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Carbondale Police Press Release - Criminal Trespass to Residence and Assault
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
September 3, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – On September 2, 2025, at 5:25 p.m., City of Carbondale Police Officers responded to the 300 block of East Elm Street for a possible home invasion. Officers arrived and learned Laquisha L. Randolph, age 31 of Carbondale, and Dache L. Thomas-Kidd, age 20 of Carbondale, entered the victim’s residence during a personal dispute. While entering the residence, Randolph displayed a knife. The victim defended herself, which resulted in Thomas Kidd receiving a minor injury.
During the course of the investigation, officers arrested Randolph for Criminal Trespass to Residence and Assault and incarcerated her in the Jackson County Jail pending a detention hearing. The Jackson County Ambulance Service responded to the scene and treated Thomas-Kidd for her injury. Thomas-Kidd was arrested for Criminal Trespass to Residence and released pending a court appearance. Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the police department at the numbers listed below. The investigation remains active and ongoing.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale Police Department at (618) 549-2121. You may also call the Carbondale/SIU Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (618) 549-COPS (2677) or the Murphysboro/Jackson County anonymous tip line at (618) 687-COPS (2677). Anonymous tips may also be made by selecting the “Crime Stoppers” tab on this website’s main page. Please help yourself and your county, its communities, and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness or have any information about a crime. Cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest are also made anonymously. Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does!
The mission of the Carbondale Police Department is to work in partnership with our community to preserve life, protect human rights, protect property and improve quality of life by providing police service to all in a fair, sensitive, and professional manner.