👮🏻 Dispatch Blotter Highlights 🚔 Issue #111 Having trouble charging his tether
Also, this week: locked in the trunk, fireworks always going off, and dog poop
Leelanau Enterprise, a weekly newspaper in Leelanau County, publishes the dispatch calls to 911 in every issue with additional reporting by The Ticker.
These are the highlights.
These are all real calls.
Wednesday, July 3
12:48 a.m. — Kasson Township Friend fell and is bleeding but doesn’t want help. (Contact made. No need for any medical attention).
6:47 a.m. — Empire Township Caller hasn’t heard from her sister in four days. (Contact made).
11:59am 7/3/2024 Leave Scene MVC Cedar, Yukon, gray black Chevy pickup says man hit him while getting gas, was verbally abusive and took off in an older black chevy pickup.
5:36 p.m. — Suttons Bay Township Apple iPhone crash notification. (No accident. No one around).
6:44 p.m. — Elmwood Township Apple iPhone crash notification. (Law enforcement drove through. No accident in any direction).
Thursday, July 4
1:30pm 7/4/2024 Citizen Assist Empire Twp., Says he has separated from his wife, concerned for their child.
3:21 p.m. — Cleveland Township People are riding dirt bikes and quad-runner on Sugar Loaf Mountain. Caller is concerned for their safety.
6:24 p.m. — Glen Arbor Township Fight.
11:51 p.m. —Bingham Township Dog causing traffic concerns.
Friday, July 5
12:17 a.m. — Bingham Township Fireworks still going off after midnight.
12:37 a.m. — Suttons Bay Township Fireworks going off down the road from caller. Fireworks must be done at that point.
12:52am 7/5/2024 Missing Juvenile Lake Leelanau, Kids are messing around in the orchard across from caller.
1:23am 7/5/2024 Citizen Assist Cleveland Twp., Caller is not from the area, she advised she needed to leave a party and now doesn’t have a ride. Also her phone is almost dead and cannot call a cab.
6:43 a.m. — Leelanau Township Female called Antrim County and said she was locked in the trunk of her car because she wanted to get out of the rain. (She is fine. No longer locked in her vehicle).
7:56 a.m.— Bingham Township Girlfriend took keys to the truck. She’s driving an unregistered Subaru. (Caller no longer needs assistance. He will attempt to get his keys back from her).
5:48 p.m. — Centerville Township Caller says half of her cows are out and they are attempting to locate them now. (Cows are back home).
11:24 p.m. — Suttons Bay Township Individuals being very loud. The camp is supposed to be shut down at 11 p.m. In the area of RV Park.
11:47 p.m. — Kasson Township White vehicle in parking lot. Both individuals were there earlier. Looking for a piece of jewelry.
Saturday, July 6
4:21pm 7/6/2024 Info Eaton Cty., Having trouble charging his tether.
4:54 p.m. — Leland Township Backpack found in the middle of the road.
10:29 p.m. Suttons Bay Township Caller’s neighbor has been shooting fireworks for more than an hour.
11:04 p.m. — Leland Township Caller hears fireworks coming from beach. Would like someone to go to beach and ask them to stop.
Sunday, July 7
2:33am 7/7/2024 Disorderly Leelanau Twp., Caller reporting intoxicated female drove a golf cart into their yard. Now being disorderly. She is trying to leave but golf cart is stuck. Caller could not get her name, she was being uncooperative.
12:03 p.m. — Centerville Township Male, 8, firing a BB gun on caller’s property. (Contact made with family. Individual was shooting a BB gun with his father and older brother).
Monday, July 8
1:02 p.m. — Empire Township Ongoing problem with white Porsche that is always driving fast on Welch Road as well as other summer traffic that speeds on the straight away on Welch. Additional patrols requested.
2:58 p.m. — Leelanau Township Ongoing problem with contractors parking in the area of this address blocking the roadway. (Per law enforcement, large semi parked there. Spoke with the driver and informed him why the road needs to remaining accessible).
6:03pm 7/8/2024 Animal Control Suttons Bay Twp., Walking her dog near this address and found green plastic bag with dog feces that someone was kind enough to pick up but then left the bag behind. Would like to speak with Animal Control about it.
11:35 p.m. — Suttons Bay Township Loud party next door. Caller does not need to see an officer. Would like someone to ask them to keep it down.
Tuesday, July 9
10:13am 7/9/2024 Citizen Assist N West-Bay Shore Dr., Staying at the lodge, red pickup, male in parking lot getting agitated.
11:51am 7/9/2024 Animal Control Cedar Lake, Injured or entangled loon near the middle of the lake. Looks like it may have something tangled in its legs.
5:44pm 7/9/2024 Welfare Check Maple City, Ongoing problem with subject not taking care of herself. Not sure what to do at this point. Will call the caller with options.
Wednesday, July 10
4:05pm 7/10/2024 MDOP Leelanau Cty., Subject was staying at caller’s house and caused damage, also used his ATV without permission and tore up the property.
9:22pm 7/10/2024 Suspicious Incident Maple Cty., Caller advised that the vrbo she had rented had someone inside when they got there.
Thursday, July 11
8:34am 7/11/2024 Civil E Traverse Hwy., Caller had paving work done by a company and then today got a message saying that it is a “gypsy” company and they don’t pull the proper permits and caller is wondering what he should do.
3:57 p.m. — Centerville Township Someone was on caller’s property and left caution tape around the trees.
4:43 p.m. — Leland Township Caller’s wife is driving without a license to Suttons Bay. He is concerned that if she got pulled over the dogs would be taken.
5:26pm 7/11/2024 Larceny Leelanau Cty., Caller had her keys in a cooler in the parking lot and someone stole the cooler, last saw it about 45 minutes ago, silver volvo. Upon further check, the cooler was placed in the trunk and the keys were in the cup holder.
7:29 p.m. — Glen Arbor Township Caller lost an orange and black backpack blower. Caller called again. There was a posting on social media that the blower had been found. Caller is getting it back.
Friday, July 12
1:16am 7/12/2024 Domestic Suttons Bay, Three Tree vineyard. Caller’s wife is in the tasting room. Caller is advising that she is intoxicated and he does not know what to do with her at this point. In custody.
3:54 a.m. — Suttons Bay Township Son is drunk/disorderly carrying around a hand ax.
2:56pm 7/12/2024 Info Leelanau Cty., Little girl said she is running away. Girl is reunited with her parents.
5:03 p.m. — Kasson Township Girlfriend was coming from Chicago with three children. Spoke with her last night when she said she had a flat tire. Would like to know what to do.
7:04 p.m. — Cleveland Township Caller states someone is trying to sell his property. Listed on a website. Someone using caller’s name has fraudulent signing listing documents.
8:38 p.m. — Bingham Township Two houses to the east there are loud fireworks going off.
Saturday, July 13
8:40 p.m. — Leelanau Township Little kids jumping off breakwall of Northport Marina. Caller just wants someone to know.
9:04 p.m. — Glen Arbor Township Son, 16, left a couple hours ago to ride bike on heritage trail. (Youth located at the Dune Climb.
Sunday, July 14
12:06am 7/14/2024 Suspicious Person Maple City., 911 hangup, on callback a male said that his girlfriend popped his tire on his truck but he didn’t want a response. Will be clear, nothing physical occurred, tire is flat but it doesn’t look like anything was malicious.
8:00am 7/14/2024 Larceny Suttons Bay Twp., Plate stolen 2-3 weeks ago, just noticed yesterday.
5:26 p.m. — Leelanau Township Vehicle just hit 13 mailboxes. Came around the corner at a high rate of speed. Young male driver. Front end damage.
Monday, July 15
2:49 a.m. — Elmwood Township Suspicious vehicle behind Subway.
5:36 p.m. — Solon Township Persons reportedly camping illegally at the tennis courts in Cedar.
11:08 p.m. — Kasson Township Caller reports a vehicle took the curves too quickly and appears that something fell off the back on the truck and is now in caller’s ditch. May have to get the fire department to help with cleanup. There’s a lot of sludge on the road. It’s “a mess.”