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LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 12:30am on March 21st after reports of a medical emergency on 27th Street in Niagara Falls. The 15-year-old female was found unresponsive but breathing. She would not wake up when prompted by those at the scene. She only regained consciousness after the narcan was administered. According to the audio, she consumed numerous edible substances that caused her to overdose. Police and medical responded to the scen

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 2:34am on March 21st after reports of menacing with a weapon on the 600 block of 92nd Street in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller said that the neighbor was just banging on her door. He said he was having a dispute with his boyfriend. The neighbor also sent her pictures of a meat tenderizer hammer saying that the boyfriend might harm him. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the boyfriend was taken int

A Town of Tonawanda man is facing the possibility of spending decades behind bars after prosecutors say he not only took part in a fatal shooting but later returned to the scene to steal items belonging to the victim. Jamere Davis, 21, was arraigned in State Supreme Court on two counts of second-degree murder, along with robbery, criminal possession of a weapon, and tampering with physical evidence. The case stems from an incident on September 30th, 2025, inside a home on Tho

Emergency crews carried out a rescue operation in the Niagara Gorge on Saturday, March 21st after a man in his 60s suffered significant injuries in a fall and had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital. The incident began late Saturday morning when fishermen in the area discovered the injured man and notified authorities at approx. 11:20am. Initial information indicated the man had fallen down a steep embankment within the gorge. Due to the challenging terrain, multiple emergen

On Tuesday, March 24th, at 12:11pm, the Niagara County Communications Center received multiple 911 calls reporting a motor vehicle accident with a possible ejection at the intersection of Hartland Road and Slayton Settlement Road. Initial reports indicated the crash involved a passenger vehicle and a dump truck. First- arriving patrol units confirmed that the driver of the passenger vehicle had been partially ejected. EMS and Fire/Rescue personnel arrived shortly thereafter a

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 6:46pm on March 16th after reports of a domestic incident with property damage on 22nd Street in Niagara Falls. The 911 caller said that his wife smashed the windows to his vehicle with a baseball bat. She then re-entered the home. He told police that he was fearful for his safety. The reason for the domestic disturbance was not clear from the police audio. Police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 3:29pm on March 16th after reports of a violent domestic incident on Ashland Avenue in Niagara Falls. Dispatch advised that a male victim suffered a severe laceration and that he was bleeding uncontrollably. This was part of a domestic incident. Emergency medical and police responded to the scene. It is unknown if the assaulting was arrested. No further information is available at this time. These are merely

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 2:25am on March 21st after reports of a home invasion on the 40 block of 5th Avenue in North Tonawanda. The 911 caller said that a male broke into her home through a window. While doing so, he sustained injuries and was covered in blood. While on the phone with 911, the caller said that she could hear the male inside of her house. Police responded to the scene and took the male into custody. The 911 caller di

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 5:20pm on March 17th after reports of a domestic disturbance on the 200 block of Ash Street in Lockport involving a firearm. The 911 caller said that a male on location took all food out of the fridge without permission and threatened his girlfriend with a firearm earlier that morning. Dispatch advised that they were called to the same location earlier that day and the information given to officers now was no

U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two men and one woman after they illegally entered the United States from Canada.   On March 15th , U.S. Border Patrol a gents assigned to the Buffalo Station responded to an area to investigate reports of an illegal entry into the United States. Agents initially spotted a small rubber raft and one individual. Agents then discovered an adult male Irish national, an adult female from the United Kingdom, and their infant concealed behind a nea

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 3:51am on March 17th after reports of a possible self-inflicted gunshot wound on Niagara Falls Boulevard in Tonawanda. The 911 caller said his 22-year-old roommate shot himself. Dispatch then received additional information from the roommate who stated that he "shot himself in the head." Police and emergency medical responded to the scene. No further information is available at this time. These are merely all

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 8:49pm on March 21st after reports of a violent domestic incident on Walden Avenue in Buffalo at the M Hotel. The 911 caller said that a female was bit in the face during a domestic incident with a male party. Police confirmed after arriving on scene that the bleeding was uncontrolled. The female required medical treatment. The male party is believed to have been taken into custody as a result of the incident

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

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 1:06am on March 21st after reports of a possible assault and domestic incident at an animal hospital on Genesse Street in Buffalo. Dispatch was advised that there was a woman in the lobby with children who appeared visibly intoxicated. The woman stated that there was a man in the parking lot who was trying to "run her over" with a vehicle. It is unknown if the male was also trying to run over the children. Po

By: Sumit Majumdar CEO of Buffalo Biodiesel & Limited Partner of Verite Capital Partners      Following our exploration in "Farming the Future," we turn our focus to the balance sheet. For the modern dairy or beef operation an anaerobic digester is no longer just an environmental compliance tool––it is a sophisticated revenue engine. By "stacking" credits, commodities, and co-products, farmers are transforming manure management from a cost center into the farm’s most consiste

By: Sumit Majumdar President & CEO of Buffalo Biodiesel Inc. | Lead Director of Energy & Limited Partner of Verite Capital Partners      In the landscape of modern enterprise – particularly within the progressive environmental sector – the mission is often as much about social restoration as it is about ecological sustainability. My professional journey has been guided by a legacy of relentless excellence. My mother achieved the highest levels of achievement in both the medic

By: Sumit Majumdar President & CEO of Buffalo Biodiesel Inc. | Lead Director of Energy & Limited Partner of Verite Capital Partners The modern industrial landscape is defined by a high-stakes tension between the drive for automated efficiency and the preservation of human labor. For twenty years, my journey through renewable energy, technology strategy, and industrial infrastructure has been guided by a singular realization: technology is an inevitable force, but its dir

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 6:40pm on March 13th after reports of menacing with a weapon on Michigan Avenue in Niagara Falls.  The 911 caller – a black woman – told police that a while male called her a racial slur after an argument and then left in a black Yukon. He told her he was going to return with a gun.  The nature of the disagreement is unknown. Police responded to the scene. The nature of the disagreement is unknown. No further

LISTEN TO POLICE AUDIO BELOW Law enforcement received a call around 7:41pm on March 13th after reports of a domestic assault on Osborne Court in Niagara Falls.   The 911 caller said her boyfriend dragged her out of the house and all she remembers is “waking up in the middle of the road” after he “choked her.” She then ran to 7-Eleven for safety. She sustained injuries, the severity of which were not immediately clear from the audio.   Police responded to the scene. It is unkn

Fake degrees. An alleged barroom showdown over another man’s girlfriend. Bullets on the I-190. And a mysterious “HopeFundMe” fundraiser that vanished. By: Staff Reports      For those of you reading this article online who have never heard the name Dante Richardson before, congratulations—you’ve lived a peaceful life up until now.      Allow us to introduce him.      Depending on which version of Dante Richardson you happen to be listening to, he is either a Stanford-educated

A newly drafted vehicle policy from the Erie County Sheriff’s Office that allows certain deputies to use county-owned vehicles for limited personal purposes is generating debate among county officials with critics questioning whether the policy is an appropriate use of taxpayer resources.      The drafted policy, released by Erie County Sheriff John Garcia, permits designated deputies to take county vehicles home and use them for personal travel within Erie County. The propos

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz says he will once again veto any legislation that would allow 12 and 13-year-olds to hunt in Erie County under a state youth hunting program. The issue will again remain contentious between county leaders and lawmakers who support the measure.      County legislators had recently begun discussing another attempt to adopt a measure that would allow younger hunters to participate in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation