Officers Respond to Reports of Gunshots

Update: 3:20 p.m., April 6, 2021

Yesterday, officers took Martavias Jerrell Woods, 18, into custody due to further investigation into the shooting death of Jayvion Dantrell Galburth that occurred on April 2, 2021, at Little Elm Beach. 

Woods surren...

LEPD Achieves Re-Recognition

The Little Elm Police Department was recently re-recognized as one of the few agencies in the State of Texas to achieve accreditation through the Texas Police Chiefs Association’s Best Practices Recognition Program.

The department first received ...

Officers Respond to Call of a Fatal Shooting

On Saturday, July 25, at approximately 5:52 p.m. officers of the Little Elm Police Department responded to a report of a shooting at 1517 Toucan Drive in unincorporated Denton County (South Paloma Creek). Upon arrival, officers observed 34-year-old Kyle L...

Missing Teen Located Safe

Officers Respond to Call of Grenade

Earlier this afternoon, officers from the Little Elm Police Department responded to a call of a hand grenade on a park bench near the 7-11 convenience store located at 26730 E. U.S Hwy 380 and S. Paloma Creek Boulevard. 

After securing the scene, ...

Police Respond to Call of Man Overboard

At approximately 11:45 a.m., Little Elm public safety personnel responded to the call of a 70-year-old man who had fallen overboard while fishing near where U.S. Highway 380 crosses the Lake Lewisville east of FM 720. Shortly after, a body was recovered f...

Overnight Disturbance Ends in Officer-Involved Shooting

At approximately 10:58 p.m., officers from the Little Elm Police Department received a call regarding a man saying he had killed someone in the 2300 block of Tisbury Way. 

On their way to the residence, officers received a second 911 call of a man...

Suspect Sought in Union Park Trail Attack

Yesterday, officers from the Little Elm Police Department responded to a  call of a woman attacked by a male subject while jogging near Union Park Boulevard and Fishtrap Road in the Union Park subdivision north of U.S. 380 in Little Elm. ...

Officers Work Late Night Stand Off

At approximately 10 p.m. on Thursday, April 30, the Little Elm Police Department received a request from officers from Flower Mound Police Department to make contact with a Little Elm resident involved a disturbance earlier in the evening in Town of Flowe...

Officers Respond to Fatal Accident on U.S. 380

LITTLE ELM, TX (March 26, 2020). At approximately 7:20 a.m. this morning, first-responders from the Little Elm Police Department, Little Elm Fire Department, and the Prosper Fire Department responded to the call of a serious vehicle accident just west of ...

Catching the Rainbow | Sending Skittles Home

Not all heroes wear capes. 

It’s usually the fire department that’s helping to reunite cats and their owners, but the PD wanted to get in on the action this time!

For the past few months, the Police Department has had a feline v...

Officers Respond to Early Morning Shooting Call

February 26, 2020 | 4:33 p.m.

At approximately 11 a.m. today, Micyra Williams, an Oklahoma native and currently a Little Elm resident, was arrested in the shooting death of her husband, Caleb Pearson, on Wednesday, February 12. Williams, 27, was charged wi...

LEPD Honors Officers at Annual Banquet

The Little Elm Police Department held its annual Officer Awards Banquet on Friday, January 31, 2020. The banquet is an important event for the Department and is a night filled with recognition of team members for their contributions to the Department and ...

Warrant Resolution Program Underway

The Little Elm Police Department and the Little Elm Municipal Court are preparing for their annual Little Elm Warrant Resolution Program, previously known as Warrant Round-Up.

During February, defendants are encouraged to come in and speak with the Court ...

Hostage Negotiation Team Ranks High at Competition

The Little Elm Police Department Hostage Negotiation Team competed last week in San Marcos and did an outstanding job - coming in fourth place out of 40 teams. 

This year was the 30th year for the Texas State University sponsored Crisis Negotiatio...

Officers Respond to Call at Elementary School

At 1:24 p.m., officers from the Little Elm Police Department responded to calls of a man acting erratically and appearing to be under the influence on the campus and parking lot of Robertson Elementary School.

Officers arrived to the campus and approached ...

Police Respond to Stabbing Call

At approximately 10 p.m. on Sunday, November 24, officers from the Little Elm Police Department responded to a call of a stabbing on Palmera Drive in the Valencia subdivision in Little Elm.

The initial report to responding officers was that a male victim h...

Officers Respond to Early Morning Robbery Call

Officers from the Little Elm Police Department responded to a robbery call early this morning at the CVS Pharmacy located at 2591 FM 423 in Little Elm.

An armed suspect entered the building and demanded drugs from the pharmacy. After exiting the building, ...

Deceased Person Found Inside Home

LITTLE ELM, TX (October 16, 2019). At 4:30 p.m., officers from the Little Elm Police Department responded to a call for a welfare check to a home on Whitewater Drive. Upon arrival, officers noted water flowing out of the residence. 

The officers o...

Subjects in Custody After Large-Scale Fights

Updated on Friday, October 18 at 8 a.m.:

Four additional juveniles have been detained according to LEPD. Detectives are also working to locate three other juvenile suspects. An additional 14 individuals have been referred to the Little Elm Municipal Court ...

Police Respond to Call of Deceased Person

LITTLE ELM, TX (October 8, 2019). At 3:40 p.m., officers from the Little Elm Police Department responded to a call of a deceased person. 

The person was found by a land surveying crew working west of Doe Creek Road and north of Rockhill Parkway.&a...

Citzens Government Academy at LEPD

Citizens Government Academy 2019! Another successful gathering of our CGA members and this night was spent learning a little about LEPD. Participants were given tutorials on LIDAR and RADAR equipment, received information about our drone unit, toured '633...

October 26 is National Drug Take-Back Day

The Little Elm Police Department Drug Take-Back Day is scheduled on Saturday, October 26, 2019, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Little Elm Public Safety Building located at 88 W. Eldorado Parkway, Little Elm, TX 75068.

The National Prescription Drug Take-Bac...

Porch Light Protocol

Are you in the habit of putting your porch light on at night or when you are heading out on vacation? If this is a regular part of your nighttime routine, you may want to adjust your porch light procedure after reading this blog. 

When to Turn You...

Earning Accreditation

The Little Elm Police Department is one of the few agencies in the State of Texas to achieve accreditation through the Texas Police Chiefs Association’s Best Practices Recognition Program. This designation means that the LEPD meets or exceeds al...

Search Continues for Missing LE Resident

LITTLE ELM, TX (August 30, 2019). The Little Elm Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating an at-risk missing resident. Seventy-five-year-old Bruce Cray was last seen at 6 a.m. on Thursday, August 29 in the 13000 block of Cor...

LEPD Officers Help Locate Abducted Child

Officers from the Little Elm Police Department worked quickly to locate a 10-year-old girl who was kidnapped over the weekend.

In just hours after an Amber Alert was released for Halley Boerner, taken from Pilot Point, LEPD officers spotted the vehicle she...

Lending Helping Hands

If you attended our annual July Jubilee (the best Fourth of July and fireworks celebration on the lake!), you might have noticed some extra boys and girls in blue. While our police officers were out in force working the event, another valuable team from t...

Battle of the Badges 2019

On Saturday, June 29, the Little Elm Police Department and the Little Elm Fire Department squared off in an epic battle - the Battle of the Badges blood drive.

The event, held at the Little Elm Recreation Center by the departments in conjunction with the A...

Little Elm Police Respond to Call of Suspicious Package

Update (July 1, 2019)

Last night, the Little Elm Police Department Night Shift Supervisor received a call from the owner of the property listed as the return address on the suspicious package dropped off at Button Methodist Church on Sunday, June 30.

The ca...

Police Respond to Call of Gunshots

LITTLE ELM, TX (June 24, 2019). At approximately 11:20 p.m., the Little Elm Police Department received a report of gunshots at a residence at 2528 Saddlehorn Drive. Little Elm Police officers responded and discovered bullet holes in the door of the house,...

First Walker Memorial Scholarship

Little Elm Police Department Sergeant Stoney Ward, School Resource Officer Clif Holliefield, School Resource Trung Pham, and Sr. Administrative Assistant to the Chief of Police,  Lucy Gonzalez recently presented two $1,500 scholarship awards for ...

Public Safety Honor Park Opens

LITTLE ELM, TX (May 16, 2019). The Town of Little Elm held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of the Public Safety Honor Park on Wednesday, May 15.

First responders from area departments, elected officials, town employees, sponsors, residents, an...

LEPD Drug Take Back Day a Success!

The Little Elm Police Department hosted the National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on April 27 at the Public Safety Center. Little Elm residents cleared out their medicine cabinets and brought their unwanted prescription drugs to officers at the center ...