Sherman · Park Street · Crisis Response

Despondent Teen Locks Himself in a Sherman Bedroom With a Knife

Parents reported a 15-year-old barricaded and despondent with a knife, drawing a priority law-enforcement response to a Park Street home.

At 10:13 AM, Chautauqua County law enforcement was dispatched to 185 Park Street in Sherman for a 15-year-old male described as despondent and locked in his room with a knife, with his parents reporting.

The call drew a priority response over the next several minutes. No resolution crossed the air before the incident moved off the channel.

Cheektowaga · Meadowbrook Parkway · Vehicle Into House

Amazon Delivery Van Plows Into a Cheektowaga House, Raising a Possible Gas Leak

An Amazon delivery vehicle struck a home on Meadowbrook Parkway and took out multiple curbs, with dispatch flagging a possible gas leak.

At 8:16 AM, Cheektowaga police were sent to 68 Meadowbrook Parkway, in the Clinton–Griswold area, after an Amazon delivery vehicle struck a house and took out multiple curbs.

Dispatch noted a possible gas leak resulting from the crash, the kind of secondary hazard that turns a fender-bender into a fire-department call. No injuries crossed the air before the call moved off the channel.

Amherst · Main Street corridor · Runaway Search

Amherst Runaway Search Winds Through the Main Street Corridor, Boyfriend Located Near Phillips Brothers

Officers converged on the Bentham and Main Street area chasing a young woman and a boyfriend who kept circling back, with the search still unresolved as the call moved off the air.

At 8:51 AM, an Amherst welfare-check search for a young female moved fast through the Main Street corridor after Christ the King employees were reported chasing her on foot on Bentham. An officer keyed up that the employees were pointing the way "and that boyfriend is circling back in the area again."

The chase centered on Phillips Brothers Supply, where the boyfriend was spotted on the phone before walking inside. Officers stacked front and back of the building, but an employee said the young woman never came in; by the time the call moved off the air, police still had no fix on where she was.

Hamburg · Drought Farm Market · Assault

Family Fight at a Hamburg Farm Market Topples the Racks and Damages the Business

A cousin attacked his father at Drought Farm Market, knocking over displays and leaving the Clark Road business with damage, dispatch said.

At 8:22 AM, Hamburg police were called to Drought Farm Market at 4779 Clark for an assault that dispatch placed around 7 that morning, with a cousin reported to have attacked his father.

The fight knocked over display racks and left the business with damage. Officers worked the complaint at the market as the call cleared the channel.

Buffalo · Langan Fisher · School Bus Crash

School Bus Crash on Buffalo's East Side Leaves the Child Count Aboard Unclear

Buffalo Fire pushed an EMS response for a motor-vehicle accident involving a school bus, with dispatch noting it was unknown how many children were aboard.

At 8:47 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatched Engine 31 and Rescue crews for EMS at Langan Fisher on a report of a motor-vehicle accident involving a school bus, with dispatch stating it was "unknown how many children are aboard."

A unit reported on location and investigating within a few minutes. No injury count crossed the air before the call moved off the channel.

Olean · A Banned Regular

GOA Again: An Officer's Standing Order for Olean's Vinnie Whalen

The man was gone on arrival, but the officer had a plan for next time.

At 12:42 PM, an Olean officer closed out a call with the weary shorthand of a familiar name: the man, identified on dispatch as Vinnie Whalen, was GOA — gone on arrival. The officer added a standing plan for the next encounter: "If I come across him, I'm going to advise him or the complaint to stay off the property."

Olean · South Union Street

Spill of a Different Kind: A Tipped Bike Scatters a Rider's Life Across the Road

An Olean officer spent the morning retrieving property from the pavement.

At 8:11 AM, an Olean officer keyed up en route to the intersection of State and South 10th carrying a load of belongings: "She tipped her bike over, lost a lot of property in the roadway." The distress call near the South Union Street bridge ended not with an emergency but with an officer gathering up a stranger's scattered things.

Chautauqua County · The HRC

Red Pants and a Trash-Bag Lunch: A Just-Released Man's Rough Homecoming

A dispatch narration doubling as a short, sad story.

At 1:16 PM, a Chautauqua County call came in with a description that told the whole story: a man just out of jail, the only description "red pants," who "showed up across the street, took the garbage bag out of the can from Tim Hortons" and settled at the doors of the Human Resources Center to eat out of it.

Amherst · Target · Trespass

The Minivan That Wouldn't Leave: A Target Lot Solicitor Draws a Trespass Warning

Parked, pitching, and refusing to move on.

At 8:14 AM, Amherst police were called to the Target parking lot at 1575 Niagara Falls Boulevard for a woman in a black minivan who was soliciting and refusing to leave. A trespass was requested to move the minivan and its pitch along.

Amherst · Vandalism

Wires Cut, Traffic Camera Damaged at UB North Campus Intersection

At 11:42 AM, a UB Campus Police officer at Frontier Road and Audubon Parkway radioed for a criminal mischief report after finding a camera at the intersection damaged, telling dispatch “the wires may have been cut and there is remnants of a wire being cut on the ground here” while Officer Hoffman went to grab a camera to photograph the scene.

Dispatch sent a second patrol down a nearby stretch of campus road officers referred to as "the Autobahn" to check on other cameras in the area; the responding officer reported back that no additional Flock cameras had been damaged.

Tonawanda · Reckless Driver

Erratic Monte Carlo Goes Three-Wide on Colvin Near 290

At 7:06 AM, Tonawanda Police Dispatch relayed a caller's report of a reckless driver on Colvin Boulevard near Route 290, describing a Monte Carlo that went “all over the road, drove into the median, three wide on Colvin, flipping people off” before the complainant continued on her way.

Dispatch said the car appeared to be heading toward Sheridan Drive and passed along a partial, uncertain plate reading beginning with "Michael" to units in the area; the vehicle was not located.

Buffalo · Elevator Rescue

Woman, Infant Freed After Being Trapped on Trenton Avenue Elevator

At 7:30 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatched a Level 2 still alarm — Engine 2, Ladder 2, Rescue 1, F40 and B44 — to 333 Trenton Avenue on a report that a woman and an infant were stuck on an elevator's second floor.

Four minutes later, dispatch advised the crews that the caller had gotten free of the elevator on her own, and Engine 2 confirmed on scene that the occupants were out before clearing for service.

Lancaster · EMS Confirmation Call

Lancaster Crews Confirm 40-Year-Old Man Cold to Touch on William Street

At 7:07 AM, Lancaster Fire Dispatch sent Twin District EMS to 4832 William Street for a 40-year-old man dispatchers described as “cold to touch”.

Fire control marked the run clear at 7:07 AM, and a second unit, Engine 2126-93, was also sent to Williams Street minutes later before clearing at 7:09 AM.

Salamanca · Wellness Check

Wellness Check Sought for Salamanca Mother of Four

At 2:22 PM, Salamanca Police took a call from a caller identified as a CSS representative asking for a wellness check at 20 Perry Street, where the resident, identified on dispatch as Cheyenne Andrews, has four small children.

The caller told dispatch the conversation suggested Andrews was “not mentally stable” and asked that the children be checked on; the department asked the caller to send the request in writing before following up.