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Carbondale Police Press Release- Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon Investigation
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
April, 23, 2024
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – On April 20, 2024 at 11:42 p.m., City of Carbondale police officers stopped a vehicle with suspended license plates in the 600 block of East Grand Avenue. During the stop, officers learned the driver, Bernard B. Cole, age 40 of Marion, IL, had a suspended driver’s license. During the course of the arrest, Cole was found to be in possession of a stolen firearm and a controlled substance. Cole was charged with Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Unlawful Use of a Weapon by a Felon, Possession of a Stolen Firearm, Possession of a Controlled Substance, and Driving While License Suspended. Cole was incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail. 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!
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.