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Carbondale Police Press Release - Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
April 15, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – On April 15, 2025, at 1:57 a.m., City of Carbondale Police Department Officers found Milik J. Hughes, 29 years old of Carbondale, trespassing in a public park in the 1200 block of West Pleasant Hill Road. Hughes was arrested for Criminal Trespass to Real Property. During the arrest, officers found Hughes was in possession of a loaded firearm with a defaced serial number and cannabis in violation of Possession Adult Use of Cannabis Act. Officers charged Hughes with Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Defacing Identification Markings on a Firearm in addition to the cannabis charges. Hughes was incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail, pending a detention hearing. Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the police department at the numbers listed below. The investigation into the incident 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.