BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A man is in custody following an incident that saw multiple agencies responding to what started as a welfare check in Depew Sunday night, Captain Rochelle Menard with the Depew Police Department told WIVB News 4.
Officers were called to a residence on Cornell Drive for a welfare check around 5 p.m.; upon arrival, they found a male outside. When officers attempted to speak to him, he fled inside the residence, then into the backyard.
Police were able to apprehend the man, at which time they noticed signs that a fire had started inside the residence. The Depew Fire Department was called to the scene to extinguish the fire…