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Police in Buffalo and Lockport are investigating alleged "swatting" incidents at some local schools.

Officers say 16-year-old Aubrey Purdy is refusing to come home since Nov. 11 and is being helped by others to stay on the run.

City of Olean police are asking for the public's help in locating 17-year-old Mackenzie Barclay who ran away from home about a week ago.

The child's name is Dakota and he has not returned home.

Olean police are asking for the public's assistance in locating a missing 12-year-old boy. Dakota is described as 5'7" tall with brown hair and brown eyes.

Items stolen include brass bells, fire hose nozzles and fire hose caps.

Police said officers retrieved surveillance footage which revealed the person who stole the Tim Hortons Summer Camp donation box also submitted a job application.

Updated: 4:42 PM EDT July 19, 2021 OLEAN, N.Y. — The Olean Police Department is asking for the publics help to locate a missing 14-year-old. Police say Jacob Carney ran away from his house on Indiana Avenue in the middle of the night Friday. Jacob was possibly seen Saturday in Olean around 11:30 a.m. According to police, he may have been heading west near McDonalds on West State Street. Jacob is said to be 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds. He has black hair and...

Updated: 12:57 PM EDT June 1, 2021 OLEAN, N.Y. — After receiving several complaints from residents, Olean Police say they will step up enforcement of illegal fireworks.  The department is reminding people that sparkling devices are the only legal fireworks in New York State, and they must be ground-based or handheld. Fireworks that go into the air and/or explode are not legal.   Under state law, illegal fireworks include " consumer fireworks which are aerial in performance a...

Young man with autism missing for almost two weeks