Carbondale Alerts
Carbondale Police Press Release - Missing Runaway Juvenile
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
August 19, 2024
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – The City of Carbondale Police Department is requesting assistance from the public in locating Matthew Pollard, age 17 of Carbondale. Matthew was last seen on August 18, 2024, at 8:40 a.m. walking west in the 2500 block of East Walnut Street in Carbondale. Matthew, pictured below, is 5’05” tall, weighing 120 pounds, with blue eyes and shoulder-length blond hair. Matthew was last seen wearing brown glasses, a purple tie-dyed t-shirt, black shorts, and blue shoes. Matthew suffers from a condition that places him at risk. Anyone with information is asked to call the Carbondale Police Department at the numbers listed below.
Matthew Pollard, 17 of Carbondale
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.