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 June 23 to June 28 call reports.

4:03pm 6/23/2026 Suspicious Incident Glen Arbor Twp., Found some bones on the beach. 

3:05am 6/24/2026 Citizen Assist Leelanau Twp., Caller hears animal sounds outside the tent and hears garbage being picked apart. 

10:15am 6/24/2026 VCSA Suttons Bay Twp., Received a tip that there are cannabis plants being grown on the north side of the building.

7:46pm 6/25/2026 Traffic Violation Cedar, Caller is reporting the driver of a full sized red pickup slammed on his brakes at the intersection then blew his horn and was chasing down a blue Subaru.

12:36am 6/26/2026 Noise Centerville Twp., Air b&b having a group of men causing a ruckus.

8:41am 6/26/2026 MDOP Leelanau Cty., Subject is stuffing something down water valve after opening it. Inspected, no apparent evidence to suggest subject was trying something nefarious. 

9:54am 6/26/2026 Traffic Violation S West-Bay Shore Dr., Says a large group of bicyclists are all over the road, including riding in the oncoming lane.

1:32pm 6/26/2026 Suspicious Incident Leland Twp., Suspicious activity noticed when a vehicle arrived, two persons got out and started looking around and peeking in windows.

1:19am 6/27/2026 Fireworks Leland, Someone shooting off fireworks for about 5-10 minutes. Saw 3 juveniles running towards the beach. Upon arrival found one of the juveniles laying in the tall grass. 

3:33am 6/28/2026 OWI Leland Twp., Black Volvo in the water, female doesn’t know exactly where she is. States she went off the road from a paved road.

4:52pm 6/28/2026 Suspicious Incident Lake Leelanau, Caller with grandkids, child caught a fish and a strange man came up and took a bunch of photos and she thought it was odd.