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LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 2:43am on March 22nd after reports of a domestic disturbance and possible sexual assault on Mulberry Street in Buffalo involving a 14-year-old child. The 911 caller said that she found a male - whom she described as older with facial hair - in a room with her 14-year-old granddaughter. The grandmother told dispatch that she was not letting the man leave and that they would "jump him if he tries anything." Pol

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 7:49am on March 21st after reports of a domestic incident on Suffolk Street in Buffalo. The 911 caller - who wished to remain anonymous - said that a woman was outside screaming for help from a male party. The male was seen outside attempting to attack the woman with a burning rope and green golf club. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the male was arrested. No further information is available a

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 4:27am on March 21st after reports of an assault with a deadly weapon on Ellicott Street in Buffalo. As discussed during the dispatch call, a person with a gunshot wound showed up at Children's Hospital. The severity of his injuries was unknown at the time of the call. Police noted that the person shot was either during an exchange of gunfire during an earlier shots fired incident or that he actually shot him

Less than a year after launching a highly visible neighborhood policing initiative, the Buffalo Police Department has discontinued its Foot Patrol Integration Unit with city officials pointing to staffing limitations, overtime costs and operational challenges as the primary reasons for ending the program.      The decision was confirmed during a recent Police Oversight Committee meeting at Buffalo City Hall after Common Council Majority Leader Leah Halton-Pope questioned Inte

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 1:15am on February 22nd after reports of a medical emergency on the 200 block of Knowlton Avenue in the City of Buffalo. The 911 caller said said that she found a male party who was not breathing with an apparent gunshot wound to the head. She further told dispatch that there with a significant amount of blood. Dispatch advised the female to begin CPR. This did not occur. However, the female then exited the l

Buffalo Police officials have suspended a department captain who met in person with Officer Lance Woods hours before he was arrested and charged in the fatal shooting of his wife in Sanborn. City and police officials confirmed Wednesday that the captain – whose name has not been released – has been placed on paid suspension pending the outcome of an internal investigation. The department said the captain spoke with Woods at the D-District station on Hertel Avenue Saturday eve

An off-duty Buffalo police officer who fatally shot his wife inside their Niagara County home is now facing prosecution by the New York State Attorney General’s Office as local and state authorities continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the Valentine’s Day incident.   Lance L. Woods, 53, a Buffalo Police officer assigned as a school resource officer, has been charged with second-degree murder in connection with the death of his wife, Alexis Skoczylas, 35. Skoc

Dante Richardson, a violent felon who is currently under investigation by the Buffalo Police Department, per sources, is in the news again as there has been an update in a shooting he was involved with on January 12th. Publicly available information regarding the incident outline that Richardson and his two passengers had been driving home from a bar in Buffalo, although at this time it still remains to be seen whether Richardson was drinking himself. Investigators say that s

In 2012, a now Niagara Falls resident, then of Buffalo, was arrested and charged with multiple felonies for a home invasion that occurred in the City of Buffalo. In 2014, this man was convicted in Erie County Court of first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon after a jury trial. He is considered a violent felon under New York's penal code. The defendant was incarcerated while awaiting trial. Prosecutors alleged the home inv

Dante Richardson, a violent convicted felon who ran for Niagara County Legislature and lost in 2025, has recently been the subject of a series of investigative pieces by Niagara Action. In those articles, this publication has uncovered that Richardson's entire public image has been, at least in part (you can decide to what degree), a lie. Before diving into his betrayal of public trust while campaigning to represent the residents of Niagara Falls, below is a recap of what we

Niagara Action recently began an investigative series into failed Niagara County legislative candidate Dante Richardson who, by all accounts, is not who he holds himself to be publicly. Let’s recap what has been reported thus far:   Dante Richardson is a violent, convicted felon.   In 2014, he was convicted in Erie County Court of first-degree burglary, first-degree robbery, and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon for a violent home invasion that occurred in Buffalo

Is it a coincident the same day news breaks that a criminal investigation is ongoing by Buffalo Police into Dante Richardson that he states in an interview he is going to Houston for an unspecific amount of time? On January 14th, the Niagara Action published an article titled “Dante Richardson of Niagara Falls Under Criminal Investigation for Allegedly Defrauding Employer by Faking Education.” That article outlined a multi-facetted investigation underway by the Buffalo Police

Dante Richardson, a failed County legislative candidate and convicted felon, has recently been in the news as the victim of a shooting where he sustained two gunshot wounds to the leg while driving on the I-190 during the early morning hours of January 12th. Sources say Richardson and his two passengers were returning home from a bar, though it remains unclear whether Richardson had been drinking himself. Investigators say that somewhere between the Vulcan Street and Sheridan

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 11:30am on December 25th after reports of a domestic dispute at a parking lot along Kenmore Avenue in Buffalo. The 911 caller - a third party - said that a male party was attempting to run over a female with his vehicle in a parking lot. A physical description of the male was given along with the vehicle. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the male and/or his vehicle were located or if the female

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 9pm on December 22nd after reports of a violent domestic incident on Roesch Avenue in Buffalo involving a tool. The 911 caller said that a female attacked him with a screwdriver. The female could be heard screaming at the male. The female hit him in the head and he was bleeding. At the time of the call, the caller was still with the suspect. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the suspect was arre

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 9pm on December 11th after a request for a welfare check at an apartment on Seventh Street in the City of Buffalo. Police responded and, after confirming a deceased male in the apartment, a coroner arrived as well. Family of the deceased resident also arrived on scene. No further information is available at this time. These are merely allegations and should not be taken as fact. LISTEN TO FULL AUDIO HERE: Pro

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 9:30pm on December 11th after reports of menacing with a weapon on West Avenue in the City of Buffalo. The 911 caller and victim stated that a male in the bedroom is trying to kill her by looking at her, saying that there is a gun and knife. Dispatch noted that there are constant mental health calls from this address. Police responded to the scene. No further information is available at this time. These are m

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 12:30am on December 9th after reports of menacing with a weapon on Crowley Avenue in the City of Buffalo. The 911 caller said that a sister's boyfriend just pulled a shotgun on her. Afterward, he was laying on the couch with the shotgun on his chest. Additional information continued to come in. The caller then stated that the male is highly intoxicated and had just dragged the female down the stairs by her ha

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 4:40pm on December 8th after reports of a domestic incident on Vermont Street in the City of Buffalo involving injuries. The 911 caller initially stated that a male was punching a female. The caller then told dispatch that the female was unconscious and he was dragging her lifeless body toward the street corner. The suspect was described as a black male with dreads. Police responded to the scene. It is unknow

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 12pm on December 8th after reports of a sexual assault that occurred at a public school in the City of Buffalo. The 911 caller stated that her autistic son has been repeatedly sexually assaulted at school, located in the City of Buffalo. The two closest elementary schools are   Grabiarz Campus School 79 (PFC. William J. Grabiarz School of Excellence) and West Hertel Elementary School (PS 94). It is unknown wh