Carbondale Alerts
Carbondale Police Press Release: Auto Burglary Arrests
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
March 12, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – On March 11, 2025 at 6:10 a.m., City of Carbondale police officers responded to the 300 block of South University Avenue where a vehicle was reportedly burglarized. During the investigation, officers located and arrested the two suspects identified as two 16-year-old juvenile males from Carbondale. After consulting with the Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office, the juveniles were incarcerated at the Jackson County Jail pending a detention hearing. In accordance with the Illinois Juvenile Justice Act, the identities of the juvenile suspects are not being 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!
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.