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Carbondale Police Press Release -Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
September 9, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – On September 8, 2025, at 12:00 p.m., City of Carbondale Police Officers had contact with a 15-year-old juvenile male in the 700 block of South Lewis Lane. Officers observed a part of a firearm protruding from his open backpack. Officers arrested the juvenile without incident and recovered the firearm. Ammunition was also recovered from the backpack. The juvenile was released to a family member pending an appearance in court for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon. In accordance with the Illinois Juvenile Justice Act, the name of the juvenile suspect will not be released. 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.