Monday February 18, 2013

Arrests are plenty on President's Day

4 arrests were made Monday on Leelanau County warrants.  Nicole L. Taylor, 26, Traverse City, and Jonathan T. Henderson, 47, Cedar, were both arrested on Friend of the Court warrants.  Grand Traverse Band Tribal Police arrested Donna M. Petoskey, 24, and Jerome P. King, 26, both of Suttons Bay.  Both remained lodged on GTB Tribal Court contempt charges.

Sunday February 17, 2013

OWI arrest for High Blood Alcohol Content

a 48 year old Maple City woman was arrested by Leelanau County deputies at 8:44 pm for operating while intoxicated with a blood alcohol content over .17%.  The incident occurred on W. Traverse Highway near Solon Road in Solon Township.

Handgun stolen in Home Invasion

Deputies are trying to locate the person or people responsible for a home invasion on S Jeannine St. in Elmwood Township.  The incident was reported at 9:39 pm Sunday.  The victim reported that a .40 caliber pistol was stolen.  Authorities are continuing the investigation and information about the crime can be sent to tips@co.leelanau.mi.us or the tip line at 231-256-8696. 

Saturday February 16, 2013

Warrant Arrest made

 A 22 year old Traverse City man remains lodged after being arrested on a Friend of the Court warrant Friday.  Matthew C. James was picked up in Grand Traverse County and later transferred to the Leelanau County Jail.

Friday February 15, 2013

Circuit Court defendant now District Court defendant

A 77 year old Lake Leelanau orchardist who was sued in Circuit Court is now on the District Court docket.  Terry B. Stanton was one of 4 defendants with Stanton Farms, LLC in a recent Circuit Court civil suit which resulted in a judgement for the plaintiff of approximately $650,000.

On the final day of the trial, the 16 year old victim's family reported that their backpack was missing from a conference room they had been using during the trial.  Courthouse surveillance cameras showed Stanton going into the conference room and removing a black backpack before leaving the building.

When shown the surveillance footage by a deputy, Stanton admitted to taking the backpack.  He later returned its contents to the investigator but said he threw the backpack away. 

He was arraigned on Friday on a charge of Larceny  over $200 but less than $1,000 and remains free on bond.  Larceny over $200 is a 1 year misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $2,000.

Second Leelanau's Wanted Suspect Arrested

After being told by a friend that his photo was on the Leelanau's Wanted portion of this blog, Gregory A. Laylin, 24, Traverse City, surrendered to Leelanau County authorities.  He was given 3 days for a probation violation on an original charge of OWI with High BAC over .17%.

4 car Crash injures 1 Driver, causes 2 other wrecks

Slick roads led to a rear end collision on S West Bay Shore Drive near Cedar Cove resulted in 6 cars damaged and one person being transported to Munson Medical Center.  The 4 car crash happened at 11:15 am when a northbound vehicle driven by Jessica Allington, 34, Lake Leelanau, was unable to stop in time to avoid rear-ending a car waiting to turn left onto Cedar Cove.  That vehicle was driven by Hunter Bell, 17, Lake Leelanau.  He was uninjured.

After Allington's vehicle struck the rear of Bell's van, it slid across the southbound lane where it was stuck by two other vehicles which were unable to avoid the collisions.  Those vehicles were driven by Meganne McCardel, 63, Traverse City, and Lynn Enyart, 71, Northport, and neither driver was injured.

There were two single car crashes as a result of the 4 car pile up.  Both lost control attempting to slow as they came upon the crash scene.  One slid off and stuck a mailbox and the other struck a guard rail.