Amherst · Armed Subject

Backyard Drone Footage Catches an Armed Man Crossing a Wooded Lot Twice in the Night, Near a 7-Eleven

A homeowner's camera recorded a figure with a handgun walking into the backyard around 12:30 AM and returning about three hours later, prompting a morning search of the woods toward a nearby 7-Eleven.

Just after 7:00 AM, an Amherst officer passed along an update on an overnight incident: the resident's “drone camera footage shows this gentleman with a firearm in his hand coming in the backyard about 12:30 PM last night”, then returned in the same direction about 3:30 AM, moving through the wooded area between the home and what the officer figured was a nearby 7-Eleven.

A clothing description was thin because of the camera's angle: “it only catches the bottom half of the male with the gun — looks like basketball shoes, white socks, and dark-colored sweatpants”, with a dark-colored handgun. The camera, the officer noted, pointed directly at the wooded area, and units checked the treeline as the morning shift came on.

Buffalo · Walden Avenue · Death Investigation

A Walden Avenue Call Becomes a Death Investigation, and a Buffalo Officer Asks Homicide to His Location

A midday run to 715 Walden ended with a person dead at the scene and the homicide unit requested over the air.

Around 12:41 PM, a Buffalo officer working the C-E districts keyed up with a short, grave request: “can you send homicide to my location please”. Within minutes, radio was patching the homicide car in, and dispatch told car 1271 it was “being requested 715 Walden for a DOA”.

An officer asked that a lieutenant call in, and the call was logged as a death investigation at 715 Walden Avenue. The scanner carried no detail on the deceased's identity or the circumstances before the thread moved on to other business.

Buffalo · Hudson Street · Search Warrant

SWAT, ATF and Intel Serve a Search Warrant on Hudson Street, With Flashbangs and an Arrest

Officers marked up at 76 Hudson for a federally assisted warrant service; by early afternoon a woman was in custody and bound for headquarters.

At 11:39 AM, a Buffalo SWAT unit asked radio to “put us at 76 Hudson with ATF and Intel and Bravo Patrol on a search warrant”. The operation was over quickly: no shots were fired, and flashbangs were deployed as the team went in.

By about 12:43 PM, dispatch logged one female arrested and transported to headquarters out of the Hudson Street address. The scanner did not broadcast what the warrant sought.

Amherst · North Point · Knife Incident

Two Men Brawl in the Middle of North Point, One Says a Knife Was Pulled, and Amherst Officers Stop the Street

A driver said he couldn't even pass the pair fighting in the road near 85 North Point before one ran up and said the other had pulled a knife.

At about 1:40 PM, Amherst dispatch put out a call for two white males fighting in the street on North Point, near 85, close to Sweet Home. One, dispatch said, was in a black zip-up hoodie; the other wore a backwards baseball hat and a blue shirt.

Per the complainant, “one male ran up and said, call the police, that guy pulled a knife on me” — though the caller himself did not see the weapon. Officers kept the area clear for the knife and stopped a man matching the description walking eastbound on North French; an officer radioed that subject was “going to be unrelated”. The men were last seen walking toward Sweet Home as units worked the stop.

Cheektowaga · Dick Road · Scam Courier

An 84-Year-Old Driving Around Town Collecting Cash for Scammers Is Tracked by Cheektowaga Police to a Walmart Lot

An out-of-town granddaughter watched her grandfather's location on her phone and begged police to stop him; officers trailed his black Expedition across Cheektowaga.

Just before 1:44 PM, Cheektowaga dispatch sent a car toward Dick Road south of the 7-Eleven after a woman called from out of town, saying she was mapping her 84-year-old grandfather's phone. He was “driving around town collecting money to give to scammers”, she told police, “he's not listening to anybody and stopping”.

Dispatch relayed the man's route in real time — past George Urban, onto Walden Avenue westbound — and ran the plate on his 2014 black Ford Expedition. Guessing his destination, an officer asked if anyone was near Walmart; minutes later dispatch confirmed the Expedition was parked right in front of the store, where officers moved in.

Amherst · Heim Road · School Medical

A Heim Middle School Student Is Hospitalized After Self-Inflicted Wounds on Campus

Amherst crews responded to the Heim Road school late in the morning and transported a student to the hospital.

At about 11:57 AM, Amherst responded to Heim Middle School, 175 Heim Road, for a student with self-inflicted wounds. Crews worked the medical call on campus and transported the student to the hospital.

The scanner carried no further detail on the student's condition before the thread closed. If you or someone you know is in crisis, the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is reachable by call or text.

Evans · Erie Road · Structure Fire

A Fire in the Wall of an Evans Home Pulls a FAST Team and County Mutual Aid Across the County Line

Chautauqua County dispatch sent Bay Creek's rapid-intervention crew into the Town of Evans for a fire reported inside the walls of an Erie Road house.

At 1:28 PM, Chautauqua County fire dispatch toned out Bay Creek's FAST team into Erie County for a “fire in the wall” at 8428 Erie Road, in the Town of Evans.

Dispatch alerted the fire coordinators as Bay Creek responded across the county line, the rapid-intervention crew backing up Erie County companies working the house. The scanner did not broadcast an all-clear before the thread moved on.

Thruway · Buffalo

Messenger Woods Picked Up Daddy's Gold, and All Is Right on Channel 4

A Thruway driver signs off a delivery with a line that sounds less like a dispatch log and more like a fairy tale.

At 12:45 PM, a Buffalo-based Thruway unit keyed up to close out a run with a flourish worthy of a storybook: “Messenger Woods arrived and picked up Daddy's gold. Good care now. I'll be clear”. Three seats, clocked at 12:45 PM, thank you — and back to the humdrum of time-and-events logging.

Thruway · Exit 18 North

Ten Passengers, One Dead Van, and a Driver With a Plan: Call a Couple of Ubers

A broken-down patron needing a windshield and a tow improvises mass transit on the shoulder of I-190.

At 9:36 AM, a Thruway unit sized up a problem at Exit 18 North: a patron who “needs a windshield and a tow — he does have 10 people, a total of 10 people with him”, with a total of ten people aboard. The patrol wasn't sure one tow could carry them all — so, per the morning's chatter, the driver had already landed on a gloriously modern solution: a couple of Ubers to Niagara Falls.

Tonawanda · River Road

The Coast Guard Needs Eyes on a Sailboat That Can't Fit Under the Bridge

Tonawanda's Marine Patrol gets a curious assignment: find a 30-foot vessel that thought better of the clearance and turned around.

At 1:41 PM, Tonawanda dispatch sent Marine Patrol 1 to the foot of Sheridan near 3232 River Road, because “Coast Guard's requesting patrol to see if they can get eyes on a 30-foot sailing vessel — they were afraid they couldn't make it under the bridge”. The sailors had been headed for Unity Island in Buffalo, but, dispatch guessed, were “able to turn around” — and the Coast Guard just wanted to know where they ended up.

Amherst · Maple

Struck Once, Then Struck Again: A Deer's Very Bad Amherst Morning

A deer hit on Maple got no reprieve — a second car ran it over and dragged the carcass down the road.

At 7:22 AM, Amherst dispatch handed off a deer-struck accident near Maple. The unlucky animal, already down, was then run over by a second vehicle and dragged along the roadway — a grim double-feature for a morning drive.

Thruway · Exit 58 · Silver Creek

A Bald Eagle in the Median, and It Appears Hurt

The national bird turns up grounded near Silver Creek, logged alongside the day's deer and debris.

At 11:38 AM, a Thruway unit reported a bald eagle sitting in the median by Exit 58 eastbound near Silver Creek, noting the bird “appears hurt”. The call was logged as an event and dropped into the same running tally as the morning's disabled vehicles — a reminder of who else uses the right-of-way.

Paratransit

I Had a Better Run, Man. I Had a Better Run.

A paratransit driver's weary two-line benediction arrives over the air like a mantra for the whole shift.

At 11:20 AM, Para Ops carried a small, human moment: Peter Southerland finally came out, the radio said, and declared “I had a better run, man. I had a better run”. Said once, then said again — the kind of line a driver repeats to make himself believe it.

Buffalo · Genesee Street

Buffalo Police Open Investigation After Teen Reports Rape Near School

At 1:41 PM, Buffalo Police radio flagged an open School Resource Officer card at 266 Genesee Street after a 13-year-old reported being raped outside the school; no further details on the circumstances or any suspect were given over the air.

Buffalo · Woodlawn Avenue · Domestic Dispute

Woodlawn Avenue Mother Threatens Daughter With Household Weapons, Dispatch Says

At 7:26 AM, Buffalo Police sent Charlie 220 to the upper apartment at 711 Woodlawn Avenue for a domestic dispute, with dispatch relaying that a mother was having trouble with her 18-year-old daughter and had said she “has every household weapon and will kill the daughter if police don't arrive”.

A follow-up transmission added that the daughter was dating the mother's partner, who had allegedly attacked her, though the complainant was not answering further questions when officers responded.

Buffalo · Hirschbeck Street · Search Warrant

SWAT, Charlie Patrol Execute Search Warrant on Hirschbeck Street

Just after 12:30 PM, Buffalo Police's SWAT-194 radioed that officers were at 114 Hirschbeck Street along with the department's Intel unit and Charlie Patrol to execute a search warrant, saying “we're at 114 Hirschbeck with Intel and Charlie Patrol on a search warrant”.

Minutes later an SR-4 unit asked radio to send someone from "CAU" to the scene to join them; the acronym was not further explained over the air.

Buffalo · Abbott Road

Driver Flees After Stolen Car Crashes Into Second Vehicle at Southside and Abbott

At 11:19 AM, Buffalo Fire dispatched Engine 4, Engine 25 and Ladder 10 to a two-car crash at Southside and Abbott, with dispatch noting police would be needed for traffic control.

Engine 4 reported two patients who would need to be looked at, and that the occupant of one vehicle said the car he had been riding in was stolen and that the person driving it had fled the scene; dispatch said it would update police on that detail. Two ambulances were requested for the two patients.

By the time Engine 4 cleared, one patient appeared likely to decline transport while the other was taken for treatment, with Truck 10 remaining to hold the scene alongside police.

Cheektowaga · Union Road

Foot Chase Down Union Road After Report Man Punched Child's Mother

At 10:38 AM, Cheektowaga Police dispatch relayed a caller's report of a physical altercation at Sam's Club, saying a man — identified over the air only as "Omar" — “punched his child's mother in the face a couple times”.

Dispatch described him as wearing a gray hoodie, black pants and black shoes, running northbound on Union Road past the McDonald's near George Urban Boulevard[*] [heard: George Rubin], with a witness following behind in a gray pickup truck and relaying his position to responding units.

Patrol units converged on the area, and by 10:39 AM an officer covering the call reported being in the area with a man matching the description; the outcome of that contact was not stated on the radio.

Colden · Irish Road

Dirt Bike Rider Struck by Tree Needs Mutual-Aid Extraction Deep in Colden Woods

Just after 2:03 PM, Hamburg Fire Dispatch sent Colden companies to 7564 Irish Road, between Knapp and Blanchard roads, for a 60-year-old man on a dirt bike who had struck a tree roughly 300 feet into the woods off the roadway, with his injuries unknown.

Minutes later, a Colden unit on scene radioed dispatch, asking, “can you please reactivate West Falls for their UTV in case we need extraction”, and West Falls' UTV crew was cleared to respond for the extraction.

Colden · Center Street

ATV Search Launched for 84-Year-Old Man Lost in Colden Woods

Just after 1:06 PM, an Erie County Sheriff's deputy asked Colden fire units for a UTV or ATV, “looking for a UTV or an ATV to get an 84 year old male out of the woods”, near 7500 Center Street, between Darien and Blanchard roads — a non-emergency "cold response."

A Colden unit arrived on location minutes later and requested West Falls' ATV team join the search.

Niagara County · Industrial Accident

Niagara County Crews Weigh Medical Flight After Industrial Accident

Just after 8:43 AM, Niagara County Fire dispatch reported “an adult male involved in an industrial accident, third-party callers still trying to get further information” on the west side of an industrial worksite, with responders leaning on secondhand details relayed through third-party callers as the call came in.

Two minutes later, dispatch raised the question of air-medical response, telling units “you might want to get status emergency flight” while crews worked to confirm the patient's condition; no further details on his status were given over the air.

Arcade · Main Street

Welfare Check at Arcade Junction After Woman Seen Banging Head on Concrete

Just after 1:22 PM, Wyoming County Sheriff's deputies were sent to a welfare check in the parking lot of Arcade Junction, 320 Main Street, after a caller reported a woman in her early 20s, wearing a hoodie and black leggings, swearing loudly and banging her head against the concrete and a metal railing near a gray building.

As deputies made contact, the caller reported the woman had gotten into a silver car and appeared to be in some kind of altercation; a deputy radioed, “we're with them now, defensive”.

Dispatch ran the vehicle, a 2010 Ford Edge, which came back registered to a driver from West Valley.

Wyoming County · Route 19

Unresponsive Infant With High Fever Rushed Toward Children's Hospital

At 8:30 AM, Wyoming County Fire dispatch toned out for a “9 month old with a high fever, not alert, requesting transport to Children's”, giving the location as an address on Route 19 between Keeney and Davies roads and requesting transport toward Children's Hospital in Buffalo.

Sheldon's Rescue 82 radioed within the minute that it was en route toward Warsaw, with dispatch acknowledging a medic unit was also being sent to assist.

Salamanca · Armstrong Street

Salamanca Overdose Call Swings From CPR to Alert and Talking

At 12:22 PM, Salamanca Fire Dispatch sent an ALS overdose response to 14 Armstrong Street, between South Main and Summit streets, for a 31-year-old woman described as semi-responsive after two doses of Narcan brought no relief.

Crews on scene began preparing to upgrade the call to unconscious, not breathing, with CPR in progress — then radioed that “the friend that is there stating she is talking”; police were also sent to the address.

By 12:29 PM, medics reported the patient confirmed alert and oriented and under evaluation.