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 September 10 to September 17 call reports.

11:06am 9/10/2024 Counterfeiting Solon Twp., Purchased coins off Etsy from Spain and believes they are counterfeit.

1:01pm 9/10/2024 Larceny Kasson Twp., Had a prescription taken from her purse at work. 

7:19pm 9/10/2024 Animal Control Leelanau Cty., Caller is reporting two big dogs barking all day and all night long, apparently has been going on for some time now.

7:36pm 9/11/2024 Fight S West-Bay Shore Dr., Two women fighting in the Elmwood Township park. One woman was holding another to the ground an hitting her. 

7:48pm 9/11/2024 Info Bingham Twp., Caller is upset because neighbor told her to stay off his property with her dog, she does walk dog near it but she is never on it, caller said it made her very nervous. Caller has permission to walk on a large property to the north, when she was walking today she heard a gunshot and it frightened her, she did advise that her neighbor does target practices on his property. Caller does not need to be seen, said she will use a route farther away from cranky neighbor. Called back, would like to speak to a deputy. 

8:49pm 9/11/2024 Suspicious Person Solon Twp., Tall skinny male with dark hair walking up and down the road stopped and confronted caller and started screaming at them from the center of the road. Thinks he may be on something but not sure and has never seen him on this road before. 

5:14:pm 9/12/2024 Hazmat Lake Leelanau, Tractor in the water, 20 feet out.

11:39am 9/13/2024 Trespassing Suttons Bay., Caller states that individual trespassed on caller’s property. 

6:31pm 9/13/2024 Neighbor Suttons Bay Twp., Caller’s child was approached by a little boy and mom walked up to caller’s son in an aggressive manner and cornered him. 

5:59pm 9/14/2024 Misc Juvenile Suttons Bay Twp., Four juveniles riding bikes in roadway. Spoke with juveniles, advised a safer way to ride bikes on roadway.

8:07pm 9/15/2024 Suspicious Incident Bingham Twp., Female trying to break into storage units. 

8:39am 9/16/2024 Traffic Violation E Cherry Bend Rd., Star rental truck trying to run people off the road. Passed everyone at the light to get around cars. Driving recklessly. 

4:17pm 9/16/2024 Trespassing S West-Bay Shore Dr., Former employee has been harassing current employee. Would like her trespassed.

3:48am 9/17/2024 Suspicious Incident S West-Bay Shore Dr., Red van pulled up to building with a male wearing a ski mask. The subject then realized there was an officer in the area and took off.