffs. Late yesterday evening at a Mill Street address in Little Valley, Cattaraugus deputies sorted out a dispute in which, per the dispatch, a man had smashed a cake in a woman's face.

The parties were separated with no weapons and no intoxication in the mix — a rare call where the only casualty was dessert.

University at Buffalo · Richmond Quad

Unconscious UB Student Hospitalized After Overnight Richmond Quad Alcohol Call

Yesterday at 11:05 PM, University at Buffalo Campus Police were sent to Richmond Quad's Building 2, near Room 207, after a caller reported a student in the hallway who appeared “very sick”; dispatch quickly added that the 911 caller had specified alcohol poisoning, with an ambulance already en route. By 11:16 PM, officers on scene reported the student had vomited multiple times and was unconscious, prompting a full ambulance response.

Radio traffic briefly raised the possibility of a second, separate call near Richmond 3 and Moody Terrace, but officers confirmed minutes later it involved the same victim before she was taken for treatment.

Buffalo · Knife Call

Teen Girl Tries to Kick Down Door With Knife on Smith Street

At 5:41 PM, Buffalo police radio carried a knife call to 993 Smith Street, where a caller described a 17-year-old girl inside the home as “trying to kick down the door, she has a knife”.

Officers requested additional units to the address before one car pulled up on Smith and marked the call gone on arrival.

Buffalo · Gun Recovered

Gun Recovered as Buffalo Police Flood Walden Avenue Corridor

At 6:02 PM, Buffalo police radio grew busy along Walden Avenue and Gamble Street[*] [heard: Gimbel] as officers worked a string of vehicle break-ins; one unit radioed that a firearm had been recovered from a car and asked for backup.

Dispatch repeatedly called for more cars to both streets as the canvass continued, with one officer noting he could respond to 850 Walden if additional units became available.

Depew · Carbon Monoxide Scare

National Fuel Called to Crane Street After CO Scare Sickens Residents

Yesterday at 6:11 PM, Depew Fire dispatched firefighters to investigate a possible carbon monoxide incident at 22 Crane Street, where residents complained of flu-like symptoms while still inside the home; dispatch noted there was no CO detector present, and National Fuel was already en route to the scene.

Units cleared the call roughly a minute later, with no further detail on the source or any injuries broadcast.