Amherst · Sheridan & Boulevard · Armed Subject

A Traffic Stop at Sheridan and Boulevard Explodes Into a Fight, With Word of a Gun in the Car

“I need cars now!” an Amherst officer shouted as a driver tried to run and a struggle broke out over a stop that dispatch said involved a firearm.

At 10:08 AM, Amherst officers put a vehicle on a stop at Sheridan and Boulevard, reporting multiple occupants in the car. Within minutes the stop turned: a driver tried to take off, and an officer radioed “I need cars now! More cars! Sheridan and the Boulevard” as a struggle began and the air was cleared for the fight.

One officer broadcast that “Radio is saying there's a gun in the car”, prompting a call to notify Tonawanda, with a subject reported fleeing on foot toward the Boulevard. One female was taken into custody as units flooded the intersection. The scanner did not broadcast whether the firearm was recovered before the thread closed.

East Aurora · Bowman Road · Car Into Pole

A Car Slams a Pole on Bowman Road and Leaves Two People Down on the Ground

Multiple EMS units converged on a single-vehicle crash between Clinton and Hull, with two parties reported down at the scene.

At 10:52 AM, East Aurora Fire was toned to a car-versus-pole crash at 3400 Bowman Road, between Clinton and Hull, with two parties reported down on the ground and multiple EMS units dispatched to the scene.

Crews moved in to work both patients as the response built. The scanner did not broadcast the severity of the injuries or whether anyone was transported before the thread moved on.

Buffalo · Berkshire Avenue · Death Discovery

A Forced-Entry Welfare Check on Berkshire Avenue Ends With a Body

Police and firefighters forced their way into a Berkshire Avenue home for a welfare check; what they found was a deceased person.

At 12:59 PM, Buffalo Fire sent EMS Truck 7 — later replaced by Engine 23 — to 134 Berkshire, between Park Ridge and Comstock, to assist police with a forced entry for a welfare check, with officers already on location and no fire.

The entry gave the crews their answer: the welfare check resolved to a deceased person found inside. The scanner did not broadcast a cause or any further detail before the thread closed.

Grand Island · West River Road · Fire Response

A West River Road Call Draws Grand Island Crews and Twin City Mutual Aid

Fire units and a paramedic converged on an address between Love and Fix roads for an 80-year-old man found not alert and confused.

Starting around 9:31 AM, Grand Island Fire ran a hot EMS response to 1777 West River Road, between Love Road and Fix Road, for an 80-year-old male reported not alert and confused. A paramedic was marked in off Colton and Eggert, and a fire unit — 9-7 — radioed responding at 9:34 AM as the call moved to the same stretch of West River.

Twin City mutual aid marked on location alongside the Island's own units as crews worked the address. The scanner did not broadcast the patient's condition or a transport before the thread moved on.

Amherst · Target · Welfare Check

A Welfare Concern at Target Over an Alzheimer's Patient and His Caretaker Brings Probation and Medics

An elderly man with Alzheimer's seen with a younger female at the Transit Road Target drew probation officers and a medic amid worry about his caretaker.

Around 12:03 PM, a welfare concern was raised over an elderly man with Alzheimer's seen with a younger female at the Target on Transit Road, off Niagara Falls Boulevard, with a safety worry about the alleged caretaker. Amherst PD was requested, and by 12:08 AM officers were moving on the call with probation officers and a medic notified.

The call began on an Erie County Probation channel before Amherst units picked it up. The scanner did not broadcast how the welfare check resolved before the thread moved on.

Cheektowaga · Boree Street · Stranger in the Garage

A Stranger Walks Into a Cheektowaga Garage Through an Unlocked House Door — Caught on Camera

A homeowner watched a woman in blue scrubs enter her attached garage; the mystery ended with a home-care nurse at the wrong address.

At 1:27 PM, Cheektowaga police headed to 226 Boree, on the north side between Borden and Dubonnet, after a complainant at work watched an unknown female enter her attached garage — with her house door reportedly left unlocked. Dispatch put out a description of a white woman, 30 to 40, dark hair in a bun with a head wrap, “wearing royal blue scrubs and a black sweater and she's carrying a bag”.

Officers found the woman and quickly defused it: “it sounds like a home care nurse went to the wrong house”, the registered owner of her vehicle, looking for a house number 22. The scanner left the call as a mix-up, not a break-in.

Buffalo · Deborah Lane · Missing Child

A 10-Year-Old Girl Is Reported Missing After She Never Made It to School

Buffalo police sent multiple Delta cars to Deborah Lane after a mother reported her daughter never arrived at School 37.

At 8:41 AM, a Buffalo dispatcher called for a couple of Delta cars on a missing person under 12 at 133 Deborah Lane — a 10-year-old daughter who did not make it to school. The girl was reported bound for School 37, but as the dispatcher relayed, other kids said they had “never seen her on the bus, and they do not know the bus number”.

Officers worked to pin down the basics, with no information on whether she rode a First Student or NFTA bus. Several units converged on Deborah Lane as the search spread. The scanner did not broadcast that the girl had been found before the thread moved on.

Buffalo · Fowl Play

Six Chickens and Counting Come Marching Out of a House — Before Anyone's Even Gone Inside

A Buffalo officer calls for wildlife help as the poultry census climbs on the front step.

Just before noon, a Buffalo officer keyed up with a request that stopped the channel cold: “I don't know if wildlife is available, but we got six chickens and counting coming out of this house and we haven't even gotten inside yet”. Whether the flock was a one-time count or a running tally, the officer wasn't betting on the former — and dispatch's advice was to try to give them a call.

Cheektowaga · Home Improvement

Two Men Settle Their Differences With Power Tools in the Home Depot Lot

No weapons, dispatch clarified — unless you count the tools.

Around 12:05 PM, Cheektowaga police were sent to the Home Depot in Ray Plaza for two males fighting with tools in the parking lot. The call carefully noted no weapons — descriptions provided — leaving the precise aisle of the altercation to the imagination.

Amherst · Boulevard · Retail Tour

One Name, Four Stores: Amherst Hunts an Alleged Boulevard Shopping Spree

Alta, Target, Famous Footwear, and JCPenney all reportedly on the itinerary.

At 1:03 PM, an Amherst officer rolling the Boulevard lot put a name to a run of larcenies: a person identified on dispatch as Penny Matlock, who “Looks like she's hit some other places on the boulevard here”. The officer rattled off the alleged circuit — “Alta, Target, Famous Footwear, JCPenney's” — and set off to retrace it store by store.

Hamburg · Cherchez la Babydoll

A Missing-Person Trail Leads Hamburg Dispatchers Right Back to a Place Called Babydoll

The last known sighting was yesterday, at Babydoll.

At 10:15 AM, a Hamburg unit was sent back to HQ on a missing-person complaint with a single memorable thread: the subject was last placed “at the Babydoll yesterday”. Where the trail went from Babydoll, the radio did not say.

Thruway · Exit 14 · Shoulder Stroll

A Medium Gray Dog Takes a Leisurely Stroll Down the Thruway Shoulder

With traffic or against it? The Thruway desk had questions.

At 11:24 AM, the Thruway channel fielded a report of “a medium-sized grey dog walking on the right shoulder”, near Exit 14 southbound. The desk pressed for a direction of travel; the answer came back that the caller “didn't say, just knew that it was walking on the right shoulder”, leaving the dog's itinerary, like the dog, entirely open.

Amherst · Hampton Hill

Dementia Patient Accused of Attacking Husband Outside Hampton Hill Home

Just after 9:07 AM, Amherst Police Dispatch sent a patrol unit to 164 Hampton Hill, off Sheridan Drive — initially given over the air as 164 Hamilton Drive before dispatch corrected the address a minute later — after a report that an 83-year-old woman with dementia was attacking her husband; she was said to be outside the home at the time.

A dispatcher relayed limited history to the responding unit: a couple of recent calls where the woman had wandered off during mental episodes, and a 2025 domestic incident in which the husband reported she had a psychotic episode and attacked him, with a shotgun noted as kept in an upstairs bedroom.

Amherst · Valley

Welfare Check Sought on Father After Autistic Son Alleges Chair-Throwing Threat

Just after 11:38 AM, Amherst Police Dispatch sent a unit to 4877 Valley for a welfare check after a social worker for a 12-year-old autistic child relayed that the boy said his father had threatened to throw a chair at his mother earlier in the day; the mother was said to be too afraid to go home and asked officers to check on the father.

Buffalo · Pomona Avenue

Buffalo Police Search for Missing 13-Year-Old With Mental Health Issues

Just after 10:28 AM, Buffalo police radio sent Adam 231 to 21 Pomona Avenue for a missing person — a 13-year-old girl described on the air as having mental health issues — and a second unit, Adam 321, told dispatch he would head to the same call to assist.

Hamburg · Hickory Road

Hamburg Police Answer Mental-Health Call on Hickory Road, Daughter Said to Make Suicidal Statements

Just after 12:36 PM, Hamburg Police Dispatch sent a car to 4930 Hickory Road for a mental-health call after a report that the resident's daughter was making suicidal statements; dispatch noted she had attempted suicide three weeks earlier, that no weapons were known to be involved, and that she was currently in her bedroom.

West Seneca · Seneca Street

Two Doses of Narcan Revive Woman Locked in Supercuts Bathroom

Just before noon, West Seneca Fire dispatch sent Vigilant Hose Company's EMS crew to the Supercuts at 3521 Seneca Street for a woman possibly overdosing; patrol units already on scene reported finding her locked in the bathroom, “making gurgling noises”.

Medic 266, en route from Ridge Road at the Thruway at the time of the call, was rerouted to the salon, and officers on scene gave her two doses of Narcan before the ambulance arrived.