NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
February 12, 2016

For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – 

On 02/12/26 at approximately 6:48 PM, Carbondale Police Officers located what was later confirmed to be the victim of a Hit and Run Traffic Crash in the 600 block of E. Campus Drive. The victim was transported to the Memorial Hospital of Carbondale with life threatening injuries. Officers located the involved vehicle abandoned nearby the scene of the crash. During the course of the investigation, officers located and arrested the driver, identified as Alexis L. Locke,  37 of Carbondale.  The investigation is 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.