Carbondale Alerts
Carbondale Police Press Release– Theft from a Motor Vehicle
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
December 8, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – On December 7, 2025, at 10:31 a.m., City of Carbondale Police Officers responded to the 1100 block of East Grand Avenue for a report of a burglary to a motor vehicle. Officers learned that unknown suspects entered a vehicle and stole property. During the investigation, officers located and arrested two juvenile male suspects and recovered some of the stolen property. The juveniles were arrested for Theft from a Motor Vehicle and released to their parents pending a court appearance. In accordance with the Illinois Juvenile Justice Act, the names of the juveniles 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! For more information about Crime Stoppers, please follow the QR Code.
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.