Breaking news - cheektowaga police
January 12, 2025
Missing: A Silver Alert has been issued for a Cheektowaga man
Paris A. Cotton, 62, was last seen on Eggert Road in Cheektowaga, just north of East Delevan Avenue. He left on foot.
The Erie County Sheriff's Office issued a Silver Alert for a local man who is missing and is reported to be suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or related cognitive disorders.
Paris A. Cotton, 62, of Cheektowaga is described as a Black man who is 5 feet, 109 pounds and has been diagnosed with dementia. He has brown eyes and was last seen wearing a brown beanie, a tan jacket with a fur collar, and blue jeans.
December 23, 2024
Do Not Leave Keys Or Fob In Your Vehicle
WKBW TV In-Depth: Can the
owners of a stolen vehicle used in a crime be held liable in a civil case?
Revised On-Street Parking Ban
With snow now in the forecast, all the municipalities in WNY are starting their parking bans to ensure the plows can do a safe and proper job.
The on-street parking ban from 1am until 6am in Cheektowaga will begin November 30th
November 2, 2024
Between 1am - 4am on Tudor Road. These two were seen in a Ring camera checking car doors. Cheektowaga Police were called. If you recognize the clothing, call 911 with a confidential lead.
If the parents of these two can't or will not keep track of their children, a court trial is the next step to keeping our streets safe.
Be sure your car and house doors are locked at all times.
Halloween 2024
Trick or Treat Time
The official time for October 31st is 6pm to 8pm. No "Beggars Night."
October 11, 2024
Tunnels to Towers Foundation kicks off construction of Cheektowaga Veterans Village
The New York City-based nonprofit organization that was founded by the family of a firefighter who died on 9/11 is poised to begin construction of an apartment complex for homeless veterans and first responders, as soon as it can bring in the bulldozers and cranes to demolish a dilapidated Cheektowaga nursing home that stands in the way on Harlem Road near Cleveland Drive.
With a fife-and-drum band playing solemn music, and a huge flag draped between two cranes – the Tunnels to Tower Foundation on Thursday announced the start of work on its new Buffalo Veterans Village.
The $12 million project will replace the former Manor Oak Skilled Nursing Facility at 3600 Harlem Road with a three-story modular building with 91 studio apartments, plus 24-hour support services like mental health support and counseling, addiction treatment, job training, benefits and education assistance and other medical care.
Buffalo News
October 8, 2024
Report of teens checking car doors around 5:50 in the afternoon in our area. They were wearing masks to avoid being identified.
Forget the COVID mask precautions – it does not apply in the outdoors.
If you see any teens walking down your street wearing a mask of any kind, call 911 immediately so Cheektowaga Police can have an opportunity to stop, question them and prevent a crime before it happens.
LOCK YOUR CAR AND HOUSE DOORS AT ALL TIMES.
Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Car break in in the area of West Cleveland Drive.
Here are the notes from the RING Neighbor post:
Found someone in my car parked in my driveway at 5:20 a.m. Cheektowaga police responded right away
Glad they responded quickly. Kudos to the CPD.
CPD SECOND TO NONE!!
I hope he is incarcerated.. Get an alarm and a dog
The police seem to respond more quickly from about 4am-6am… less going on.
August 12, 2024
Trespassing- Garbage Cans
I apologize in advance for the length of this and for the language…
At 10:10pm, my husband was in our attached garage bringing our husky inside when he heard a few deep voices of a few older teen makes (we are guessing)… immediately followed by the loudest BOOM I’ve heard in awhile.
We both rushed outside to see what exploded or if someone had crashed into our cars in the driveway and our garbage can and recycling bins had been slammed into our garage door leaving a dent in the door. Our neighbor said they heard it as well and then saw a bunch of older teens running down Cleveland Drive toward Eggert.
Police WERE called and they’ve been searching the area for awhile now but our ring camera didn’t catch any of it because a few minutes prior, a metro bus set our camera off so it won’t record or even chime for some reason for the next 5-15 minutes (the time varies on that and I can’t find a setting to change it).
Our home is set back pretty far from the street, so they had to sneak super close to our house in the pitch black, right next to our windows to do this. Even more frustrated that the camera didn’t catch it at all. (Attached are two consecutive videos and nothing in between: approximately 15 minutes apart!) Thankfully it doesn’t appear to look like there is any damage to either of our vehicles or any property stolen.
Maybe 30 minutes after the police left, we saw a group of approximately 8 teen boys walking back up from Eggert toward Harlem. Cops don’t appear to have found anyone from the scanner but we did hear the cop on the scanner who was searching the area tell the dispatcher that someone else reported that it’s been happening to them for the last two weeks.
Can anyone give us some insight here please? Has anyone else had this happen and actually caught video of them? We know it’s just a couple of trash cans and a dented garage door but the fact they were so close to our house this late at night on our property when we have two young kids is unsettling, to say the least.
Lock your vehicles and house and don’t leave any valuables outside…. Could have been much worse. Thanks in advance for any help.
August 10, 2024
Tudor Road. LOCK YOUR CAR at all times, even if you are just going into the house for a short time.
They did steal the Grey Chrysler 300 LBZ1364
If you happen to be up late at night, take a look out of your front and side windows for a few minutes. If you see anything that looks suspicious, push the alarm button on the key fob for your vehicle (if it is in your driveway) to scare these individuals away. AND CALL 911 immediately.
Do not take it upon yourself to confront these individuals. It is not worth the potential of injury to you if you get into a fight.
August 8, 2024
Burke Drive just across Kensington Avenue. Another example of the importance of making sure your car doors are locked ALL THE TIME.
Security Camera
If you would like to install a security camera on the outside of your house, there are several available on the market that are very easy to do yourself.
The one pictured is the basic RING battery powered model available online at Ring.com, Home Depot, Lowes and other stores.
You will need to have Wi-Fi in your house. Because our houses are brick, you will need to install it close to a window so the signal can reach the camera. Wi-Fi will not penetrate brick.
The only tool your will need is a masonry drill bit and mortar anchors (you can get these at Hector’s Hardware on Harlem Road or any hardware store). Everything else is included in the camera package.
You can also purchase a lawn sign to let everyone know you have video surveillance of your home. Great deterrent against crime!
As part of the setup, you will download an app to your smartphone to view the video and sign up for the recording feature on the secure Ring server. It saves the video and audio. Cost for the one camera recording feature is $3 to $5 per month.
Your house is now protected, and you can, if you give permission, share any recorded photo evidence with the Cheektowaga Police Department.
One more way we are the eyes and ears of our town’s community policing program.