NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
March 13, 2023
Carbondale - On 03-12-23 at 11:14 a.m. officers responded to a residence in the 1200 block of West College Street in reference to a disturbance. Officers met with the victim who reported being battered by the suspect, Dakota W. Mitchell, age 30 of Carbondale. During the course of the investigation, officers learned Mitchell battered the victim and had unlawfully fired a handgun inside the residence on 03-10-23. No injuries were reported as a result of incident. Mitchell was arrested for Reckless Discharge of a Firearm and Aggravated Domestic Battery. Mitchell and incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail. The investigation is active and ongoing.
Dakota W. Mitchell, 30 of Carbondale
Anyone with information about this 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 located on the main page of this website. Please help yourself, along with your county, its communities and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness, or have any information pertaining to, a crime. Cash rewards for information which leads to an arrest are also made anonymously. Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does!