Carbondale Alerts
Carbondale Police Press Release - Business Burglaries
NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
December 23, 2025
For Immediate Release
CARBONDALE – On December 21, 2025, at 2:54 a.m., City of Carbondale Police officers responded to a business in the 900 block of West Main Street for a business alarm. Upon arrival, officers learned the suspects forced entry into the business, causing damage, and stole property. During the investigation, officers learned during a K9 track that the suspects left the store heading north on North Oakland Avenue.
At 4:23 a.m., officers also responded to a business in the 500 block of East Main Street for a report of a second business burglary. Officers learned that three (3) suspects, wearing black clothing and white masks, caused damage to the business in an attempt to break in. The suspects then left on foot, last seen heading west. At this point in the investigation, both incidents appear to be related. An image of one of the suspects dressed in black clothing and wearing a white mask can be seen below.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the police department at the numbers listed below. The investigation remains active and ongoing.
Burglary/Criminal Damage to Property Suspect
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! For more information about Crime Stoppers, please follow the QR Code.
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.