A Look at the Law Enforcement Log

Each week the Cook County Sheriff’s Office provides a brief report of calls made to the Cook County Law Enforcement Center in the past week. This week’s report provides details logged by law enforcement dispatchers from March 11 to March 18, 2019. WTIP asked for more information on a number of those calls and details follow.

On March 11, a call came from Ryden Road in Grand Portage reporting a vehicle theft. The Cook County Sheriff’s Office confirms that a vehicle was stolen and subsequently recovered. Kathryn LeGarde of Grand Portage was arrested.

The law enforcement log reported a drug incident at the U.S. Port of Entry on March 16. Mary Elizabeth Meshake of Sioux Lookout, Ontario was arrested.

There was another call at the Port of Entry on March 17. Jagdeep Singh Brar of Brampton, Ontario, was arrested for driving under the influence.

An arrest was made for domestic disturbance at a residence on West Highway 61 on March 11 and another in Grand Portage on March 13. An individual on East Highway 61 was arrested on a warrant on March 13.  
 
There were two other calls on March 17 reporting domestic disturbances, one in Grand Marais and one in Grand Portage. There were no arrests, it was determined to be people arguing.
 
On March 12, emergency responders were paged to an ATV accident on East Highway 61. Sheriff deputies, Grand Portage ambulance and Grand Portage Fire Department responded. A 14-year-old suffered an arm injury and a 12-year-old a head injury. A citation was issued to Larry Manthy, 47, of Dululth, for careless operation.
 
Sheriff deputies assisted probation officials with probation checks on March 15 and March 17, with one person in Grand Marais cited for drug paraphernalia.

On March 11, there was a report of an Arrowhead Transit bus passing a school bus on the right.

Deputies assisted Rose Holdorf who went in the ditch on Devil Track Road on March 13. A tow vehicle was contacted.
 
Cook County received another report of a vehicle in the ditch on Highway 61. That call was referred to the Minnesota State Patrol.
 
The Sheriff’s Office received two reports of threats in Grand Marais. One case was referred to the County Attorney and the other was determined to be hearsay information that a former employee was angry. A record was made of the concern.
 
There was a call regarding troubles with a juvenile in Grand Marais on March 15.
 
Sheriff deputies responded to two calls reporting threats of suicide. On March 12, an individual in Grand Marais was transported to North Shore Health. On March 18, threats were investigated and a party was arrested for driving under the influence.

There were a number of calls for public assistance, such as help for someone locked out of a car and an Operation Lifesaver check on Birch Drive in Grand Marais. Deputies also talked to someone seeking advice for a protection order; responded to a family issue in Lutsen and a civil matter regarding mail on the Gunflint Trail. They also gave a party with a snowmobile failure a ride.  Deputies also made a check welfare visit to a post-heart attack victim.
 
On March 12, a caller reported the sounds of shots at 10 p.m. Deputies responded, but were unable to locate the origin of the shots. On March 17, there was another call reporting the sounds of shots at 8 a.m. on Vapor Trail in Tofte. That call was referred to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
 
The Sheriff’s Office received a report of a payroll scam on March 15. The call was referred to the FBI.

Law Enforcement received a call on March 18 reporting damage to property. Someone poured bleach on some unattended laundry. According to the Sheriff’s Office there is no suspect.  

On March 13, Emergency dispatchers again took reports of people in the water off of South Broadway in Grand Marais. Deputies found it was swimmers in wet suits.
 
Search and Rescue was paged to South Gunflint Lake in an attempt to locate an overdue snowmobiler. The party arrived to the destination before search and rescue was mobilized.
 
Law enforcement dispatchers took a report of a phone scam on the Gunflint Trail and a power outage on Cascade Beach Road in Lutsen on March 11.

There was a false security alarm in Hovland on March 12 and on West Highway 61 on March 15. There were three automatic fire alarm calls from Cascade River State Park on March 16, all false.

There were multiple calls reporting water and snow over roads in the county—County Road 7, and West Highway 61 on March 14 - 16; on the Sawbill Trail on March 15 and on the Arrowhead Trail on March 16. Calls were referred to the county highway department and MnDOT.
 
There were several animal disturbance calls, reporting two injured deer and one dead deer on the highway. There were two calls of loose dogs in Grand Marais and a deceased dog in the ditch in Grand Portage.

There was a report of a dangerous animal in Grand Marais, a bobcat was spotted in the residential area. The call was referred to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. See the related story here.
 
The Sheriff’s Office had just two lost and found incidents, a credit card was turned in and a party reported a lost drivers’ license.
 
Deputies conducted eight business or residence checks and had 13 traffic stops, all reprimands. There were 13 medical calls. Dispatchers handled four crank or misdialed 911 calls.
 
Sheriff deputies also participated in Operation Stonegarden Patrol, a joint patrol effort with U.S. Border Patrol on March 15.

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