Cattaraugus County · Great Valley · Child Abduction

The Search Narrows to Great Valley: a White Honda SUV With Texas Plates, Child Aboard

Minutes after the toddler was taken, deputies and fire crews tracked the suspect vehicle toward the Salamanca area along South Eaton and Andrea Lane.

By 12:37 PM, the search had moved into the South Eaton and Andrea Lane area of Great Valley, with deputies describing the suspect as a man carrying the two-year-old in a white Honda SUV bearing a Texas plate.

Deputies and Cattaraugus fire units tracked the vehicle as it appeared to head toward the Salamanca area, the response building across roughly ten minutes of radio traffic.

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Lancaster · Como Park Boulevard · Possible Overdose

Multiple Residents Found Unresponsive at a Como Park Boulevard Supportive-Housing Site

A late-morning call brought Lancaster police and an ambulance to a People Inc. building where several people were reported breathing but unresponsive, with blue lips.

At 10:54 AM, Lancaster police and ambulance crews were dispatched to 2249 Como Park Boulevard, a People Inc. supportive-housing site, for a report of multiple residents found unresponsive — breathing, but with blue lips, consistent with a possible overdose.

The nature of the call brought a sustained EMS response over roughly five minutes of traffic as crews worked to reach and assess the patients.

Cattaraugus County · Great Valley · Cardiac Arrest

CPR in Progress on a 37-Year-Old Woman in Great Valley

An ALS crew raced to Andrea Lane after a woman was found not breathing and unconscious, with bystander CPR already underway.

At 12:51 PM, Cattaraugus fire dispatch sent an ALS response to Andrea Lane in Great Valley for a 37-year-old woman reported not breathing and unconscious, with CPR already in progress.

Units answered quickly as the call ran out over several minutes, the gravity of a cardiac arrest driving the full response.

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Cattaraugus County · Little Valley · Death Investigation

Coroner Summoned to Little Valley as a Time of Death Is Declared

By mid-afternoon deputies logged a time of death and called the county coroner to the scene.

At 1:35 PM, a Cattaraugus County dispatcher logged a time of death of 1:34 PM, calling for a coroner near Little Valley.

Dispatch advised that the coroner, named on the air as Kevin O'Rourke, would be en route "as Coroner only, non-removable" — the death to be investigated before the body is moved.

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Buffalo · Clinton Street · Missing Child

Barefoot and Running Toward the Tracks: Cars Rush to Find a Seven-Year-Old off Clinton Street

A caller's grandson was seen bolting across the street toward a train line, and officers scrambled to reach the boy before he made the rails.

At 9:46 AM, a Buffalo officer in A District broke in with a missing-child report near Clinton Street: a caller's grandson was running across the street, the officer said, and "going towards a train right now."

The boy was described on the air as a white male, 7 or 8 years old, with brown hair, a navy blue shirt, black jeans and no shoes, headed toward the railroad tracks. An officer reported he was "towards the track" as cars converged on the area.

A later update indicated the child was the same boy an earlier call had placed at a nearby address, and a unit headed to a home "just to make sure everything's okay" — the search resolving as officers accounted for the boy.

Cattaraugus County · Farmersville · Mercy Flight

Three Hurt in a Two-Vehicle Crash at Route 16 and 98; Mercy Flight Launched From Two Directions

An ALS crash near the Farmersville–Franklinville line left one person with a head injury and brought a helicopter racing in.

At 8:25 AM, Cattaraugus fire and the sheriff's office responded to a two-vehicle ALS crash at Route 16 and Route 98 North, between Farmersville and Franklinville, with three patients — one with a head injury and two others being evaluated.

Mercy Flight was launched, dispatch giving an estimated 15 minutes from Olean or 25 minutes from Buffalo, and a landing zone was set up as the response built out.

Southtowns · Route 16 & 39 · T-Bone Crash

Tractor-Trailer T-Bones a Car at Route 16 and 39

A rig struck a car broadside near Yorkshire, injuring a woman and pulling in mutual-aid crews from across the Southtowns.

At 9:50 AM, East Aurora fire dispatch toned out a "tractor trailer versus car T-bone accident" at Route 16 and Route 39, with the extent of injuries initially unknown.

Mutual aid came from Yorkshire, with Sardinia 9-1 among the units responding as crews worked the broadside wreck near the county line. A woman was reported with head and arm injuries.

Cattaraugus County · Cold Spring · Water Rescue

Boater Stranded on a Shoal Unable to Reach the Water Prompts a Helicopter Rescue

A man was caught on a shoal near the Cold Spring boat launch, and crews called for an aircraft with a 20-to-25-minute ETA.

At 2:20 PM, Cattaraugus fire relayed a water-rescue call to Cold Spring near the front boat launch, for a male "stuck on a shawl [shoal] with his boat and can't get back in the water."

A chief asked for an aircraft and advised he would set the landing zone once an ETA came back; dispatch reported a helicopter out of Batavia roughly 20 to 25 minutes out, to meet crews at the Bertram Chafee landing zone.

Cheektowaga · Broadway Motel · Coffee Caper

The Great Broadway Motel Coffee Toss, Lost in Translation

At 7:20 AM, an officer pulling up to the Broadway Motel at 3895 Broadway tried to make sense of a thin report: "There was a language barrier. I guess a customer threw a coffee at one of the employees." The alleged coffee-flinger had been gone for 40 minutes — leaving behind only a description and a cooling cup of mystery.

Cheektowaga · Mercy Mission

An Officer's Deadpan Act of Mercy Steals the Channel

Amid a busy noon hour of welfare checks and bus-stop troubles, a Cheektowaga unit cut through the chatter at 12:30 PM with the day's gentlest grim line: "Yeah, this little guy's sick. I'm gonna put him out of his misery." No further elaboration followed — leaving the rest of the channel to picture whatever small, suffering creature had just met its end on a city patrol.

WNY · Limo Line · Deer Detail

The Limo Dispatch That Went Looking for a Deer, on Foot

A channel built for shuttle runs and pickups took an unexpected turn into the wild at 10:11 AM, when a BuffaloLimo voice reported: "We look for that deer on foot and check what's behind the address there, but we're not able to locate him. We'll report if someone finds him." The deer, it seems, had better getaway instincts than any fare.

Chautauqua County · A Tender Sign-Off

"I Love You, Ma'am": A Dispatcher's Sign-Off to a Frightened Patient

As an ALS crew rolled toward a 79-year-old woman with chest pain just after 11:00 AM, a Chautauqua dispatcher closed the call the way you'd close one with family: "I love you, ma'am." A small, human grace note on a morning otherwise thick with the business of getting help to people as fast as the radio allows.

Evans · Millersport · Hallway Mystery

A School Hallway Whodunit With No Cameras and No Culprit

At 12:20 PM, Evans police logged one of those calls no officer signs up for: "Students picked up what appeared to be human fecal matter in the hallway of Millersport." There were, the report dutifully noted, no cameras in the area — leaving the case of the hallway deposit destined, in all likelihood, for the cold file.

Tonawanda · Mount St. Mary School · Gas Alarm

Carbon Monoxide Alarm Evacuates Tonawanda's Mount St. Mary School, Readings Keep Climbing Into Late Morning

At 10:05 AM, Tonawanda Town Fire dispatch sent Brighton units on an Area 2 still alarm to 3756 Delaware Avenue, Mount St. Mary School, after a carbon monoxide detector activation in zone 122's hallway near the pump room; the school was evacuated at the time of dispatch. A chief on scene confirmed the alert had come in from the building's alarm company and said staff were “going to be evacuating, just as a precaution” as a precaution.

By late morning, radio traffic on the department's Channel 2 — apparently a continuation of the same response, based on the overlapping time and location references — showed readings still climbing: a crew member radioed that the number had “gone up from 34 on the third floor” on the third floor, and the incident commander ordered firefighters to go door to door on the building's residential side, asking occupants to open their windows to self-ventilate the floor.

Buffalo · Amherst Street · Assault Suspect Sought

Buffalo Police Put Out BOLO for Assault Suspect Last Seen Near Amherst Street Burger King

Just before 10:20 AM, Buffalo police radio put out a pickup for a man identified on dispatch as Dajon Benton, wanted in connection with an assault, describing him as wearing brown sweatpants, a green pullover with a blue vest, a black facemask and white-and-gray Puma sneakers.

Dispatchers said the victim reported Benton had just been near the Burger King at Amherst and Grant, asking for any cars in the area to look for him; a fuller description broadcast minutes later added his date of birth and a fanny pack.

Cheektowaga · Buhl Road · Missing Juvenile

Cheektowaga Officers Sent to Check Hotel Workout Room for Missing Buffalo Teen

Just after 1:15 PM, Cheektowaga police dispatch sent a car to the Holiday Inn Express at 131 Buhl Road[*] to check for a missing 15-year-old from Buffalo, after dispatch noted the boy's mother hadn't been able to get much information out of him directly.

The boy had sent his mother a photo of himself in the hotel's workout room, which is what prompted the request to check the property; the assigned car acknowledged and was sent to the scene.

Cheektowaga · Genesee Street · Disturbance Call

Report of Man Dragging Woman Toward School Near Genesee Street McDonald's Sends Cheektowaga Units Searching

At 7:08 AM, Cheektowaga police dispatch sent units to check the area around the McDonald's on Genesee Street after a caller phoned in from the drive-through to report a man dragging a woman — described as wearing pink pants — toward a nearby school. Dispatch noted the call might actually concern the property next door rather than the school itself, since the caller had only overheard the encounter through the drive-thru window.

While officers checked the area for the pair, dispatch separately asked a car to head inside the McDonald's itself for an unrelated customer refusing to leave; no further update on the original report came over the air in the window.

Hamburg · Highland Parkway · Suspicious Vehicle

Hamburg Resident Reports Black Sedan Watching Home for More Than a Week on Highland Parkway

Hamburg police were sent just after 1:23 PM to 4289 Highland Parkway, off South Park Avenue, for a report dispatch described as a possible peeping-tom complaint: a black sedan the resident said had been parked in front of the house for roughly seven to ten days.

West Seneca · 29th Avenue · Multi-Vehicle Crash

Driver Swerves Onto Lawn as West Seneca Crash Claims a Fire Rig

Just after 7:45 AM, West Seneca police dispatch walked through a three-vehicle crash near 29th Avenue, noting that one driver had swerved to avoid the initial collision and “went through a median and onto someone's lawn”, leaving him with minor damage to his own car but no need for a tow.

Dispatch then confirmed a second vehicle involved had struck a responding fire apparatus, identified over the air only as South Line 93, and spent several minutes sorting out driver information for both vehicles as units worked to reopen the road to traffic.

Niagara County · Lake Road · Forklift Rescue

Worker Freed From Under Forklift on Lake Road Moments Before Rescue Crews Arrive

Niagara County fire dispatch radioed just after 11:10 AM that a worker who had been trapped under a forklift at 7725 Lake Road was no longer pinned, with Fire Control clearing the primary channel and moving coordination to a tactical frequency as crews closed in.

A mutual-aid unit, AMOS 24, was sent to the address to assist, arriving after the worker had already freed himself or been freed by coworkers.

Randolph · Town Court · Welfare Check

Deputies Sent to Randolph Town Court After Caller Reports Young Woman Crying on Bridge Railing

At 8:43 AM, Cattaraugus County sheriff's dispatch sent a deputy to the area of Randolph Town Court for a welfare check after a caller reported seeing a woman in her late teens or early 20s — wearing a black shirt and jeans — sitting on the far side of a bridge railing nearby and crying.

Chautauqua County · Shumla Road · Aggressive Pursuit

Two Women in Honda Civic Brake-Check, Chase Driver Fleeing Toward Her Shumla Road Home

Shortly after 8:39 AM, Chautauqua County dispatch sent a deputy back up to Route 60 to watch for a gray, four-door Honda Civic coming south from the Leona area, after a caller said its two occupants had jumped out at a stop sign to bang on her car windows, then pulled in front of her and began brake-checking her the rest of the way.

The caller, who lives on Shumla Road[*] [heard: Shumler Road], told dispatch she didn't want to pull into her own driveway with the Civic still on her bumper and was advised to keep going toward Bard Road to meet a deputy instead; the suspect vehicle peeled off onto Burnham Road before that meeting could happen. Responding units later confirmed two women had been inside the car, with one deputy radioing that they had “came right up to our vehicle window”, and checked the Tim Horton's lot near Route 16 without turning it up again.

Olean · Middle School · Runaway Located

Olean Officers Track Down 12-Year-Old Who Ran From Middle School Along the Railroad Tracks

Just after 1:22 PM, Olean police dispatch put out a locate for a runaway from the middle school, a 12-year-old identified on the air as Desiree Alice and described as wearing red shoes, gray sweatpants and a tan hoodie. Officers fanned out, and within a few minutes one spotted her heading north on North 4th Street, running alongside the railroad tracks before she cut behind houses near Maple and out of view.

By 1:27 PM, the officer said he would call the girl's guardian directly, noting there were no threats involved and that she appeared to be heading toward Brookview.