The Latest Leelanau County Blotter & 911 Call Report

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 May 6 to May 11 call reports.

3:14pm 5/6/2025 Suspicious Vehicle Leelanau Twp., Caller is out of town and there has been a dark grey jeep in his long driveway at various points.

6:04pm 5/6/2025 Animal Control Leelanau Twp., Thinks a cat and dog have been abandoned in a garage at this residence and she is sure that it is a seasonal home. It appears that there is a recording on loop that has animal noises.

4:48am 5/7/2025 Suspicious Person W Front, Caller works at a business, there is a male with a suitcase, looks like he's trying to hide from the caller. Male is trying to get back to Mississippi. 

9:10am 5/8/2025 Fraud Leelanau Twp., Someone is trying to pose as him and attempting to sell a piece of vacant property. Would like to speak with law enforcement about options. 

12:10pm 5/8/2025 Citizen Assist Empire Twp., Believes his ex has forged documents to alter a vehicle registration and he just received a parking citation for the vehicle. Would like to know his options. 

1:03pm 5/8/2025 Suspicious Person Northport, Man on a fat tire bike was riding his bike around her car while working at the marina. Made her very uncomfortable. 

3:46pm 5/8/2025 Suspicious Incident Lake Leelanau, Someone got into house and out buildings.

7:25am 5/9/2025 Animal Control Suttons Bay Twp., Loose male pitbull with collars but no tags. 

8:47am 5/9/2025 Assist Dept Suttons Bay Twp., Cherryland electric has a customer who doesn’t want them to come change his meter but they need to. Would like a deputy to go with and if he won't cooperate they will need to shut off his power. Cherryland completed what they needed, no issues. 

10:39am 5/10/2025 Found Property Bingham Twp., Caller found a black colt pistol on the ground when she was walking. 

11:16am 5/10/2025 Citizen Assist Leelanau Cty., Caller has a strange acting raccoon in her yard.

4:15pm 5/10/2025 Harassment Suttons Bay Twp., Caller reporting another incident of stalking/harassment.

1:31pm 5/11/2025 Motor Vehicle Crash Leelanau Cty., Car through the neighbor's garage. No injuries, heavy damage to garage. 

10:22pm 5/11/2025 Suspicious Incident Suttons Bay Twp., Caller is reporting that an individual is having a very loud conversation with an “imaginary being” in the alley. Has been doing this for several days.