Buffalo · Kidnapping Report

A Two-Year-Old Reported Grabbed Into a White Car; Buffalo Traffic Points to a Custody Dispute With an Ex

A caller first thought the man was the child's father; dispatch put the words "cooperate and do a kidnapping" on the air as cars raced to Raymour.

Yesterday at 5:27 PM, Buffalo police put out an urgent call on the B-D districts channel for a reported abduction, dispatch telling a district car to “cooperate and do a kidnapping, male gotten into a white Mazda, unknown reg, looking for the two-year-old female”. The vehicle was described as a white Mazda with an unknown registration.

Minutes later the picture shifted. Dispatch relayed that the female caller “thought the male was her dad, but it's not” — and named the man on the air as an ex-boyfriend, Dante Cunningham. Cars marked out toward Raymour, and units began running a white Lincoln plate, Zebra-Sam 6056, to its registered address at 1802 Kenmore, with dispatch reporting “getting voicemail” on the callbacks.

The traffic never settled whether the two-year-old girl was in danger or in the care of someone she knew — a hallmark of these calls in their opening minutes. The scanner did not broadcast a clean resolution before the thread went quiet.

Amherst · Eggert Road · Welfare Check

Amherst Welfare Check Sends Officers to a Man "Talking About Shooting and Strangling People" After His Kids Were Removed

Child-welfare staff relayed the threats; dispatch rerouted a car and lined up cover before anyone knocked.

Yesterday at 3:52 PM, Amherst dispatch rerouted a car to 1140 Eggert Road for a welfare check on a man identified on the air as Colin Bumpus, according to the radio traffic. Information from the county's social-services office was that “he's upset because the children were taken away”.

The dispatcher told the officer the man “talking about shooting and strangling people”, and lined up a second car for cover before anyone approached the residence. It was the care taken with the call, not any confirmed incident, that stood out; the scanner did not broadcast an outcome during the window.

Cheektowaga · Linda Drive · Armed Robbery

Gunmen With Extended-Magazine Pistols Rob a Man on Linda Drive; Victim Races Off Down Dick Road

The victim, in a black Chevy Silverado, wouldn't stop as officers and a trooper moved in on the apartment.

Late yesterday, at 10:48 PM, Cheektowaga police broadcast a report of an armed robbery at 20 Linda Drive, dispatch telling any available car the victim was still driving, in a black Chevy Silverado, and had left the area near Dick Road and Chapel, according to the radio traffic. The suspects, dispatch said, were “two males at one of the apartments on Linda Drive. Both displayed pistols with extended magazines”.

The victim proved hard to pin down. Child-safety staff — relayed as CPS on the air — were on the phone with him, trying to get him to pull over, but he was “not being real cooperative” as he ran southbound on Dick Road toward George Urban, then turned back. Officers set up to meet him at a gas station and worked the Silverado's path while other cars converged on the apartment complex.

Approaching the building, one unit reported “going to make entrance into the building here” and asked for backup before making entry, with a fellow officer and a state trooper seconds out. The head count inside kept shifting on the air — three males with handguns, then a mix of two males and a female, then two females — and dispatch called for a rear perimeter. No arrest was broadcast during the window.

Jamestown · Burger King · Gun Threat

Man Pulls a Handgun at a Jamestown Burger King, Then Flees on Foot Into a Two-Agency Manhunt

Jamestown police and Chautauqua deputies coordinated the search after the armed man threatened a named victim.

Yesterday evening, Jamestown police reported an armed man — named on the air as Don Charles Cook — threatening a victim identified as Trent Harless with a handgun at the Burger King on Foote Avenue, according to the radio traffic. The subject fled on foot as officers moved in.

The search spilled across jurisdictions, with Jamestown PD coordinating the foot pursuit alongside Chautauqua County law-enforcement dispatch toward the Newland and South Main area. Multiple units worked the perimeter; the scanner did not broadcast a capture before the thread went cold.

Chautauqua County · Falconer · Missing Teen

Overnight Search Opens for a Missing 16-Year-Old From the Falconer Area, Last Seen Saturday Night

Deputies entered Luca Farino as missing and pushed an attempt-to-locate to every car in the county.

Yesterday at 8:37 PM, Chautauqua County law-enforcement dispatch put out an attempt-to-locate to all cars for a missing 16-year-old, named on the air as Luca Farino, from the Falconer area, according to the radio traffic. Dispatch gave his last contact as Saturday, September 26, around 10:30 PM.

He was described as approximately 5'6", 180 pounds, with brown curly hair and brown eyes, last seen wearing black sneakers and sweatpants and possibly carrying a backpack with a change of clothes. Dispatch said he had been entered into the state's e-justice system as missing, with a local school-district police agency listed as the authority. The search was still active as the window closed.

Cattaraugus County · Machias · Child Head Injury

Mercy Flight Put on Standby for a Convulsing Four-Year-Old With a Head Injury in Machias

Crews raced to Vary Road for a small boy with unequal pupils; a helicopter was staged with a 24-minute launch estimate.

Yesterday at 4:58 PM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch sent ALS to 8934 Vary Road in Machias, between Route 242 and Coles, for a four-year-old boy with a recent head injury who was convulsing with unequal pupils, according to the radio traffic. Dispatch repeated the address and the patient's condition twice as units marked en route.

Command asked to check on the helicopter, and dispatch reported “Mercy Flight 6 on standby” out of Buffalo, with roughly a 24-minute flight time on launch. Crews worked the child on the ground while the aircraft stood ready; the scanner did not broadcast the patient's transport outcome during the window.

Amherst · Millersport / Maple · Vehicle Pursuit

High-Speed Chase Through Amherst Ends With the Car Stopped and Its Driver on Foot

An occupant fled after the vehicle was brought to a halt near Millersport and Maple.

Late yesterday, at 9:54 PM, Amherst police were involved in a vehicle pursuit in the area of Millersport Highway and Maple Road, according to the radio traffic. The vehicle's occupant fled at high speed before the car was stopped.

The traffic showed the pursuit ending with the vehicle halted and at least one person on foot. The scanner did not broadcast an arrest or the reason for the stop during the window.

Buffalo · Swan Street · Hit-and-Run

Driver Strikes a Boy on Foot on Swan Street and Flees; a Woman at the Scene Wouldn't Cooperate

Dispatch pushed for cars as a caller offered contradictory word on whether the striking vehicle was still there.

Yesterday at 8:01 PM, Buffalo police were dispatched to 346 Swan for a hit-and-run with injury after a vehicle “hit a boy who was on foot and left the scene”, according to the radio traffic. Buffalo Fire sent an EMS engine for the juvenile struck.

Coverage was thin at first, with an officer noting he was “ways off”. A woman at the scene “wasn't answering any questions, but did say the vehicle is there”, dispatch said, and an officer added she was not cooperative and he could not confirm the vehicle was on scene. The scanner did not broadcast a resolution during the window.

Clarence · Transit Road · Working Fire

Apartment Alarm at Fox Creek Estates on Transit Road Escalates to a Working Fire, Pulling in Swormville Crews

What came in as a third-floor stairwell alarm at 9510 Transit Road turned into a working fire minutes later.

Yesterday at 8:03 PM, Amherst Fire Control dispatched a fire-alarm activation at the Fox Creek Estates Apartments, 9510 Transit Road, between Deer Creek Lane and a nearby border road, for the third-floor stairwell, according to the radio traffic.

The call did not stay routine. By around 8:10 PM the traffic had escalated to a working fire at the same address, with Swormville units on location and fireground operations moving to a second channel. The scanner did not broadcast an all-clear or a damage assessment during the window.

Amherst · Raccoon Detail

Amherst Dispatch Issues a Verdict on One Raccoon: Guilty

Between welfare checks and abandoned-car calls, an Amherst dispatcher slipped in a piece of standing guidance for the road: “The raccoon needs to be put down if you get any calls”. No further deliberation was offered. The raccoon's side of the story went unrecorded.

Hamburg · Three-Legged Suspect

Three-Legged Coyote Outruns the Law, Case Closed

A Hamburg officer arrived on an animal call and found the culprit had already made a getaway — on three legs, no less. His report to dispatch was as tidy as it was resigned: “The three-legged coyote fled on foot from me upon my arrival, so I believe we'll be all set”. The coyote remains at large, and apparently in decent shape.

Buffalo · Fireground · Long Night

A Balky Radio, a Weary Chief, and a Promise for "First Thing in the Morning"

After a portable radio kept phantom-firing its man-down button all evening — “accidental again”, dispatch confirmed each time — a Buffalo fireground officer got the news no one wants at 9:46 PM: “They'll try to get someone out to you first thing in the morning. I'll spare radio for the rest of the night, sir”. His answer had the flat calm of someone who has decided to make it to sunrise anyway.

Airport · Shuttle Logistics

One Passenger Wandered Off Into the Road, and the Shuttle Boss Is Just Trying to Keep the Pickups Straight

An airport-shuttle dispatcher narrated the small chaos of a 5 o'clock rush in real time: “I picked up two people earlier and one of them left and went out the road”. He declared himself in charge — “I'm the boss here” — and predicted, with the confidence of long experience, exactly how it would end for the stragglers.

Chautauqua County · The Force

May the Force Be With You — And, For Good Measure, May the Force Be With You

Amid plate checks and negative-results traffic on the Chautauqua County law channel, one voice keyed up with a blessing, then keyed up again to double it: “May the force be with you, and may the force be with you”. Whatever the occasion, the county was twice as protected for it.

Amherst · Campus Drive

Fiancé Flees Campus Drive Domestic Undressed, No Direction of Travel

At 10:33 PM yesterday, Amherst police dispatch sent an officer to a domestic dispute at 375 Campus Drive, telling the responding unit the complainant's fiancé had, in dispatch's words, “destroyed the house it sounds like”.

A backup unit was assigned within seconds, and by 10:36 PM dispatch reported the man had already left the house — described as a black male wearing no clothing and possibly carrying a book bag — with officers left without a direction of travel and only a name to go on.

Amherst · Prestonwood Lane

Amherst Teen Tells Dispatch Her Father Punched Her in the Face

Yesterday at 5:18 PM, Amherst police dispatch sent officers to a domestic dispute at 25 Prestonwood Lane, where a 14-year-old girl told dispatchers her father had punched her in the face; she refused medical treatment at the scene.

Amherst · UB North Campus

UB Student's Harassment Complaint Echoes Report Filed Earlier This Month

At 12:17 AM, University at Buffalo Campus Police fielded a call from a student on North Campus reporting continuous harassment from two people on his floor, one of whom he holds a university stay-away order against.

Dispatch noted the same student had filed a nearly identical report earlier this month, on the 13th, regarding the same room, 545 — though it was not clear whether the incidents were connected.

Tonawanda · Longfellow Court

Tonawanda Dispatch Walks Caller Through Breathing Check as Units Race to Longfellow Court

Yesterday at 5:43 PM, Tonawanda police dispatch called a hot response for three units to 58 Longfellow Court for a 58-year-old man in medical distress.

Less than a minute later, dispatch relayed she was “currently trying to do an agonal breathing test” as responders raced to the scene.

Buffalo · William Street

Woman, 40, Goes Into Cardiac Arrest Outside William Street Bar

At 12:19 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatch sent Engine 3 and F-20 for EMS outside 372 William Street, between Iroquois and Pratt — at Denny's Bar — after a report of a 40-year-old woman in cardiac arrest, with police and AMR already on scene.

Cheektowaga · Andrews Avenue

Tactical Response to Andrews Avenue 'Hostage' Call Unravels as Online-Gaming Swat

At 2:48 AM, Cheektowaga police dispatch sent officers to 50 Andrews Avenue on a caller's report that a man inside had shot two hostages, then relayed word of a second caller who said they'd heard two gunshots at an address backing up to 73 Barbara.

Supervisors staged a tactical entry team around the house — with units assigned to the front, the back off Barbara, and the upper and lower apartments — while dispatch worked to reach the residents by phone. By 2:52 AM, dispatch reported reaching the resident of 50 directly, relaying that “he knows that someone's trying to swat his house, he was playing some online game and he's swatting the house”, and units began standing down as the call was cleared as a hoax.