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The Latest Leelanau County Blotter & 911 Call Report

By Ticker Staff | Jan. 22, 2025

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 January 14 to January 20 call reports.

4:05am 1/14/2025 Animal Control Suttons Bay Twp., Caller is reporting a white horse in the road. Horse is back in barn now.

11:10am 1/14/2025 Misc Juvenile Suttons Bay Twp., Would like to speak with officer regarding vapes that were confiscated.

12:41pm 1/15/2025 Info Leelanau Cty., Found trash bins open when she arrived home last night, thought it was suspicious. When she checked, 3 trash bags were no longer there, but pickup usually doesn't happen until Fridays. Concerned that someone is mining personal or financial data. 

1:32pm 1/15/2025 Suspicious Person Northport, Suspicious person walking around peering into the windows. No public disturbance occurred.

3:38am 1/16/2025 Assist Dept Elmwood Twp., Assisting Grand Traverse with a runaway juvenile who cut teather earlier in the night and now wants to turn himself in. 

11:51am 1/16/2025 Welfare Check Lake Leelanau, Saw individual standing out by the road, didn’t appear to be properly dressed for the conditions.

3:42pm 1/16/2025 Animal Control S West-Bay Shore Dr., Great pyrenees are at his residence right now. Saw tracks but not the dogs, will call owner. 

8:47am 1/17/2025 Misc Juvenile Leland Twp., Would like to speak with an officer regarding a threat assessment. 

3:21pm 1/17/2025 Animal Control S French Rd., Found great pyrenees, orange collar, black carhartt jacket. Was advised that Animal Control is not on duty and advised her of her options. Caller is going to keep holding onto the dog.

10:51am 1/18/2025 Scam Elmwood Twp., Son is being scammed by someone he met on TikTok. 

6:27am 1/19/2025 Citizen Assist Sutton Bay Twp., Caller is very upset. Caller has been contacted. 

7:17pm 1/19/2025 Motor Vehicle Crash Leelanau Cty., Vehicle up on the guardrail. Friend coming to tow out vehicle; did strike road commission sign but it is still upright.

8:51am 1/20/2025 Fire Carbon Monoxide Elmwood Twp., Individual is in hospital for carbon monoxide poisoning. Propane is turned off now. Doors are shut. Home thoroughly checked. No discernible hazards found.

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