Traffic stop nets marihuana

A Leelanau County deputy stopped a vehicle for disregarding a stop sign on Hoxie at Bugai Road Monday at 8:41 am.  The 19 year-old Waterford man said he and his friend were trying to get to the Manitou Island Transit and were lost.  The deputy gave them directions to Leland and inquired if they had anything illegal in their car.  The man admitted that he had marihuana in the vehicle.  A small amount of the drug and associated paraphernalia was seized.  The case has been referred to the prosecutor's office for review.

Hot PBT lands man in jail

A man on bond for failing to report an accident was lodged Monday after failing two court-ordered preliminary breath tests.  Christopher G. Lints, 42, Northport, was ordered to submit to daily PBTs as a condition of bond.  He had readings of over .03% on two tests administered and was taken into custody per the bond protocol.

Lints is charged with failing to report a crash when he drove into trees on N Manitou Trail near Sugarbush Lane in Leland Township at 2:25 am on July 3.  He contacted law enforcement 14 hours after the crash was discovered. 

Lints remains jailed without bond until a District Court appearance Friday.

East Lansing man jailed for unpaid child support

Taro C. Taylor, 34, was arrested in his hometown Sunday on a Leelanau County Contempt of Court warrant.  Leelanau Corrections officers picked him up and transported him to the Leelanau County jail Monday where he remains on $300 bond.  If bond is not posted, Taylor will serve 30 days pursuant to a previous Friend of the Court order.