Buffalo · Fleming Street · Home Invasion

Four Men Kick in a Back Door, Point a Gun at a Mother and Flee in a Black Lincoln Tracked Across the East Side

Buffalo police put out a home-invasion call at 35 Fleming after a caller said two men pointed a gun at his mother and took off; the suspect vehicle was tracked from Babcock toward Seneca.

Yesterday at 3:59 PM, Buffalo police dispatch broadcast a home invasion at 35 Fleming. A female caller reported that men — described on the air as two Black males and two white males — had kicked in the back door, “pointed a gun at his mom”, stolen items from the house and taken off in a black Lincoln.

Responding cars were quickly told the scene was “long gone”, with no plate yet in hand. Over the following minutes units worked the suspect vehicle across the East Side, tracking a black sedan reported moving northbound from Babcock toward Seneca as the complainant's phone pinged the area. The call carried the clipped, fast rhythm of officers chasing a vehicle that already had a head start.

Lackawanna · Sterns · Armed Subjects

Two People Are Reportedly Held Against Their Will by Six or Seven Armed Men on Sterns, a Caller Menaced Before Getting Out

Lackawanna police were dispatched to 89 Sterns on a report that multiple armed men were holding two people against their will, with a caller saying he was menaced before leaving.

Yesterday evening, at 7:19 PM, Lackawanna police were dispatched to 89 Sterns for a report of armed subjects. According to dispatch, two parties were allegedly being held against their will by six to seven men with guns, and the caller had been menaced before he was able to leave.

The traffic described a volatile scene with multiple suspects and weapons reported, and officers moved in with the limited, secondhand picture that such calls tend to arrive with — the account coming from someone who had already gotten clear of the address.

Buffalo · Missing Juvenile

A Father Reports His 14-Year-Old Son Elijah Finchner Missing, No Contact in Three Weeks

Buffalo officers met with a complainant who said he had not heard from his teenage son, identified on dispatch as Elijah Finchner, in three weeks.

Yesterday at 6:16 PM, Buffalo police took a missing-person report for a 14-year-old boy, identified on dispatch as Elijah Finchner, whose father said he had not heard from him in three weeks.

Officers put themselves on the scene to speak with the family. The three-week gap in contact made it the kind of report that moves from a parent's worry into an active juvenile case, with officers taking down the particulars at the address.

Tonawanda · Argon Drive · Child Struck

A Child Struck by a Vehicle on Argon Drive Is Found Sitting Against a Tree

Tonawanda fire dispatch sent EMS to Argon Drive between Delaware Road and Martinville for a child struck by a vehicle, injuries unknown.

Yesterday at 3:35 PM, Tonawanda Town fire dispatch sent an EMS response to 59 Argon Drive, between Delaware Road and Martinville, for a child that had been struck by a vehicle, with injuries unknown at the time of the call.

Dispatch repeated the particulars twice as units got moving — “a child that was struck by a vehicle, unknown on injury” — and relayed that the child was sitting against a tree. A Mercy ambulance unit was requested and a county unit cleared the run shortly after, the kind of fast, frightening report that a struck-child call sets off before responders can confirm how badly anyone is hurt.

Tonawanda · Hawthorne · Manhunt

A Masked Man on a White Bike Sends a Perimeter Search Spilling From Tonawanda Toward Amherst and Kenmore

Tonawanda police set a perimeter around Hawthorne and Kenmore Avenue chasing a masked male on foot, pulling in Amherst and Kenmore units.

Yesterday at 5:16 PM, Tonawanda police patrols broke off to assist a foot chase of a man described as a white male with black hair, green shoes and a black mask — possibly a black hoodie, not yet confirmed — running from the Kenmore Avenue area onto Hawthorne. Officers noted he had been “rolling with the white bike”.

Units set a perimeter between Hawthorne, Kenmore and Ford, with cars calling in from Englewood, Sheridan and Kenmore Avenue, and the search drawing in Amherst and Kenmore officers along the municipal seam. Dispatch repeated the description and positioned cars as the subject was reported last in the area of Hawthorne.

Amherst · Parkway · Medical

A Woman Is Found Struggling to Breathe on Parkway, With a Report of a Man Suffocating Her With a Pillow

Amherst police and fire responded to the Parkway area late last night for a 35-year-old woman having trouble breathing and acting strange, with a caller reporting the male half had been suffocating her; she was taken to ECMC.

Late last night, at 10:16 PM, Amherst police and fire were dispatched to the Parkway area for a 35-year-old woman reported to be having trouble breathing and acting strange. According to the report relayed on dispatch, the male half of the situation had been suffocating her with a pillow.

The call drew both a police and a fire/EMS response as crews worked the scene. The woman was transported to ECMC. The traffic carried the mixed character of a medical emergency and a possible assault, with units responding to both at once.

East Aurora · East Holland Road · Cardiac Arrest

A 62-Year-Old Who Fell 13 Stairs Codes in East Aurora, Mercy Flight Put on Standby

East Aurora fire dispatch sent crews to East Holland Road for a man who fell down a full flight unresponsive; the patient began coding and Mercy Flight was placed on standby before he was flown out.

Yesterday at 9:05 PM, East Aurora fire dispatch sent an EMS response to 9916 East Holland Road, on the west side between Vermont Hill and Ward Road, for a 62-year-old man who had fallen down the stairs and was not responsive but breathing. Minutes later dispatch updated that the caller reported snoring sounds — and that the man had fallen “down 13 stairs”.

The run climbed quickly: over the next half hour dispatch reported the patient unresponsive with possible aspiration, then coding, with Mercy Flight placed on standby, before the patient began to respond and was taken by Holland's ambulance to ECMC with all other units clearing. It was the hardest medical call of the Southtowns night.

Airport · Shuttle Dispatch · Idle Hands

“They Left It Running”: An Airport Shuttle Driver Meets a Car That Kept Its Engine On

A parking-shuttle driver's exasperation becomes the afternoon's small comedy over at the airport.

Yesterday at 3:02 PM, over the airport parking-shuttle channel, a driver came across a vehicle nobody had bothered to switch off. “They left it running. You've got to be kidding me”, he radioed, before adding that he'd “saw the lights on, hoping the door was open”. A moment later he noted there was a car at the gate and he was going to talk to Al — “before I hand it to our rivals.” The small human weather of a working parking lot, caught on the air.

Airport · Ramp Ops · Ghost Rider

A Ramp Driver Phones In a Black Jeep Driving Itself — “No Body. It's On.”

A baffled transmission from the airport ramp reports a vehicle in motion with nobody at the wheel.

Yesterday at 5:25 PM, an airport ramp driver keyed up with a report that read like the opening of a ghost story. “There's a black Jeep. It's driving on it with no body. It's on”, the voice said, from shelter 101. The only reply: “That is a copy, Debbie” A driverless Jeep, apparently running and in motion, and a dispatcher taking it in stride.

Springville · Fire Control · Pink Slip

“Hey, I've Been Fired. Thank You.”: A Southtowns Sign-Off for the Ages

A deadpan radio line from Springville fire control that could go either way.

Yesterday at 5:05 PM, Springville fire control produced the kind of one-liner that makes the whole channel pause. “Hey, I've been fired. Thank you”, came the transmission, followed by a brisk pivot to housekeeping about bike recorders. Whether a wry comment on the shift or something more literal, it landed as the overnight's most quotable four words.

Cattaraugus · Mill Street Bridge · Rubber Burner

Up in Smoke: A Man Under the Mill Street Bridge Burns the Park's Own Rubber Mats

Cattaraugus County fire asks for a trooper after a report of mats pulled from a park and set alight beneath a bridge.

Yesterday at 6:51 PM, Cattaraugus County fire asked for an officer or a trooper to head down to the bridge on Mill Street, where, as the transmission put it, “the homeless person underneath there is burning rubber mats he took out of the park”. A small blaze of someone else's property, requiring a badge rather than a hose.

Olean · Dispatch · Egg-static

“Daaarrrr!”: An Olean Dispatcher Reacts to a Juvenile Egg-Throwing Caper

Eggs fly into a stadium, and the dispatch channel supplies the sound effects.

Over the evening in Olean, dispatchers chased down juveniles pelting a stadium with eggs from the street — and the channel could not keep a straight face about it. One emphatic “Daaarrrr” greeted the egg-throwing confession; later, as crews dealt with the confiscated cartons, a weary “Daaamn” said the rest. The city's smallest crime wave, scored for radio.

Buffalo · Main & Genesee · Stabbing

Stabbing Victim Walks Into St. Joe's After Main Street Restaurant Attack

Yesterday at 7:29 PM, Buffalo police radioed cars to St. Joseph's Hospital after a stabbing victim walked in, reporting the attack had happened at a restaurant near Main and Genesee streets.

Dispatch assigned Bravo 432 to handle the stabbing directly, telling other responding cars to disregard, while a separate unit was sent to canvass the Main Street area for a crime scene.

Buffalo · Abbott Street · Gun Incident

Complainant Says Gunman Confronted Him on Abbott Street, Then Went Back Inside

Yesterday at 8:37 PM, Buffalo police learned that a man identified on the radio as Andrew, waiting in Mercy Hospital's emergency room, reported an unknown male had pulled a gun on him roughly 30 to 40 minutes earlier at 317 Abbott Street.

Dispatch said the complainant kept insisting he was going back to the house himself and was told to wait for police at the hospital instead, while the suspect was last seen returning into the Abbott Street address.

Buffalo · West Ferry Street · Machete Threat

Machete Threat Leaves Woman With Deep Hand Lacerations on West Ferry

Yesterday at 7:42 PM, Buffalo Police sent units to 484 West Ferry Street after a caller reported a woman armed with a machete was threatening to kill another woman.

Officers found the victim with deep lacerations to her hand and called for an ambulance; she told police the stabbing had actually happened elsewhere, in Cheektowaga.

Cheektowaga · Union Road · Assault

Man in Gray Sweater Accused of Beating Multiple People Outside Airport Plaza Dollar General

Yesterday at 3:22 PM, Cheektowaga Police dispatch sent a car to the Dollar General at Airport Plaza, 4190 Union Road, after two 911 callers reported a black male in a dark cap and gray sweater beating up two people outside the store. One caller said he intervened and was beaten as well before the man fled on foot, last seen headed toward Route 33.

Dispatch said two victims remained outside the store and a third was reported inside, and called for an AMR ambulance as officers responded.

Cheektowaga · Domestic Incident

Domestic Dispute Escalates to Tire Stabbing at Cheektowaga Apartment

Yesterday at 4:27 PM, Cheektowaga Police were sent to 53 Linda, Apartment 2, after a domestic argument escalated when the suspect produced a knife, threatened the complainant, then stabbed the complainant's tire and fled.

Officers described the suspect as a Black female wearing black sweatpants and a sports bra; she was later located, advised to leave the property, and issued a lifetime trespass notice.

East Aurora · Winona Road · Gas Leak Investigation

Gas Odor Prompts Evacuation at East Aurora Home on Winona Road

Yesterday at 3:03 PM, East Aurora Fire Dispatch sent crews to investigate the smell of natural gas in and outside 90 Winona Road, between Seneca and Queensway, and evacuated nearby residents as a precaution.

National Fuel was notified, Mercy Flight was placed on standby and then released, and additional companies including Springbrook 9 arrived to assist before East Aurora's engine reported on location.

Niagara County · St. Johnsburg · Working Fire

Overnight House Fire Spreads to Second Home, FAST Team and Air Support Called

At 4:03 AM, Niagara County Fire Control dispatched the Adams and St. Johnsburg companies to a reported residential structure fire at 3761 Collin Court, between Sage Court and Spice Creek, after the initial call described flames starting on the back porch; dispatchers said evacuations were already underway as additional neighbors called in reporting the same fire.

By 4:08 AM, with the fire spreading to a second residence, Fire Control upgraded the response to a special structure fire, paging North Tonawanda's FAST team and requesting fire equipment from the Niagara Falls Air Base while calling in all available manpower from surrounding companies.

Minutes later, dispatch described the original house as fully involved as units worked the second structure, with county car numbers 32, 32A and 322 repeating the address over the air.

Silver Springs · Route 19 · Hit-and-Run

Hit-and-Run Driver With Heavy Front-End Damage Flees Toward Warsaw

Yesterday at 4:57 PM, Wyoming County Sheriff's dispatchers relayed a report of an unreported traffic accident in Silver Springs, with a large amount of debris found near Cummins and Church Street.

A second caller reported a car speeding toward Warsaw with heavy front-end damage, driving erratically before pulling over near Route 19 and Batten Road; deputies put out a lookout for the vehicle entering the village from Rockland on Route 19.

Livingston County · Medical Mutual Aid

Elderly Nursing Home Patient's Breathing Trouble Draws Rare ALS Flight Response

Just after 3:22 AM, Wyoming County Fire dispatch paged a request for mutual aid into neighboring Livingston County, sending the call to the Livingston County CNR nursing facility at 11 Murray Hill Drive for a 97-year-old man in the Lilac Unit having difficulty breathing.

Minutes later, dispatch noted that an ALS flight crew already had a card out on the call and was likely on scene, suggesting the patient's condition had drawn an elevated air-ambulance response rather than a routine ground transport.

New Albion · Little Valley Road · Domestic Incident

Deputies Sent to New Albion Domestic After Days-Old Suicide Threat, Firearms in Home

At 1:21 AM, Cattaraugus County Sheriff's dispatch sent deputies to 9794 Little Valley Road in New Albion, near the intersection with Mayo Road, for a husband-and-wife domestic described as verbal only, with both parties standing outside the home. Dispatch flagged that the woman had told her daughter a few days earlier that she was going to kill herself, and that firearms and a safe were inside the residence.

Dispatch then radioed a nearby unit for help on the call; tied up on a traffic stop in the Town of Evans, the unit said it would start that way.