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The Latest Leelanau County Blotter & 911 Call Report

By Ticker Staff | March 13, 2024

The Leelanau Ticker is back with a look at the most alarming, offbeat, or otherwise newsworthy calls to the Leelanau Office of Emergency Management/911 dispatch. The following is excerpted from the March 5 to March 11 call reports.

12:42pm 3/5/2024 Civil Suttons Bay Twp., Neighbor is installing a fence on caller’s property. 

2:38pm 3/5/2024 Animal Control N West-Bay Shore Dr., Says her son has been keeping a dog for an individual and they won’t come and get it. Would like to speak with tribal police about their options. 

3:18pm 3/5/2024 Suspicious Person Elmwood Twp., Acquaintance was there who was upset over an unrelated relationship. Left aggressively in his truck and left tire tracks and sped about the neighborhood.

7:55pm 3/5/2024 Family Trouble Leelanau Twp., GTB got called direct asking for police to be at her house immediately. Verbal argument.

11:49am 3/6/2024 Animal Control Lake Leelanau, Found a dog in the middle of the road, black and white australian shepherd. 

8:17am 3/7/2024 911 Hangup Maple City, Male and female upset in the background, no answer on callback. Referral to CPS.

6:05pm 3/7/2024 Trespassing Elmwood Twp.,Trespassers on foot.

11:10pm 3/8/2024 Fire Vehicle Elmwood Twp., Vehicle on fire in the driveway and there are 4 other vehicles nearby. Caller advised he tried to knock on the neighbird door but no one was answering. Vehicle fully engulfed, request additional personnel. Fire knocked down. 

8:13pm 3/9/2024 MVC Rollover N West-Bay Shore Dr., Single vehicle rollover, no injuries. Vehicle is on its side, no injuries. Bingham is on scene, 22 shut down.

1:11am 3/10/2024 MIP4100 S West-Bay Shore Dr., 45-15 AND 45-20 called out checking on a vehicle that has been in the parking lot for a while. Possible MIP situation, 3 possible MIP’s.

2:32pm 3/10/2024 Suspicious Person N West-Bay Shore Dr., Small SUV at the end of the driveway with male in it. No keys in vehicle and only male occupant was in the backseat, not sure how long the vehicle has been there, caller thought it was strange and didn’t want to have further contact but thought it should be checked. 

8:20pm 3/10/2024 Suspicious Incident Leelanau Twp., Advised she thinks someone may be living in her house while they live out of state in Ohio. Caller believes that her furnace broke, which caused the pipes to freeze. Also her kids were up here after her and probably left things lying around. She did not need any response from LE. 

2:54am 3/11/2024 Domestic Leelanau Cty., Caller advised his daughter is being threatened.

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