NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
October 2, 2026
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE –  On October 1, 2026, at 12:42 p.m., City of Carbondale Police Officers responded to a business in the 2100 block of West Main Street regarding a reported business burglary.   Officers learned the suspect damaged an air conditioning unit on the roof and began investigating the incident.  At approximately 8:10 p.m., officers received information that the subject may have returned to the location. Officers searched the roof of the business and found burglary tools and Lewis A. Walsingham, 34, of East St. Louis, hiding inside a hollowed-out air conditioner unit.  Walsingham was arrested for Burglary and Criminal Damage to Property. Walsingham was incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail pending a detention hearing.   The Carbondale Fire Department and Jackson County Sheriff’s Department assisted with the investigation. Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the police department at the numbers listed below. 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.