Cheektowaga · M Hotel · Armed Robbery

A Mother Says Her Children Were Robbed at Gunpoint in a M Hotel Room, and Within Minutes a Brawl Erupts on the Seventh Floor

Cheektowaga police sent car after car to the M Hotel at 2040 Walden overnight, starting with a gunpoint robbery of a family's room and spiraling into an active fight and a report of someone armed on the premises.

Early this morning at 4:08 AM, Cheektowaga dispatch sent a car to the M Hotel at 2040 Walden, up to Room 714, after a mother called to report that about twenty minutes earlier her room and her children “were robbed at gunpoint by known teenagers”. The teenagers were no longer on scene, and dispatch noted the caller was uncooperative and had stopped answering questions — officers later learned the suspects were not even staying at the hotel.

The run did not stay quiet. By 4:12 AM, the lead officer radioed that “they're actively fighting on the 7-4 right now, if we can get another car or two, they said there's a bunch of people”, and dispatch pushed additional cars up to the seventh floor. Moments later the front desk reported a person with a firearm on the premises, and units from across the department converged on the building before an officer finally called it all comm up on the seventh floor.

Jamestown · Warren Jamestown Boulevard · School Tip Line

A School Tip Line Sends Deputies Rushing to a Jamestown Address Overnight on a Report of a Student Held at Gunpoint

Chautauqua County deputies were sent to 1756 Warren Jamestown Boulevard after a school tip line, and then the superintendent, relayed one child's email that another student was in immediate danger.

Just after midnight, at 12:03 AM, Chautauqua County dispatch directed units to 1756 Warren Jamestown Boulevard after what the dispatcher described as a call from a school tip line reporting that a person was allegedly “being held in a room at gunpoint and knife point”. Dispatch said it was working to pull more information while sending a second car.

Minutes later the account firmed up from an unexpected source. Dispatch told the responding cars it had also heard from the superintendent, who advised she had received a notification “saying she was in immediate danger at that 1756 W.J. Boulevard”, all of it tracing back to one child emailing another student. Deputies worked their way toward the address as officers tried to confirm exactly who, and what, was inside.

Cheektowaga · Heim Road · Working Fire

A Working Structure Fire on the Cheektowaga-Southline Line Pulls Mutual Aid, Multiple Ladders and a Roof Crew Into an Hours-Long Battle

Cheektowaga Fire fought a working structure fire that ran more than an hour, with command shutting off gas and electric, calling in mutual-aid engines, and sending crews to cool and ventilate a stubborn roof.

Yesterday afternoon, Cheektowaga Fire was deep into a working structure fire, with command methodically securing the building: “all the electric is off to the building”, then relaying that the gas was off as well. A mutual-aid officer radioed that he had two engines standing by and a full crew for the ladder, though command declined the extra engines at that point.

By 4:20 PM, command was told it was “one hour” into the incident, and the fight had turned stubborn. Crews cooling the roof reported they were “not actually making any progress to the building up there”, and sector officers began weighing whether to ventilate the Delta-side wall from a bucket rather than put firefighters on the roof itself. The job, running alongside a string of other Cheektowaga fire calls through the evening, kept ladders and mutual-aid companies committed for hours.

Cattaraugus County · Route 242 · Rollover With Entrapment

A Single-Vehicle Rollover Traps a Bleeding Driver in a Machias Embankment, and Mercy Flight Is Placed on Standby

Cattaraugus County fire crews worked a one-vehicle rollover on Route 242 in Machias overnight, with a man pinned in the overturned car, conscious but bleeding from the head.

At 12:54 AM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch toned out an ALS motor-vehicle accident at 3622 Route 242 in Machias — a single-vehicle rollover into the embankment near Maple Avenue and Maple Valley Road, with injuries initially unknown.

As units reached the scene, the picture sharpened: “There is one patient entrapped in the vehicle, bleeding from the head. He is conscious at this time”, with the car found at the intersection of Maple Avenue and 242 resting on its roof. Dispatch checked the weather and, with a man confirmed pinned, placed Mercy Flight on standby while crews worked the extrication.

Buffalo · Niagara Street · Shots Fired

A Man Tries to Force His Way Into a Niagara Street House, Then Fires a Shot Into the Air Before Fleeing in a Blue Toyota

Buffalo police chased a report of shots fired at 262 Niagara after a man tried to break into a home and discharged a round, with units tracking a blue Toyota toward downtown.

Yesterday at 10:05 PM, a Buffalo dispatcher sent an available B District car to a shot fired at 262 Niagara, relaying that the subject “almost had to axe out the house trying to get in and he fired a shot in the air”.

Within moments officers were tracking the suspect's getaway: dispatch said “the subject took off in a blue Toyota”, and cars on Niagara called out their progress passing City Hall and nearing Niagara and Franklin, where supervisors slowed the responding units down as the stop came together. A follow-up directed a unit back toward the address for a showup with the complainant.

Cattaraugus County · Myers Road · Chainsaw Injury

A Six-Year-Old's Chainsaw Injury in a Randolph Field Draws an ALS Trauma Response, a Flight Check and a Nearby Working Fire

Cattaraugus County crews rushed an ALS trauma call to Myers Road near Seeger Hill for a 6-year-old boy bleeding uncontrollably from the foot, with deputies sent to help find the patient in a field.

Yesterday at 3:08 PM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch toned Randolph for an ALS trauma call at 5203 Myers Road near Seeger Hill Road — the patient “a 6 year old male is uncontrolled bleeding from the foot due to a chainsaw”, with the injury out in a field about a half-mile from the road.

Dispatch sent two deputies to help responders reach the child in the field and was on the phone checking the status of a medical helicopter as Randolph's crew acknowledged the call. The run came in alongside a working fire in the same Seeger Hill area, stretching the county's volunteer companies thin across the late afternoon.

Southtowns · East Seneca Fire Hall · Working Fire

A Working Structure Fire Pulls Mutual Aid Through the Southtowns, Filling Out of the East Seneca Fire Hall

East Aurora fire dispatch filled a mutual-aid request at the East Seneca Fire Hall for a working structure fire, drawing companies through the early evening.

Yesterday at 4:28 PM, East Aurora fire dispatch put South Wales 2 on the road and broadcast a “Mutual aid request filling at the East Seneca Fire Hall for a working structure fire”, routing arriving companies through the hall to backfill and respond.

The fill request — one of several working fires burning across the region through the evening — drew Southtowns companies into the mutual-aid chain as crews staged and rolled toward the fire.

Kenmore · Military Road · Foot Pursuit

A Bike-Fleeing Pursuit Runs Out of Kenmore and Across the Buffalo Line, Ending With One Subject in Custody on Foot

Tonawanda police chased a bike fleeing near Kenmore and Military, with subjects bailing on foot and running down Wiley into Buffalo before one was taken into custody.

Yesterday at 8:05 PM, a Tonawanda officer radioed that “There's a bike fleeing from Kenmore. Kenmore Military”, tracking the chase down toward Kenmore and Vulcan and then down Wiley into Buffalo as subjects took off on foot.

By 8:07 PM the officer reported “One in custody, there's two more”, with other males still running. The pursuit, crossing from the Town of Tonawanda into the city, ended with at least one subject taken into custody as units worked the foot chase.

Buffalo Niagara International · Shuttle Dispatch · Storm Tab

Twenty-One Extra Days, One Hurricane and a $384 Bill: A Shuttle Driver Does the Math

An airport shuttle crew marveled over the radio at what a weather-stranded traveler had to show for three extra weeks away.

Somewhere between counting covers and waiting out the rush, an airport shuttle crew got to talking last night at 7:59 PM about a passenger who had finally come out the other side of a very long trip. “She was away for an extra, like, 21 days. Oh, jeez, how much was her bill?”, one asked. The answer: “$384 and for it she got stuck in the hurricane”. For three extra weeks marooned by a hurricane, the driver seemed to decide, that was downright reasonable — and the radio moved on to Monday's expected crush.

Wyoming County · Patrol · Buck Stops Here

Deer 1, Deputy 0: A Wyoming County Sheriff Hits a Deer, Then Calls It In on Himself

A sheriff's unit put itself out of service at midnight for the most honest car-deer report of the night.

At 12:18 AM, a Wyoming County deputy keyed up with a confession rather than a complaint: “I just struck a deer”. He needed, he said, to “see how much damage I have”, and a few minutes later he asked dispatch, as calmly as any motorist, for “a card for car deer, please”. The deer did not file a counter-report.

Wyoming County · Warsaw · Hide-and-Seek

Two Kids on Bikes Behind the Warsaw C-Store Had an Airtight Alibi: They Were Hiding From Their Parents

A deputy checking a late-night report at a Route 19 convenience store got the most disarming explanation in the book.

Yesterday at 10:08 PM, a deputy checked a clerk's call about two figures loitering out front — and then ducking around back — of the Warsaw C-Store on Route 19. When asked what they were up to, the deputy reported, “they said they were hiding from their parents”. One had a gray hoodie; both were on bicycles; and by the time he arrived, it was anyone's guess whether they were still there.

West Seneca · Radio Traffic · Lost in Translation

GOA or DOA? A West Seneca Deer Call Gets Lost in Three Letters

A single garbled acknowledgment turned a routine gone-on-arrival into something far more final.

On a routine deer call last night at 9:55 PM, a West Seneca unit reported it was “Unable to locate, GOA” — police shorthand for gone on arrival. Back came the acknowledgment: “DOA, sir”. Whether the deer was gone or gone-gone, the radio took a beat to sort out the three most consequential letters in dispatch shorthand.

Hamburg · Value Home Center · Lost and Looking

A Confused Man Searches a Hamburg Hardware Store for His Wife, Unable to Say Where Home Is

Store staff kept a lost elderly shopper at the front of the Value Home Center while Hamburg police tried to piece together who he was.

Yesterday at 5:28 PM, a Hamburg dispatcher laid out a quietly poignant call at the Value Home Center on South Park: “a confused elderly adult male there is asking for his wife but can't provide any information on where he lives, a phone number, or anything else”. Staff kept him corralled near the front doors while officers worked to help him find his way, and his wife, home.

Amherst · Capstone Circle · Apartment Fire

Dark Smoke at Capstone Circle Apartment Draws Full Amherst Fire Response

At 8:20 PM yesterday, Amherst Fire dispatch sent a pumper and ladder from Main-Transit — with East Amherst designated the fast team — to 4092 Capstone Circle, Apartment B, off Wehrle Drive, after a caller reported “dark smoke coming from the apartment”.

Command noted it was “just one caller on this” as the incident was moved to a dedicated fireground channel, and no update on the fire's extent was broadcast before this window closed.

Amherst · Jasper Drive · Vehicle Theft

Two Vehicles Stolen From Amherst Driveway in Overnight Theft

Just after 1:00 AM, Amherst police responded to a report that two vehicles — a white SUV and a white BMW sedan — had just been taken from a driveway on Jasper Drive; one officer radioed that when he pulled up, “a white BMW sedan in the roadway that took off as well”.

Officers could only get a partial plate before the vehicles got away — “I only got partial plate” — but investigators later recovered camera footage of the theft from a nearby Jasper Drive address and broadcast a suspect description of “black pants, wearing a striped tee, and he had a slim build”, last seen heading toward Sheridan Drive.

Amherst · Goodyear Hall · Missing Student Check

UB Police Check Welfare of Goodyear Hall Student After Mother Loses Contact

Yesterday at 8:28 PM, University at Buffalo Campus Police began checking on a student at Goodyear Hall after her mother called to report she “hasn't spoken to her daughter since around noon today”, giving the daughter's room as E314.

Dispatch noted the daughter has a documented history of self-harm, including cutting, and by 8:33 PM officers trying to reach her by phone had gotten no answer.

Buffalo · South Park Avenue · Man Found Unresponsive

Buffalo Officers Find Man Unconscious Behind South Park Avenue Business on Overdose Call

Yesterday at 4:33 PM, a Buffalo police unit was sent to South Park Avenue for a reported overdose, and officers soon found a man unconscious behind a building identified on the radio only as South Park Clippers.

Minutes later an officer radioed for the airway to be reopened and asked dispatch to log a case number, 26-289-0194, so he could “do the recovery” — radio language suggesting the man did not survive, though no formal pronouncement was broadcast on the air.

Buffalo · South Park Avenue · CPR in Progress

Bystanders Start CPR on South Park Avenue Man Who Stopped Breathing

Yesterday at 8:41 PM, a Buffalo police unit was sent to 2019 South Park Avenue for a rescue call, with dispatch relaying that the man was “turning colors” as bystanders began CPR.

The caller hung up moments later saying the man “not breathing”, and dispatchers continued passing along updates on his condition as units arrived on scene.

Buffalo · Lorraine Avenue · Suicide Attempt Reopened

Buffalo Police Reopen Suicide-Attempt Call on Lorraine, Order Continuous Phone Ping

Yesterday at 11:12 PM, Buffalo police radio reported that 911 had reopened a suicide-attempt call at 76 Lorraine Avenue, with dispatchers running a continuous ping on the phone tied to the address, which came back to a Marianne Robinson.

A ping at 10:56 PM placed the phone near Ava and Agilent, within about 165 meters, and radio asked for an additional car to be sent given “his history”; two more units confirmed they were responding as well.

Buffalo · Mackinac Avenue · Child Rescue

Six-Year-Old Girl Found Unresponsive Prompts Overnight Rescue Call on Mackinac Avenue

At 5:35 AM, Buffalo police dispatch sent an A District unit to a rescue call at 165 Mackinac Avenue, with the ambulance already notified for “a six-year-old female unresponsive” before officers arrived.

Dispatch confirmed the unit was en route to the address moments later, but no further update on the child's condition was broadcast on the channel.

Buffalo · Michigan Avenue · Domestic Complaint

Woman Says She Was Dragged From Car, Left on Michigan Avenue

At 5:41 AM, Buffalo police dispatch relayed a report from 1100 Michigan Avenue in which a woman said a man “dragged her out of the car and left her on the side of the road”, adding that she was getting a ride to an apartment, number 304.

Officers on scene minutes later asked dispatch for a callback number to continue the domestic investigation, but were told the number on file was a disconnected “throwaway” phone.

Buffalo · Delaware Avenue · Knife Fight

Large Fight With Knife Reported on Delaware Avenue

At 2:14 AM, Buffalo police dispatch relayed a report of a large fight on Delaware Avenue in which someone displayed a knife, sending multiple patrol units along with the department's Air One helicopter to the area.

Dispatch described roughly three people fighting, including a Black male in his 20s or 30s described as “a navy blue hoodie has the knife”, and asked units to watch for the group moving in and out of a nearby apartment building; officers reported on scene minutes later and cleared the air for the call.

Buffalo · Casino Domestic

Casino Employee Domestic Turns Into Hit-and-Run, Police Say

At 2:00 AM, Buffalo police dispatch relayed a report from the casino's security detail of a domestic dispute between two employees, in which one “tried to hit the other with a vehicle” before driving off.

Dispatch added that there was no description available for the fleeing vehicle, and that it had also struck another vehicle while trying to hit the person.

Buffalo · Broadway · Stolen Vehicle

Stolen Vehicle Tracked Eastbound on Broadway After Frightened Caller's Porch Report

At 4:26 AM, Buffalo police dispatch sent units to a report of an unidentified woman on her porch who called in frightened, saying someone was following her; no address for that call was broadcast.

Minutes later, officers in the area reported following a stolen vehicle eastbound on Broadway from Gibson Street, with a second patrol car joining as the car continued past Sycamore and Genesee; units said they had not yet activated emergency lights and described the vehicle as “a blue Volkswagen, small SUV”.

Buffalo · Kensington · Welfare Check

Overnight Calls Bring Firearm-Display Welfare Check, Missing-Employee Report Near Kensington

Just before 1:40 AM, Buffalo police dispatch sent E District officers to check on a man identified on the radio as Carter Taylor, flagged after “a post-contact display of a firearm” during an earlier police contact; dispatch said he lives with his mother in “building 2,” with no apartment number given.

Minutes later, dispatch opened a separate missing-person check at 563 Kensington, apartment 308, after an employee reported a woman identified as Alicia had not been seen since earlier that day.

Buffalo · Downtown · Crowd Control

Buffalo Police Called In to Clear Crowd Spilling Into Street Near Downtown Venue

At 1:27 AM, Buffalo police dispatch called for additional personnel to clear a large crowd that had spilled out into the street near a downtown venue, directing officers to push people back toward the corner.

Minutes later a supervisor radioed that cars waiting at the line were growing "angsty and aggressive" and asked for more officers, while dispatch reported the venue was over capacity and had begun letting everyone out; a request went out to log an official call for the incident.

Cheektowaga · Walden Avenue · Armed Caller

Armed Caller Reports Possible Assault, Hangs Up Before Cheektowaga Police Can Respond

At 4:17 PM yesterday, Cheektowaga police were dispatched to the Walden Avenue area near Ridge Park Road after a caller reported “he thinks his daughter is being raped by her brother at the moment”, telling dispatchers “complainant has a gun” just before hanging up.

Dispatchers could not reach the caller again, and when officers arrived they found a different picture on scene: a woman there said only that “he's not supposed to be here”, with dispatch adding there was “no sexual assault or anything” and relaying that the man had last been seen walking west on Walden Avenue.

Responding units located a man matching the broadcast description — black pants, an orange winter hat — in front of a Hedwig Street address and identified him over the air as Kenneth Blanchard, but he denied being the man they were looking for, pointing out he wasn't wearing the orange hat dispatchers had described.

Cheektowaga · Edgebrook · Domestic Assault

Woman Reports Being Choked and Struck With Phone at Edgebrook Apartment, Man Gone When Cheektowaga Officers Arrive

Yesterday at 11:36 PM, Cheektowaga police were sent to 70 Edgebrook, Apartment 4, off Union Road, for what dispatch called “the unwelcome guest” after a woman had been yelling at a man to leave the apartment.

Dispatchers relayed that the man had hit her in the face with a phone and choked her; she declined EMS, and by the time units were en route he had gone outside and could no longer be located, prompting a request for backup.

Cheektowaga · Union Road · Cardiac Arrest

Elderly Man Coding at Garden Gate Draws Multi-Unit Cheektowaga Fire Response

Yesterday at 8:00 PM, Cheektowaga Fire Dispatch sent a cardiac-arrest response to Garden Gate, 2365 Union Road, Room 201, for “an elderly male, unresponsive, about to code”, drawing the Forks 9-2 and Fork 7 companies.

Cheektowaga also dispatched Rescue 2 and called in a mutual-aid rescue company to assist, with the call cleared from service by 8:04 PM.

Hamburg · East Allen Street · Burglary

Intoxicated Man Detained on East Allen Street After Overnight Burglary Report

At 5:54 AM, Hamburg police were sent to 4230 East Allen Street, between South Park and Wake, after a resident reported hearing crashing garbage cans in the basement and seeing someone get into a neighbor's car — a 5-foot-6 Hispanic man with short curly hair who appeared intoxicated.

Officers located the man nearby, and dispatch reported he engaged in conversation and was unarmed before confirming he had been detained a few minutes later.

Town of Sweden · Lake Road · MVA with Entrapment

Mutual Aid Sought for Rollover Crash With Entrapment on Lake Road

Yesterday at 6:42 PM, Genesee County fire dispatch requested mutual aid for a motor vehicle accident with entrapment at 5336 Lake Road in the Town of Sweden, between Colby Road and White Road.

A second mutual-aid engine was called for minutes later for what dispatch described as a rollover accident with entrapment at the same address, indicating extrication equipment was needed to free an occupant.

Orangeville · Exchange Street · Correctional Facility Fire

Smoke-Inhalation Patient Given Narcan After Fire at Orangeville Correctional Facility

Yesterday at 9:10 PM, Wyoming County fire dispatch relayed that a fire at a correctional facility on Exchange Street in Orangeville had left a 37-year-old man with smoke inhalation, and that crews on scene “also gave him Narcan” him in the field.

Dispatch confirmed the patient and treatment details moments later, with no further updates broadcast on his condition.

Dunkirk · Save-A-Lot Plaza · Assault

Teen in Black Hoodie Accused of Punching Homeless Man Near Dunkirk's Save-A-Lot

Yesterday at 6:04 PM, Dunkirk police dispatch sent a unit to a liquor store on Main Street after a caller reported “he punched someone that appeared to be homeless at the Save-A-Lot Plaza”, cautioning that the caller was a third party and no victim had yet been identified.

Dispatchers tracked the suspect and a group of five or six kids as they moved from the liquor store toward CVS and then behind the Dollar Tree, where officers located the victim, described as a Hispanic male.

Officers said they had identified everyone involved but that the group was being uncooperative, and that they would pursue the matter further only if the victim wanted to.