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The Latest Leelanau County Blotter & 911 Call Report

By Ticker Staff | Sept. 20, 2023

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 September 12 to September 18 call reports.

9:42am 9/12/2023 Animal Control N West-Bay Shore Dr., Huskies at the farm stands, no collars. 

11:35am 9/12/2023 MDOP Empire Twp., A shutter was pried off of the house between 3:00 and 4:00 this morning. 

1:11pm 9/12/2023 Animal Control Elmwood Twp., Small husky following contractor around.

7:12pm 9/12/2023 Animal Control Found Northport, Caller found a female husky at the church, has a pet safe tag and a blue collar.

7:36am 9/13/2023 Motor Vehicle Crash Leelanau Cty., Single vehicle vs fence. 

8:25am 9/13/2023 Animal Control Northport, A black and white husky was around the neighborhood all day. 

5:30pm 9/13/2023 Info Northport, Stop sign at intersection is not very visible and people run the stop sign all the time. 

1:47am 9/14/2023 Suspicious Incident Northport, Caller states someone just rang her doorbell from the porch.

10:21am 9/14/2023 Suspicious Incident Leelanau Cty., Says a house across the road looks like it’s been broken into.

7:43am 9/15/2023 Illegal S West-Bay Shore Dr., Asked to leave and given verbal warning.

6:57pm 9/15/2023 Motor Assist Empire Twp., Received calls about a stranded driver on one of the turnarounds. 

1:45am 9/16/2023 Suspicious Incident N Lake Leelanau Dr., Got up to cabin and heard some noises, house looks like it’s been lived in recently, sounds like someone fell in the attic. 

9:40pm 9/16/2023 Traffic Violation Leland, Escalade driving erratically going fast and swerving.

11:05am 9/17/2023 Disorderly Lake Leelanau, Caller is goose hunting. Group is together, worked out differences.

2:49pm9/17/2023 Animal Control Lost Cleveland Twp., Missing a white britney spaniel with red; wearing an orange collar.

3:15pm 9/17/2023 Animal Control W Traverse Hwy., Caller has a new black calf that got loose from farm.

5:16pm 9/17/2023 Citizen Assist Cleveland Twp., Receiving suspicious statements from family members. 

9:15am 9/18/2023 Animal Control Elmwood Twp., Grazing goat got outside of its fence.

3:58pm 9/18/2023 Traffic Stop Bad Harbor Beach, Public nudity on the beach and failure to signal in his car.

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