Suspicious male held on ferry near De Tour dock

Heard on: Eastern Upper Peninsula Public Safety

01:18

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

We've gotten the juveniles safely with their parents and gotten them off the dock.

00:04

I spoke with the person that was your caller.

00:08

She was very scared.

00:10

And as we were getting the children back with their parents, this guy came back down to the dock.

00:17

I spoke with him separately, convinced.

00:19

Have him to get on the boat.

00:21

I have him, only him on the boat, and I will keep him on this boat, whether I have to make circles in the river or not, until you get an LE on my DeTour dock.

00:36

Copy that, sir.

00:37

I will update him.

00:38

Thank you.

00:43

1710, 1716.

00:46

Just advising, the ferry got everyone off the boat on the Drummond side.

00:52

He convinced the male to get on the boat.

00:56

So he has just him on the boat en route to Detour.

01:05

16 clear.

01:09

10 copies.

01:12

And he said he will keep him on the boat even if he has to do circles in the river until you guys get there.

2026-10-16 02:53 UTC

Suspicious Activity

Dock Rd, De Tour Village, MI 49725

Suspicious male held on ferry near De Tour dock

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic describes a situation at a dock where juveniles were safely reunited with their parents and removed from the area. A frightening man was separately persuaded to board a ferry, which then traveled toward the DeTour dock while the man remained on board until law enforcement could meet the vessel.

Suspicious male held on ferry near De Tour dock

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