Hamburg · Southwestern Boulevard · Missing Person

A Family's AirTag Guides Deputies Tracking a Dementia Patient's Blue Camry Across County Lines Toward Ithaca

Hamburg dispatch relayed a Cattaraugus County request for a missing elderly man from Ithaca, with his daughter following a dropped Apple tag as he headed home.

Yesterday at 11:40 PM, Hamburg dispatch passed along a call from the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's office about a “missing elderly male from Ithaca — the daughter has an Apple tag”, tied to the Maplewood Estates area at 4591 Southwestern Boulevard.

The man's daughter was following an Apple tag as the search unfolded. Dispatch identified the subject on the air as Romeo Axman, driving a Toyota Camry, and earlier Southtowns traffic placed the blue 2018 Camry's AirTag ping near the Chautauqua County line as the driver, described as having dementia, appeared to be heading home. The multi-county search was still active as the window carried on.

Buffalo · Englewood Avenue · Shots Fired

A Man Kicks In a Door, Punches a Woman and Fires a Shot at Her on Englewood Avenue

Buffalo police logged a shots-fired domestic at 246 Englewood, where a boyfriend was reported to have forced his way in, struck the woman and fired once before fleeing.

Yesterday at about 4:31 PM, dispatch broadcast a shots-fired call at 246 Englewood, relaying that the “boyfriend kicked the door down, punched the female in the face, had a gun and shot at her one time and left”.

The report came secondhand from an off-site male, with the complainant — said to be the woman's father — en route to the scene. Dispatch noted it was unknown whether medical attention was needed. The scanner did not carry a report that the man had been located before the thread moved on.

Buffalo · Deerfield Street · Shooting

An 18-Year-Old Is Shot in the Leg on Deerfield Street; One Casing Recovered, Three Suspects Sought

Buffalo officers converged on Deerfield after reports of men firing a gun, then located a wounded teenager a few doors away.

Yesterday at 4:12 PM, dispatch sent cars to 161 Deerfield, where “two or three males were seen outside, shot a gun and took off”. Minutes later an officer radioed a wounded victim nearby: “126 Deerfield for a shooting — he's shot in the leg, confirmed shooting”.

Officers recovered a single casing on the sidewalk and worked camera footage to trace the group, described as three males — one in a black hoodie, one in a blue hoodie, and one in a black hoodie and black jeans. Investigators believed the men came off the 33 at Deerfield and either stayed in the surrounding neighborhoods or fled south. AMR was notified for the shooting victim, and one person was briefly detained nearby.

Hamburg · Willow Ridge · Armed Subject

A Hamburg Domestic Turns Tense as a Man With Access to Locked-Up Weapons Is Reported in the Home

A caller on Willow Ridge told police her husband needed to leave; dispatch flagged that firearms were secured in the garage and a closet.

Yesterday at about 4:22 PM, Hamburg dispatch sent two cars to a domestic at 6689 Willow Ridge, between Taylor Road and Nancy Court, where a woman said her husband needed to leave the home.

Dispatch advised responding officers that “there are weapons — they're locked up in the garage and in a closet”. The incident carried combative and autism alerts on the address. Units acknowledged the caution and responded; the scanner did not broadcast a weapon being drawn before the thread cleared.

Chautauqua County · Mackinac Road · Armed Pursuit

An Armed Passenger Fires a Shot During a Westbound Jeep Cherokee Pursuit on Mackinac Road

A pursuit lead described a tinted-window Jeep with an armed passenger and a shot fired as the vehicle ran westbound.

Yesterday at about 4:08 PM, the Cattaraugus County Sheriff's office put out a pursuit lead in the Mackinac Road area: a 2020–2021 Jeep Cherokee with tinted windows, a passenger reported to be armed, and a shot fired as the vehicle ran westbound.

The vehicle description and direction of travel were relayed to units in the area. The scanner carried no report of the Jeep being stopped or anyone struck before the thread moved on.

Jamestown · Myrtle Street · Assault in Progress

Witnesses Report a Man Dragging a Woman Down a Jamestown Street; Units Search the Myrtle Area

Jamestown dispatch sent multiple cars toward Locust at Myrtle after a caller described a woman being dragged down the road.

Yesterday at about 6:08 PM, Jamestown dispatch started units toward Locust at Myrtle, telling them “I have a white male dragging a black female down the road, we're getting more in touch now”.

As callers stayed on the line, dispatch advised the pair were now southbound on Myrtle. Officers worked the area as more information came in; the scanner did not broadcast a clear resolution before the thread moved to other business.

West Seneca · Endangered Missing

An Endangered-Missing Alert for a 14-Year-Old Spans Hamburg and West Seneca Before an Overnight Recovery Attempt

West Seneca police broadcast an endangered-missing-child alert for a teenager last dropped off from school, with matching descriptions moving across two towns.

Yesterday at about 7:05 PM, West Seneca police put out an endangered-missing alert for Eliza Whitmire, born in 2012, described with brown hair and red and purple extensions. The alert tracked with an earlier Hamburg report of a missing 14-year-old girl, brown hair with red and purple highlights, last dropped off from school.

Later in the window, Hamburg traffic noted a subject trying to pick her up and flagged her as a runaway risk. The alert carried across both towns as officers worked to locate her; the scanner did not broadcast a confirmed recovery before the window closed.

Depew · Main Street · Structure Fire

A Shed Fire on Main Street Spreads to a Fence and Garage, Racking Up an Estimated $60,000 in Damage

Depew crews caught a fully involved shed fire reaching toward exposures before knocking it down; a county investigator was called in.

Yesterday at about 5:18 PM, Depew fire and police responded to a structure fire at 42 Main Street, with a shed fully involved and flames spreading to a fence and an attached garage exposure. Lancaster Engine 5 was pulled in on mutual aid.

Crews established a water supply and knocked the fire down, then worked hotspots as a county fire investigator responded. By about 7:00 PM, damage was estimated at roughly $30,000 to the structure, $20,000 in contents and $10,000 to the fence — about $60,000 in all.

Orchard Park · One Bills Drive · Transformer Fire

A Transformer Fire at One Bills Drive Floods 911 With Security and Bystander Calls

Orchard Park crews responded to a transformer fire at the corner of One Bills Drive and Abbott Road as power flickered even at the fire dispatch center.

Yesterday at 7:34 PM, Orchard Park fire was dispatched to a transformer fire at One Bills Drive and Abbott Road, with dispatch reporting “multiple 911 calls and Bill's security calls as well”.

A dispatcher noted the outage “appears we're affected here at Dispatch as well”. Crews confirmed on location that the fire was in the transformer at the corner of One Bills Drive and Abbott, and worked with stadium security at the gate as the call was brought under control.

Amherst · University at Buffalo · Pursuit

A Vehicle Flees a UB Campus Patrol at High Speed Overnight; the Pursuit Terminates in a Lot

A UB officer reported a car that took off as the assault patrol pulled behind it, racing past the VA before the chase was called off.

Early this morning at about 1:05 AM, University at Buffalo campus police put out an information-only broadcast: the “assault patrol was just behind a vehicle that took off on them”.

The officer reported the vehicle was found on Bailey, passing the VA at a high rate of speed. Campus units terminated the pursuit rather than continue it and took up a place in a nearby lot. The scanner did not broadcast a stop or an arrest tied to the vehicle.

WNY · Aviation Radio

Thirty-Five Thousand Feet of Bedside Manner

Long-haul aviation radio is mostly numbers and headings — but yesterday at 7:23 PM, a transmission on the ARINC long-range frequency carried a calmer kind of traffic. Someone on the ground, relaying guidance to a crew mid-flight about a passenger, reported “it looks like a seizure — mostly she'll need reassurance” and advised keeping the patient “hydrated as much as possible”. Reassurance and water, passed over oceans of static: the whole first-aid kit, from a very long way off.

Cattaraugus County · Warren Road

I Smell Smoke, But I Need a Camera

A fire call at Little Valley Pies, 295 Warren Road, drew engines from three departments yesterday afternoon — and then a chief who'd seen enough of them. At about 5:01 PM, with crews rolling in, he thinned the response in a single deadpan line: “You can stand Salamanca down. Have Little Valley continue. I don't see any smoke or anything. I smell smoke, but I need a camera”. Salamanca stood down, Little Valley kept coming, and the chief waited on a thermal camera to tell him whether his nose was lying.

Buffalo · Patrol Radio

The Verdict Is In, and It's GLA

Between a rescue run and a mileage check, Buffalo's B-D channel paused yesterday at about 5:18 PM for the only question that mattered. “Did you guys make it to McDonald's or no?” came the query. The answer was swift and cryptic: “We did. It's going to be GLA”. Whatever GLA stands for on the East Side lunch circuit, it was clear enough on the air — and the matter was closed with a crisp thank-you.

Springville · Fire Control

A Bad Night, and a Kind Word Back

Not every transmission is a dispatch. Yesterday at about 6:55 PM, a voice on Springville Fire Control keyed up and offered, without preamble, “Person 5-8, I'm seriously having a bad night”. The reply was brief and warm — “That's clear, 5-8, you as well” — a small grace note on a channel built for emergencies.

Jamestown · Police Dispatch

A Brand-New Car, Priced to the Penny

Most values on a police radio come rounded off. Not this one. Yesterday at about 6:57 PM, a voice on Jamestown PD dispatch reported, with suspicious precision, “I'm on the first street with a brand new car worth $1,119.79”. Not eleven hundred. Not twelve hundred. One thousand one hundred nineteen dollars and seventy-nine cents — a figure exact enough to make you wonder who did the appraisal.

Amherst · Eggertsville · Sheridan and Alberta

Rollover Crash at Sheridan and Alberta Leaves One Car Smoking Near Whole Foods

Yesterday at 4:58 PM, Amherst Fire dispatch sent Eggertsville companies to a motor vehicle accident at Sheridan Drive and Alberta Drive, initially described as a two-car crash with one vehicle rolled over and a second car smoking.

Eggertsville 9-2 arrived to find one vehicle rolled over on the Alberta Drive side, directly in front of the Whole Foods, as Winslow Engine 1 and Amherst Aircraft 3 responded and an ambulance was routed in from Harlem Road and Westbrook Drive.

Tonawanda · Raintree Island

Uber Driver Robbed at Knifepoint Near Raintree Island Apartments

Yesterday at 9:56 PM, Tonawanda Police units were sent to the Raintree Island apartments at 53 Raintree Island after an Uber driver, parked in a black RAV4, reported that two riders — a younger white male and a younger Black male — got into his car, displayed a knife, and took about $100 in cash before running toward Building 50.

Officers described the white male as wearing a red hoodie and the Black male a black hoodie, both believed to be 18 to 20 years old, and tracked the pair on foot through the complex toward Moonwalk; no arrest was confirmed on the air before the window closed.

Cheektowaga · Buell Street

Fight Among Co-Workers Leaves Man Unconscious at Cheektowaga Holiday Inn Express

Yesterday at 10:22 PM, Cheektowaga Police were dispatched to the Holiday Inn Express at 131 Buell Street after a caller reported that a co-worker had been knocked unconscious during a fight with an intoxicated colleague; the caller said the man remained unconscious but breathing and that all parties were still on scene.

Lancaster · Bowmansville · Genesee and Main

Motorcycle Strikes House After Crash With Car at Genesee and Main in Bowmansville

Yesterday at 7:48 PM, Lancaster Fire Control redirected ambulance units to a motor vehicle accident at Genesee and Main in Bowmansville, requesting an additional ALVAC (ambulance) unit after at least one injury was reported.

Command on scene described one motorcycle and one car involved, with a total of two patients complaining of injury, and asked for the call to be formally dispatched as an injury accident.

A follow-up transmission noted that the motorcycle had struck a house near the intersection, with crews describing only minor damage that would be investigated further.

Cheektowaga · Wegmans · Threat Call

Wegmans Customer Threatens to Firebomb Store or Stab Shoppers, Cheektowaga Police Say

Just before 4:33 PM yesterday, Cheektowaga police dispatch radioed cars 8 and 11 that a nearby Wegmans had called in to report a customer who threatened to come back to the store and either firebomb it or stab people, and asked for a callback once the call was handled; no arrest or further resolution was broadcast during the window.

Cheektowaga · Airport Plaza

Child Found Sleeping Alone in Tesla Outside Airport Jewelers

Yesterday at 4:31 PM, Cheektowaga Police dispatch sent an officer to Airport Plaza to check a gray Tesla parked outside Airport Jewelers Showroom after a caller reported a child “sleeping inside the vehicle while the parents are in the business there”, with dispatch noting the parents were inside the business and repeatedly requesting a cover unit.

West Seneca · Oakwood Apartments · Domestic Dispute

Mother-Daughter Dispute at Oakwood Apartments Escalates to Broken Doors, Windows

At 3:32 PM yesterday, West Seneca police dispatch sent cars 177 and 175 on a domestic call between a mother and daughter, with the mother reporting her daughter was on scene breaking doors and trying to break windows; no weapons were involved, and the two were being kept separated.

Minutes later, dispatch sent units back to the Oakwood Apartments on Harlem Road after office staff said the woman named on the earlier card had returned to the property and was harassing residents, asking that she be removed again.

Niagara County · Maple Ridge Road · Structure Fire

Structure Fire on Maple Ridge Road Draws Mutual Aid From Medina

Just before 4:26 PM yesterday, Niagara County fire dispatch paged out a structure fire at 11100 Maple Ridge Road, between Charles and Lakewood, calling in mutual aid from Medina and shifting responding units to a dedicated tactical channel.

Earlier in the same stretch of radio traffic, dispatch had also flagged an ALS-priority ambulance call nearby for a patient with a reported change in level of consciousness, though it was not clear from the air whether the two calls were connected.

Niagara Falls · Military Road

Worker Caught in Loading-Dock Door at Military Road Wegmans, Uncontrolled Bleeding

Yesterday at 9:09 PM, Niagara County Fire dispatch sent an ALS-priority response to the Wegmans at 1577 Military Road after a 43-year-old man was caught in a door at the rear north loading dock, with dispatch reporting uncontrolled bleeding.

Wyoming County · Route 19A

74-Year-Old Found Unconscious, Not Breathing Along Route 19A

Yesterday at 4:20 PM, Wyoming County Fire dispatch sent Medic 81 to the 6900 block of Route 19A for a 74-year-old man reported unconscious and not breathing; the medic unit was responding within two minutes.

New Albion · Mosier Hollow Road

Structure Fire Forces Evacuation of New Albion Home on Mosier Hollow Road

Yesterday at 4:50 PM, Cattaraugus Fire and EMS units, along with mutual aid from Little Valley Auto and Salamanca, were dispatched to 10446 Mosier Hollow Road in New Albion for a possible structure fire after a caller reported smoke inside the residence from an unknown source; the home was being evacuated as crews responded.

A Cattaraugus chief and additional engine companies acknowledged the call and were en route within minutes, though no confirmation of an active fire or injuries was given over the air during the window.

Jamestown · Barrett Avenue · Fight

Fight Inside Barrett Avenue House Sends Subjects Running as Jamestown Police Converge

Just after 11:21 PM yesterday, Jamestown police dispatch relayed a passerby's report of a fight inside a blue house near Barrett Avenue and Crown Street.

Within two minutes an officer on scene radioed that several subjects were running south from the address, and dispatch indicated officers believed they would have a victim at the location.