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 October 22 to October 28 call reports.

11:01am 10/22/2024 Drive Off Maple City., Drive off happened last month. They have video and thought the customer would be back in the store.

3:23pm 10/22/2024 Info Cedar, Silver Toyota Highlander rusted out tailgate. Drives recklessly and passes on double yellow.

9:24am 10/23/2024 Citizen Assist Centerville Twp., Elderly neighbor is having checks stolen. 

6:29am 10/24/2024 Welfare Check Kasson Twp., Has called 911 four times and then said it was an accident each time, sounds upset on the phone. Everything okay. 

1:47pm 10/24/2024 Animal Control Bite Lake Leelanau, Bit by her own dog. 

6:07pm 10/24/2024 Break Enter Suttons Bay Twp., Caller is out of town. Neighbor saw a young male leave his apartment. Girlfriend went over and saw things rifled through. 

8:17pm 10/24/2024 Info Empire Twp., Caller reports that on Monday a man in a white Ford sedan stopped behind her as she was walking along the road next to Empire Beach, he was behind her for a couple minutes then moved on. When she walked back towards her house he was parked near the road, she asked if she could help him and he said no. She got out her phone and took a picture and he took off. 

8:54am 10/25/2024 Suspicious Incident Leelananu Cty., Caller thinks there is a tracking device in her car and would like to speak with an officer and have someone check her car. 

9:31am 10/25/2024 Larceny Vehicle S West-Bay Shore Dr., Caller’s purse was likely stolen out of her Toyota Corolla. 

3:58pm 10/26/2024 Suspicious Person S Dune Hwy., Male was chasing the caller on the dunes all the way back to her car, she’s locked in her car now, but he’s tapping on the windows. 

11:30pm 10/27/2024 Leave Scene S West-Bay Shore Dr., Caller stated someone took out her mailbox. The vehicle hit a deer and the deer took out the mailbox, they still left the scene. Vehicle is likely heading northbound due to where the deer is and location of mailbox. 

2:26pm 10/28/2024 Suspicious Incident S West-Bay Shore Dr., Received anonymous tip of a coat and shoes at the boat launch and they thought it looked suspicious.