Carbondale Alerts
Carbondale Police Press Release - Armed Robbery
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
June 23, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – On June 22, 2025, at 6:20 p.m., City of Carbondale police officers responded to the area of West Mill and South James Street regarding a report of an Armed Robbery. The victim reported he was walking west on West Mill Street when four suspects exited a black Chrysler 300 with firearms and demanded the victim’s property. The suspects were described by the victim as black males. They fled in the vehicle, which was last seen heading west on west Mill Street near the intersection of South Oakland Avenue. The victim was not injured as a result of the incident. 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.