Leelanau Sheriff's Office assists TCPD

Leelanau County deputies assisted officers from Traverse City Police Department Thursday by trying to locate a stolen iPhone.  TCPD said a woman reported that her phone was stolen in the early morning hours Thursday from a downtown bar.  Using a phone finder application, she believed it was at a Leland Township residence.

Deputies contacted the resident of the home.  She said she lived alone and had not been to Traverse City in several days.  The woman did say that there was a van parked in front of her house overnight although she did not get a license plate number or detailed description of the vehicle.

The phone remains missing and the victim will continue to attempt to obtain a location for it. 

Probationer arrested in Grand Traverse County

Robert L. Caldwell, 33, was arrested Thursday for a District Court probation violation.  Caldwell, of Traverse City, was wanted for failing to appear at two scheduled meetings with his probation officer.  He pleaded guilty to Operating While Intoxicated after an August 2013 arrest.  He is being held in the Leelanau County Jail with no bond pending a court appearance on the probation violation.

Warrant requests put in for driver and two passengers

Leelanau County deputies stopped a car for driving down the middle of S Center Highway near Crain Hill Rd. Thursday at 8:01 p.m.  Upon contact, the deputies could smell the odor of burnt marihuana.

The driver was a 16 year-old from Peshawbestown and admitted that it was not his car and he did not have a license.  His passengers were a 23 year-old Suttons Bay Township man and an 18 year-old Traverse City woman.

The unlicensed driver was taken into custody and turned over to his parent.  He gave consent to search the vehicle and deputies discovered 9.5 grams of processed marihuana.  Some was in a mason jar hidden under the front seat and a baby food jar containing the drug was discovered hidden in a child seat.

No one admitted to possession of the contraband.  Evidence processing will be done on the jars and warrant requests will be sent to the Leelanau County prosecutor for review.