Cheektowaga · I-90 pursuit

Stolen-Vehicle Pursuit Punches Through Cheektowaga, Ends on the Thruway

A stolen-vehicle pursuit that began in Cheektowaga at 11:13 PM rolled onto I-90 northbound within minutes, briefly picked up a parallel track on Elm Street through Buffalo PD’s B-D districts, and continued east onto Route 33 with State Police coordinating over multiple frequencies.

Buffalo’s C-E district relayed a follow-up shortly after, noting the pursuit had been “terminated by State Police” with the suspect vehicle last placed in the North Hampton area. West Seneca PD picked up the trail on Carrollton before the whole thing quieted down. No injuries were called in on any frequency this desk monitored.

Buffalo · East Side working fire

Kitchen Fire on Dartmouth Extends Upward; One Woman Sent to ECMC

Buffalo Fire arrived at a two-story wood-frame at 425 Dartmouth shortly after 4:30 AM to find burnt food on the stove and, within twenty minutes, an active kitchen fire that had extended into the space above.

AMR transported one female occupant to ECMC. Loss was called in at roughly $5,000 to the structure.

Amherst · Ellicott Creek water rescue

Man Fished Out of Ellicott Creek Near Irwin Place; Declines Ambulance

Amherst Fire ran a water rescue at 5:10 PM in Ellicott Creek off 180 Irwin Place, near American Performance. Crews used a roof ladder to pull a male subject out of the water.

He declined EMS treatment on scene and the call closed by 5:24 PM.

Amherst · Amberley Apartments

Amherst PD Working Two Simultaneous Missing-Persons Reports at Amberley, Both with Dementia

Amherst PD spent the late-afternoon hour of 4:27 PM to just after 5:00 PM chasing a paired missing-persons report out of the Amberley apartment complex: a cousin and a girlfriend, both with dementia, last seen at West New York Dermatology on Spindrift.

The search was still active when the shift changed. No matching sighting or scene arrival was called in during the window.

Buffalo · named suspect, City Hall

Domestic Assault Suspect Reported Fleeing on Foot Toward City Hall

Just after 1:13 AM, Buffalo PD went out on a domestic assault in which the female victim reported being attacked by her boyfriend and escaping through a window.

The suspect was described as Jermaine Simmons, wearing a gray shirt, black sweats, and a green hat, and heading on foot toward City Hall. No arrest was called in over the next hour on the frequencies this desk was watching.

Lancaster · missing child — LOCATED

Nine-Year-Old Missing on Williams Street Located Safe After Roughly Twenty Minutes

Lancaster PD went out at 3:43 PM for a missing 9-year-old girl — blonde, wearing a tie-dyed shirt, walking a small black dog — last seen near 5627 Williams Street. The child was reported located safe by 4:01 PM, closing out one of the day’s three separate missing-juvenile calls with the cleanest resolution.

Buffalo · 5:10 AM

Grandma With a BB Gun Takes Aim at Stop Signs (and Passing Cars)

Buffalo PD went out around 10:33 PM on a call that reads exactly the way you’re hoping it will: an elderly Black female in a red shirt shooting a BB gun at stop signs and vehicles. No injuries were called in — the stop signs of Buffalo, sadly, cannot make a statement — and dispatch never came back with an arrest.

Depew · 2:27 AM

Two Teen Girls, One Baby Deer, Middle of the Road

Depew PD, 2:27 AM, on Transit: teen girls spotted in the roadway with a baby deer. Dispatch tagged it as “miscellaneous” and moved on — the great, wordless mystery of it all preserved for the ages.

Amherst · 5:57 PM

Bug Zapper Bites Back on San Fernando Lane

A resident of 106 San Fernando Lane, between Sausalito and San Jose Court, called in an electrical fire at 5:57 PM after a bug zapper set an outlet smoking. The zapper was removed. The outlet, according to the follow-up, kept right on smoking. Amherst Fire went to investigate. Score one for the mosquitoes.

Amherst · 6:28 PM

Red Roof Inn Guest Screams About Hidden Cameras; Report Sheet Reads ‘Good Health’

At the Red Roof Inn, 42 Flint Road, 6:28 PM: guest screaming and pounding windows, claiming the room was full of hidden cameras. White female, 40s, five-foot-seven, red hair in a bun. Amherst PD checked her out and marked her as “found in good health,” which is the report-sheet way of drawing a very charitable line under all of it.

Amherst · 4:40 PM

FedEx Truck Clips a RAV4, Then a Gas Pump, Then Flees Toward Cheektowaga

At the Crosby’s on Wehrle Drive, a FedEx truck reportedly struck a silver Toyota RAV4, then took out a gas pump, and then fled southbound toward Cheektowaga. Nobody was hurt — the RAV4, the pump, and Amherst PD were left to work it out. Somewhere between Wehrle and Broadway, a package or two probably got there anyway.

Amherst · Sunridge Drive

Three Teens Torch a Small Brush Fire in a Park, Then Sprint West

Amherst PD went out at 10:21 PM on an arson call at 370 Sunridge Drive. Three teenagers were reported to have set a small brush fire in the park and then fled westbound. No injuries or structure damage; fire was small enough that units cleared within six minutes.

Amherst · Cottonwood Drive

Carbon-Monoxide Reading Evacuates a Cottonwood Drive Home

Amherst Fire hit 266 Cottonwood Drive, between Cherrywood and Birchwood, at 11:34 PM for a carbon-monoxide detector activation. Meters showed 80 ppm in the basement; all occupants were evacuated. Follow-up crews reported a reading of 1,900 ppm off a pressurized hot-water tank shortly after midnight and requested an additional crew before ventilating the house down to zero.

Tonawanda · Highland Parkway

Suspected Overdose on Highland Parkway; Narcan Twice, Multiple Agencies

At 1:29 AM, a possible overdose brought Tonawanda PD, Amherst Fire, and Grand Island Fire to 296 Highland Parkway for a 37-year-old male in severe respiratory distress. Narcan was administered twice on scene; the patient was breathing when EMS packaged him.

Tonawanda · Shoshone Park

11-Year-Old Reported Running North on Shoshone in Gray Sweats

Just after midnight, Tonawanda and Buffalo PD went out on a missing 11-year-old juvenile reported running northbound on Shoshone, wearing gray sweats and blue sneakers. Roughly twenty-three hours later, a related BPD B-D flag popped for a missing 10-year-old under-12 endangerment; whether the two are the same child could not be verified on the air this window.

Buffalo · Elk & Bailey

Pedestrian on a Bicycle Struck by Vehicle at Elk and Bailey

Buffalo Fire responded at 5:02 PM to a pedestrian struck by a vehicle at Elk Street and Bailey Avenue. A bicycle was involved. No fatalities were called in during the window.