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7-11 Robber's Big Gulp

2026-04-18T17:15:08-04:00

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Buffalo Police released video of their chance encounter with alleged armed robbery suspect "in the act of".

The moment suspect Dejuan Williams realizes he's not getting "7-11 robbery rich" but likely trash-canned instead.

Like, what are the chances right?

You're holding up a 7-11, clearly with the expectation of a dole large enough to retire in the Caribbean and a string of shell accounts set up to support you with. Crap luck for you, you do so at exactly the same time that two uniformed police officers with a hankering for dried out pizza under a warming lamp, approach the store.

Gulp.

If only there had been a line maybe.

Oh well. It's gunfight time then.

To be literarily correct it wasn't just the robber's big gulp. It was also the undoubtedly traumatized store clerk's who the bad guy actually shot, and that of both BPD officers whom he also shot at but thankfully missed.

This is the released body cam footage of that encounter that fits squarely into the genre category of "consequence porn" - a genre you can't actually Google without getting back a lot of frankly disturbing results - but suits this sort of context well not withstanding. For all lovers of the kind of YouTube videos where squatters get evicted; shoplifters or grifters get confronted by police or a well-reasoned citizen with a baseball bat -- that sort of thing; let's steal the label.

A lot of chaos ensued but the net result for the officers still demands praise. I imagine most armed robberies involve a cautious, strategic response in wake of a pressed panic button or a 911 call. There's observation, stationing, and some time for at least a little planning that doesn't involve the drugged-out robber panicking or blasting out of spite (which is what might have happened here - FYI the store clerk survived). To walk up on a robbery, accidently fomenting the exact unwanted conditions, yet handling it as effectively as they did, is amazing.

The suspect Dejuan Williams in this case is facing trash-can sentencing if he is proven as guilty as the video and facts as we know them suggests. Meaning, given the fact that he effectively tried to murder police officers, not to mention the store clerk; possibly carjack, and appears to be a felon on parole in the first place; he could be sentenced to life if the priority isn't given to maximizing the state budget over common sense justice and public safety consideration. The New York Inmate lookup system shows a person with the same name and age (and locale) as having served over ten years prior to being released in 2024 on parole.

Looks like they are leaning into attempted murder of a police officer charge.

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A Mix of Fire and Water

2026-04-16T07:34:11-04:00

Happy Wednesday! This response porn is of BFD units responding to reports of someone in the water at the foot of West Ferry Street (just blocks from BuffScan World Headquarters). It was posted by Buffalo Fire Department-Helmets & Hose Wagons.

These responses are actually (relatively) routine and oftentimes wind up unfounded or a non-issue by the time responding departments arrive. Still they are high energy and dramatic and you can obviously never be sure of the outcome.

More alarming - literally - was their posting of a fire also yesterday on Farmer Street.

Consequence Free Society

2026-03-23T07:57:09-04:00

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Broad daylight. A Ring Camera. An audible voice scarecrow literally telling the thief he's being recorded. A cat giving him the side eye. All not to mention an inefficient flight vehicle that makes him stand out.

And yet, he goes through with the theft anyway.

It's almost as if something about our society has conditioned people to care less about consequence.

Accidents Abound Following Late Winter Hit

2026-03-18T07:49:40-04:00

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Just one of several accidents during Tuesday morning's commute.

BuffScan roving commute reporter David Pinero, who also happens to be your BuffScan Editor-in-Chief here, captured this during his regular morning commute Tuesday morning, March 17.

The morning was rife with accidents, including a number of school bus, when winter delivered a sneak late winter punch to the Buffalo area. The roads were particularly icy.

Doing the Hokey Pokey, BuffScan Turns Around

2026-03-03T07:41:05-05:00

BuffScan ceased compilation of the daily BuffScan Pokey Report recently but didn't realize how popular it was when it comes to searchers looking for names, perhaps including their own.

Outside its value for the effort, the second thing that bothered your Editor-in-Chief about it over time was how it quickly, in the absence of any other content for the day (which is most), it quickly takes over the entire presentation. Blah.

In bringing it back, in recognition of how valued it actually is, apparently, I believe I solved the latter problem by dedicating an entire BuffScan page to it that will be regularly updated, rather than posting it on the main feed.

You can find the BuffScan Pokey Report here now. A permanent link also now appears in the right sidebar. Kinda low there under the new "Resources" header where I will be expanding that list.

As a reminder, keeping in mind that people don't web surf anymore, your phone includes a way to drop a link to a website directly on your home screen. Doing so with the BuffScan Pokey Report is a great one to do that with. Here are two YT demonstrations for doing so on either platform.

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7-11 Robber's Big Gulp

A Mix of Fire and Water

Consequence Free Society

Accidents Abound Following Late Winter Hit

Doing the Hokey Pokey, BuffScan Turns Around

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