Buffalo · Hayward Avenue · Home Invasion

A Group of Ten Breaks the Windows at a Hayward Avenue Home, Forces Their Way In, and a Woman Is Assaulted as Children Are Shoved Aside

Buffalo police pulled multiple cars to the upper flat after nearly an hour's worth of calls describing the mob breaking in.

Yesterday at about 10:46 PM, Buffalo police rushed cars to the upper flat at 45 Hayward after a report that a group of about ten people was breaking windows and forcing their way into the home. According to the radio traffic, the call had been pending for nearly an hour before units were freed up, with dispatch noting the crowd “breaking windows getting into the house” and that “A female was assaulted and says children were pushed”.

Dispatch broadcast that a female at the home had been assaulted and that children were pushed during the break-in. Within minutes of officers arriving, the primary unit asked to downgrade the call to an accident with no injury — the kind of abrupt reclassification that often follows once officers get a firsthand read on a chaotic scene. The scanner did not broadcast arrests or the woman's condition before the thread went quiet.

Cheektowaga · Cleveland & Beach · Armed Man Report

A Man in Fatigues Carrying a Long Gun at Cleveland and Beach Sends Cheektowaga Cars Combing the Side Streets

A single complaint from a pharmacy parking lot put officers onto a man described as walking with a rifle; he was later identified as a local business employee.

Yesterday at about 6:53 PM, Cheektowaga police pushed cars north toward Cleveland and Beach after a report of a man in fatigues “supposedly carrying a rifle”. According to the radio traffic, the lone complaint — phoned in from a pharmacy at the corner, with a 2024 blue-gray Lincoln in the lot — described a white male about 5-foot-6 to 5-foot-7, roughly 150 pounds, with what the caller thought was “a .22” rather than a shotgun.

Officers held the air for a senior car and worked the area, pressing westbound on Cleveland toward Arlen and up the side streets as far as Cresthaven and Oman without finding the man. A unit was sent to the pharmacy to speak directly with the complainant. The subject was later identified on dispatch as a man named Matthew Church, described as an employee at a nearby business; no weapon was recovered and no threatening actions were reported.

Wyoming County · Marsh Road · Gunfire at Fire Scene

Gunfire Reported at a Marsh Road Barn Fire Brings the Wyoming County Sheriff Out Alongside the Tankers

Fire crews fighting a working barn blaze got an added complication — a report of shots fired that pulled sheriff's deputies to the same address.

Yesterday afternoon, a working barn fire at 10986 Marsh Road in Wyoming County drew a heavy mutual-aid response of tankers, and the radio traffic carried an unusual twist: at about 3:04 PM, dispatch sent “Fire Department tankers requested to scene 10986 Marsh Road for the gunfire”. Deputies from the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office responded alongside the fire crews.

Units from Perry and surrounding companies worked the fire through the afternoon, with a squad requested back to the scene more than an hour later, around 4:15 PM. The scanner did not broadcast the source of the gunfire or any injuries before the thread went quiet.

Chautauqua County · Route 20 · Stolen Lamborghini

State Police Hunt a Brand-New Blue Lamborghini Fleeing Westbound From Dunkirk, Guided Only by a Caller Without a Working Phone

Troopers combed the Silver Creek ramps for a 2026 model that may have slipped off near Exit 59 — with no plate and only a vague direction to go on.

Yesterday at about 9:41 PM, State Police and Thruway units were chasing a thin lead on a stolen vehicle in the area of Exit 59 near Silver Creek. According to the radio traffic, a caller said the car — “a blue Lamborghini”, said to be a brand-new 2026 model — was last placed in the Silver Creek area, but she “couldn't get a better location for him because he doesn't have a working cell phone”.

A trooper headed westbound from Dunkirk and turned at the Silver Creek ramp, reporting nothing on either side and no clear direction of travel; the vehicle was believed to have come eastbound from the Erie state line and may have exited somewhere around Exit 59. Dispatch tried calling the woman back to pin down a better location. The scanner did not broadcast a recovery before the thread went quiet.

Buffalo · West Chippewa Street · Pedestrian Struck

A Woman Is Struck by a Car on West Chippewa and the Driver Flees Up Huron — Lost Even to the City Cameras

Officers chased descriptions of a black SUV, then a black Cadillac, that vanished eastbound after the hit-and-run.

Overnight at about 1:30 AM, Buffalo police rushed cars to West Chippewa and Franklin after a report that someone had been hit by a car. According to the radio traffic, a female was struck and the vehicle “took off”, with an officer reporting it “went eastbound on Huron until I lost it” near Huron and Pearl.

Descriptions shifted as the scene developed — first a black SUV, then a possible black Cadillac — all headed eastbound on Huron with no plate information, and officers could not raise the city camera room to track it live. Fire and AMR were notified and responded to the woman. The scanner did not broadcast her condition or an arrest before the thread went quiet.

Amherst · Millersport · School Bus Hit-and-Run

A Small School Bus Makes a Left, Clips a Gray Buick on the 990, and Keeps Going North on Millersport

Amherst police took the hit-and-run report with the struck Buick waiting on Millersport for officers.

Yesterday at about 3:50 PM, Amherst police took a hit-and-run report after a small school bus “made a left and struck a gray Buick and continued on northbound” as it continued northbound on Millersport. According to the radio traffic, the bus made a left before striking the Buick and did not stop.

The driver of the gray Buick was left waiting for officers in front of 4035 Millersport. The scanner did not broadcast whether the bus was located before the thread went quiet.

Buffalo · Car to Car · Weather Report

Meteorology, Buffalo PD Edition

Yesterday at 5:54 PM, with the car-to-car channel otherwise idle, one Buffalo officer keyed up to deliver the forecast in its entirety: “Well, it's fucking rainin”. No follow-up was required. The weather, as they say, speaks for itself.

Depew · Railroad Tracks · Not What It Looked Like

The Woman on the Tracks Was Just Yielding to a Deer

Yesterday evening, a caller watched a woman stand on the train tracks near the police station for a worrying half hour, and Depew officers went out to check on her. The resolution, delivered over the air, was pure Western New York: a woman named Linda, who declined to identify herself, explained she “walks on the grass next to the tracks for exercise”, and that a deer had wandered close by — so she simply stood still and waited for it to pass.

Lackawanna · FD Dispatch · Bedside Manner

Look Straight for Me: A Firefighter's Gentle Hands on a Hard Call

Yesterday at 4:49 PM, the Lackawanna fire channel caught a quiet moment of care mid-call, a crew member coaxing a patient through an eye check: “Alright, you just look straight for me, I gotta check your eyes”. Minutes later Engine 1 was on the radio asking dispatch to update AMR on a 73-year-old woman, disoriented and showing signs of a stroke — a reminder of how much tenderness rides underneath the terse traffic.

Amherst · UB Campus · A Tooth and a Crisis Line

An Unfinished Filling, a Crisis-Line Call, and a Drive Home to Regroup

Yesterday at 5:52 PM, UB campus police relayed the gentlest of welfare resolutions. A woman named Tiffany had left “obviously upset about her tooth not being finished”, and an officer who found her on the phone with Crisis Services made clear she was not going to harm herself. After a talk, she planned to drive home, re-evaluate how to get the tooth fixed, and carry on — the whole small drama of a dental appointment gone sideways, resolved curbside.

Cattaraugus County · Route 39 · Someone Will Wave You Down

Rural Navigation at Its Finest: Someone Will Wave You Down

Yesterday at 9:14 PM, a Gowanda EMS dispatcher offered an ambulance crew the kind of directions only the country can supply. For a diabetic call out on Route 39, the plan was elegantly analog: “3758 Route 39, someone will wave you down”. No house number, no cross street — just the promise of a neighbor at the roadside, which out there is often all the address you need.

Chautauqua County · LE Dispatch · Signing Off

May the Lord Love Everyone: A Dispatcher's Benediction at the Shift Change

Just after 11:04 PM, between an outgoing call and a be-on-the-lookout for a purple Hyundai weaving along Route 20, the Chautauqua dispatch channel offered a line that landed with unexpected grace: “May the Lord love everyone”. Seconds later it was back to business — all over the road, bike rack, westbound from Portland — but the blessing lingered on the air.

Amherst · Swormville

Attached Garage Fire Causes $300,000 in Damage on Wood Acres Drive

Yesterday at 9:30 PM, Amherst Fire dispatch reported an attached garage fire at 144 Wood Acres Drive, between Hearthstone Drive and Shadowwood Drive, sending Swormville and Getzville engines along with Main-Transit as the fast team.

Ellicott Creek was brought in as mutual aid with East Amherst to supply a ladder truck as the response built.

By the time the scene was cleared after 11 PM, Amherst Fire put the damage at $200,000 to the structure and $100,000 to its contents. The cause remains under investigation, with the scene left in the care of an Amherst Fire investigator and the homeowner in the care of a duty chief.

Amherst · University at Buffalo

Eleven Riders Trapped Overnight in UB Dorm Elevator

At 2:15 AM, University at Buffalo Campus Police dispatched an officer to Clements Hall on North Campus to check an elevator entrapment in the building's middle elevator on the 7th floor.

The caller told dispatch “there's 11 people inside”, a notably large number for a single elevator car.

Amherst · Reist Street

Ex-Employee's Fight With Nurse Spills Outside Amherst Rehab Facility

Yesterday at 7:33 PM, Amherst police were sent to Comprehensive Rehab at 147 Reist Street for a disturbance after a former employee showed up and tried to fight a current nurse; dispatch said the two were now outside the building, “screaming at each other”, with no report of physical contact.

Responding officers were told to look for a black female with braids, wearing a black shirt and grey pants, as they searched the area around the facility.

Tonawanda · Lincoln Park

Teen's Tooth Knocked Out in Lincoln Park Basketball-Court Punch, Attackers Flee on Bikes

Yesterday at 3:50 PM, Tonawanda police were sent to Lincoln Park near Pavilion 1 and the basketball courts for a teenager punched by another male; dispatch relayed that “he's bleeding, his tooth got knocked out” and that the people involved were already leaving.

Units were told no weapons were involved — the fight followed a dispute over a basketball game — and that the group, described as four older teens, had left on bicycles toward the 7-Eleven. The teen who called it in, identified as Eli, was described by his clothing to responding officers so he wouldn't be mistaken for one of the attackers.

Tonawanda · Delaware Road

12-Year-Old Badly Hurt Jumping Fence in Town of Tonawanda

Yesterday just before 5:00 PM, Tonawanda Town Fire dispatch put out a hot response to 69 Delaware Road, between Argonne and McKinley, after police reported a 12-year-old boy had jumped over a fence and come down with bone showing out of his thigh; dispatch added that “he's very confused”.

Twin City Ambulance crews applied a tourniquet on scene for what they described as a deep gash before continuing treatment.

Grand Island · Ransom Road

Six Evaluated After Two-Car Crash Shuts Down Grand Island's Ransom Road

Yesterday at 4:42 PM, Grand Island Fire Dispatch reported working through patient evaluations and assisting with traffic control after a two-car crash on Ransom Road, with a tow truck requested for one of the vehicles.

By 5:00 PM, crews confirmed six patients had been evaluated in all — one transported to Kenmore Mercy via Twin City Ambulance, and five signed off with medical control on scene. Ransom Road reopened and Grand Island units were back in service at 5:01 PM.

Newstead · Hiller Road

Second-Alarm Fire Threatens Propane Tanks, Smoking Silos on Hiller Road

Yesterday at 6:22 PM, Amherst Fire dispatch reported flames showing from a window near propane tanks at a structure on Hiller Road and sent Clarence to respond with a pumper and ladder, with Akron and Newstead companies already en route under a Newstead-run command.

Within about 12 minutes the incident commander upgraded the response, radioing “this is my second alarm”, as crews pulled a 2½-inch line off the rear, a ¾-inch line and a deck gun into operation.

Firefighters said “we're here to protect the propane tank” and separately reported smoke showing from two silos believed to hold livestock feed; an additional engine was sent to a hydrant at North Millgrove and Hiller to keep water flowing to the fireground.

Buffalo · Loring Avenue

Drive-Up Shooting Victim Tells Police He Was Picked Up on Loring Avenue

Just after 11:16 PM, ECMC Police radioed BPD dispatch that a drive-up gunshot patient had arrived, shot multiple times in the stomach.

Dispatch relayed that the female who dropped the victim off “picked him up on Loring”, but officers struggled to pin down an exact location along the street.

Officers described the woman as uncooperative beyond confirming the street, and tried unsuccessfully to use nearby camera coverage to narrow down whether the shooting happened east or west of Humboldt before requesting a tow for a black Chevrolet Equinox tied to the scene.

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Buffalo · Lafayette Avenue

Unresponsive 4-Year-Old Rushed by Ambulance from Lafayette Avenue

At 4:45 AM, Buffalo police dispatch alerted units to a rescue call at 1035 Lafayette Avenue for a four-year-old described as unresponsive and turning blue, directing extra patrol cars to the scene while EMS was en route.

Units arrived within about four minutes and cleared the scene; no further update on the child's condition was given over the air.

Cheektowaga · Maryvale Drive

Threats, Pushing Reported at Maryvale Drive Home; Call Marked Unfounded

Yesterday at 7:26 PM, Cheektowaga police were sent to 806 Maryvale Drive for a report of “lots of screaming, lots of yelling going on there”, after a caller said several people had shown up to threaten a resident identified as Clayton and his family. Dispatch relayed that “no weapons were displayed, but they keep reaching into their pockets”, and moments later said the confrontation appeared to be turning physical, with the two sides pushing each other.

A witness near a Suburban had raised the possibility of a weapon but told officers he had not actually seen a rifle; with no one located on scene and no witnesses beyond the original caller, the call was closed gone-on-arrival, unable to locate.

Orchard Park · Southwestern Boulevard

Car Fire Closes Southwestern Boulevard After Orchard Park Crash

Yesterday at 9:02 PM, Orchard Park Fire Dispatch toned a two-car crash on Southwestern Boulevard near Wyndham, reporting “one vehicle on fire in the middle of the road” in the middle of the road; GMS Ambulance and multiple engine, rescue and fire police units were sent to the scene.

Crews requested extrication tools and an inch-and-three-quarter hose line as the car fire burned, routing arriving units around the wreck in the center lane. The scene commander reported one patient and the fire knocked down before clearing the call.

Lewiston · North Hewitt Drive

8-Year-Old Treated for Face, Leg Injuries in Lewiston After Reported Assault

Early this morning at 4:48 AM, Niagara County Fire Dispatch sent EMS to 1013 North Hewitt Drive in Lewiston, between South Hewitt and Meta, for an eight-year-old boy with injuries to the face and legs reported to have come from an adult.

Dispatch repeated the call minutes later, describing the boy as complaining of pain in the face and legs, now detoxing from alcohol with shaking episodes, with no other critical symptoms reported and a basic life support response recommended.

Wyoming County · Warsaw

Wyoming County Deputy Calls EMS for Child Found With Neck Scratches

Yesterday at 4:41 PM, a Wyoming County Sheriff's deputy radioed from a Warsaw address asking for EMS to respond for a child found with “scratch marks on her neck”; no further detail on the child's condition or how the marks occurred was given on the air.

The deputy's radio traffic a few minutes earlier had requested a records check at the same stop, suggesting the call began as a routine welfare check before the discovery of the child's injuries prompted the request for an ambulance.

Jamestown · Barrow Street

Teen Girl in Purple Nightgown Found Wandering Jamestown Yards Before Dawn

Shortly before dawn at 6:31 AM, Jamestown police dispatch sent units to the area of 115 Barrow Street for a report of a 13-or-14-year-old girl in a purple nightgown going through yards and trying to open doors.

Officers made contact with the girl a few minutes later; dispatch relayed that a resident had spoken with her and “she stated she'll keep her inside”, and units cleared the call without further incident.