Buffalo · Connecticut Street · Luring Report

Two School-Aged Girls Run Into a Connecticut Street Store Saying a Man Tried to Lure Them Around the Corner

Late Tuesday morning, two young girls told a shopkeeper on Connecticut Street that an unknown man had approached them nearby; Buffalo units were sent to find out more.

At about 11:43 AM, a Buffalo dispatcher sent cars to 380 Connecticut after two school-aged girls came into the store and reported an unknown male. As dispatch put it, “two school-aged females came into the store and they said that there was an unknown male”, with the store owner having no further information and the girls saying it had happened around the corner.

Officers arrived and were with the two girls at the store as the call stayed open. The scanner traffic did not establish whether anyone was identified or located before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Maryland Street · Child Abuse Investigation

A Three-Year-Old's Injury Brings SVU to a Maryland Street Sexual-Offense Call

Around midday, a Buffalo officer called for backup on a sexual-offense report at a Maryland Street address, raising the Special Victims Unit on the air.

At about 12:39 PM, a Buffalo officer radioed in for a car on a sexual-offense call at 150 Maryland, describing a three-year-old girl with an injury consistent with abuse. Dispatch sent a unit to ride with the responding officer to the address.

Within minutes the officer asked to raise the Special Victims Unit, switching the case to a separate channel, and then reached out to the Child Abuse Unit as the investigation opened. The scanner traffic carried the case as an active investigation and established no further detail before the thread closed.

Cattaraugus County · Infant Fall

An Eight-Month-Old Falls From His Car Seat Onto Pavement and Is Rushed to UPMC With Unequal Pupils

Just after noon, a Seneca ambulance crew patched an emergency room ahead of an inbound infant who had landed on hard pavement and gone unresponsive.

At about 12:09 PM, an Alstar EMS crew patched an emergency room for an inbound eight-month-old boy. The medic reported the child had been in his car seat in a car, “he fell out and landed on the hard pavement”

The crew radioed they had no vitals on the infant, though he had stopped crying, with “pupils are rather unequal and reactive” The ambulance gave an arrival time of about five minutes to UPMC. The scanner traffic did not establish the child's condition after arrival.

Oakfield · Albion Road · Structure Fire

A Farm Fire Near Oakfield Spreads Across Three Buildings on Albion Road

Just after noon, Genesee County fire toned out a structure fire at a farm property, with multiple buildings reported involved.

At about 12:30 PM, Genesee County fire dispatch struck a structure fire at 60 Albion Road in the Oakfield area, a farm property where the initial page described smoke and multiple buildings involved, including a rear barn and a corn shop.

The response was toned as a working farm fire with several structures in play. The scanner traffic did not establish the cause or extent of damage before the thread closed.

Buffalo · Broadway · Trapped Occupants

A Tenant and Her Four-Year-Old Get Stuck in a Broadway Stairwell, Drawing an Engine Company

Early Tuesday afternoon, Buffalo Fire sent Engine 3 to a Broadway building where a mother and her young child were unable to get out of a stairwell.

At about 1:26 PM, Buffalo Fire struck a still alarm for good intent at 937 Broadway, between Wilson and Fillmore, and sent Engine 3. Dispatch relayed that the caller was a tenant, and that “she and her 4-year-old child are stuck in the stairwell between the 2nd and the 3rd floors”

The call was carried as a good-intent response to free the pair rather than any active fire. The scanner traffic did not describe a fire on scene before the thread closed.

Amherst · Sheridan Drive · Mulch Fire

A Mulch Fire Burns Into the Building Island at Bob's Discount Furniture on Sheridan Drive

Mid-afternoon, Amherst Fire was called to a landscaping fire at the Sheridan Drive furniture store that was reported pouring inside the building island.

At about 2:34 PM, Amherst Fire dispatch reported a mulch fire at 3058 Sheridan Drive, the Bob's Discount Furniture store between Niagara Falls Boulevard and Delta Road, with the fire “pouring inside the island”

Crews were dispatched on the landscaping fire at the storefront. The scanner traffic did not establish the extent of any spread into the building before the thread closed.

Aurora · Lapham Road · Cardiac Arrest

CPR Underway on Lapham Road for a 63-Year-Old Woman in Cardiac Arrest

First thing Tuesday morning, East Aurora Fire and AMR were sent to a Lapham Road home where a woman was found unresponsive and compressions were already going.

At about 7:00 AM, East Aurora Fire dispatched to 2333 Lapham Road, on the south side between Cook and Rider, for a 63-year-old woman reported unresponsive in cardiac arrest, with “the CPR is in progress”

AMR paramedic 519 and East Aurora 7-1 were sent from quarters, both reporting on location within minutes. The scanner traffic did not establish the woman's condition after the response.

Lancaster · Walden Avenue · Crash

A Two-Car Crash on Walden Avenue Leaves Five Patients to Evaluate

Mid-morning, Lancaster Fire worked a two-vehicle accident on Walden Avenue, checking five people before clearing most as sign-offs.

At about 8:21 AM, Lancaster Fire Control dispatched Town Line and Bowmansville engines to a two-vehicle accident on Walden Avenue, with several companies responding and on location within minutes.

Units on scene radioed “we've got two cars, five patients, we're evaluating all, probably going to be all sign-offs”, holding with what was already there. The responding companies were released to return or remain in service.

Cheektowaga · Pets & Paranoia

A Call From the CPAP Store, Just to Make Sure the Animals Are Okay

A Cheektowaga dispatcher, parceling out the morning's calls, offered a unit one that was pure worried-mind: a complainant phoning in “from CPAP, states she wants to make sure her animals and everyone are okay due to past break-ins” — anxious, from the shop, over creatures left at home.

Buffalo · Delaware Avenue · Wehrle Watch

The GoPro Daredevil of Delaware Avenue

A Buffalo officer phoned in a one-man stunt show rolling up Delaware northbound toward Hertel: a rider “on a red and white dirt bike going wheelie down Delaware northbound” — GoPro rolling, white helmet, gray jacket, blue jeans, black backpack, every detail of a man filming his own rap sheet.

Buffalo · A Banjo on Your Knee

With a Banjo on Your Knee, Sir

Somewhere in a stretch of routine license checks and complaints that the DMV system was down, a Buffalo officer keyed up and, apropos of nothing the radio ever explained, offered “with a banjo on your knee, sir”. The channel moved on without missing a beat.

Jamestown · Signing Off

An Ambulance Clears, Dry as Dust

No drama, no urgency — just a crew going back into service with the clipped poetry of the ten-code, radioing “10-55 will be 10-8, Millersport” and leaving the rest of us to translate it at our leisure.

Erie County · A Philosophical Aside

Why Are You Drinking the Water Up There?

Out of the ordinary hum of the county conventional channel came a single unexplained question — “why are you drinking the water up there?” — half warning, half heckle, aimed at someone the rest of the frequency could only guess at.

Amherst · Tiller Trail · Welfare Check

Neighbors Report Girl Screaming Daily Inside Tiller Trail Home

At 11:05 AM, Amherst police dispatch opened a welfare check at 7 Tiller Trail, off Leanne Way, after neighbors reported hearing a girl screaming inside the house — something dispatch said happens daily.

Amherst · Sheridan Drive · Crash

Crash in Front of Amherst Buffet Draws Fire Response on Sheridan Drive

At 12:39 PM, Amherst Fire's Main-Transit company was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident in front of the Amherst Buffet at 3175 Sheridan Drive, with dispatcher Mark Mangia confirming the call for Erie County Central.

Main-Transit units signed off the call a short time later, clearing shortly after 12:53 PM.

Amherst · Waterway Lane · E-Bike Collision

E-Bike Rider Struck by Vehicle at Waterway Lane and Tonawanda Creek Road

At 2:13 PM, Amherst Fire Dispatch sent units to the intersection of Waterway Lane and Tonawanda Creek Road for a report of an e-bike rider struck by a vehicle.

Buffalo · Hertel Avenue · Neighbor Dispute

Hertel Avenue Woman Reports Neighbor Entered Apartment With Gun

At 10:39 AM, Buffalo Police D District dispatch sent a unit to a trouble-with-neighbor call in the 8 block of Hertel Avenue, where a woman told dispatch a neighbor had come into her apartment with a gun and threatened her the day before; dispatch noted she had not called it in sooner.

Buffalo · Ontario Street · Crisis Call

Crisis Services Flags Ontario Street Man With History of Violence, Knives

At 12:56 PM, Buffalo Police dispatch relayed a request from a crisis center for assistance at 238 Ontario Street, Apartment 2, describing the man there as “a male has violent history known to carry knives”.

A unit was sent to the address, but when dispatch tried a callback a few minutes later to follow up, there was no answer.

Buffalo · Linwood Avenue · Death Investigation

Woman Found Dead at Linwood Avenue Address, Property Manager Reports

At 1:41 PM, a Buffalo police unit was sent to 33 Linwood Avenue after a property manager reported finding a woman who had died; officers confirmed the death on arrival and logged it as a DOA.

Buffalo · Millison · Domestic Violence Call

Neighbor's Call Reports Domestic Assault, Child Trapped Inside Buffalo Home

At 7:35 AM, Buffalo police dispatch sent an E District unit to 283 Millison after a neighbor reported a domestic dispute inside. The caller said the woman inside appeared to have facial injuries and that her boyfriend would not let her leave the house, with a child also reported inside.

Buffalo · Schools · Student Safety Concern

Buffalo School Resource Officer Sent to Review 6-Year-Old's List of Students to Harm

At 12:05 PM, Buffalo police dispatch sent a school resource officer, designated SR-1, to meet with a staff member about a student dispatch described as 6 years old. Dispatch said the child had compiled “a list of people who she would like to harm”, that the situation involved concerns about sexual abuse among the students named, and that the child had also been viewing inappropriate sexual content online and writing notes about harming her.

Cheektowaga · Welfare Check

Cheektowaga Welfare Check Finds Man Down Two Days With Brain Injury

At 1:17 PM, Cheektowaga police sent a patrol unit to check on a man at a Cheektowaga address identified only as No. 32, between Seton and Hughes, after a caller filed what dispatch logged as an adult-protective complaint: “the subject's been on the floor for two days and has TBI, has not been bathing or showering”.

Genesee County · East Main Road · Propane Leak

Genesee County Fire Crews Respond to Propane Odor on East Main Road

At 11:17 AM, Genesee County Fire units were on scene at 8131 East Main Road, joined by a mutual-aid company dispatchers identified on the air as "Bain," after a reported propane odor at lot 26 of what appeared to be a mobile home park at that address.