NEWS RELEASE
City of Carbondale, Illinois
June 26th, 2023
For Immediate Release –
Carbondale – On 06-26-23 at 2:00 a.m., City of Carbondale police officers responded to a report of a man who threatened someone with a firearm in the 600 block of North Springer Street. During the course of the investigation officers learned Brandon J. McDade, 40 of Carbondale, threatened an acquaintance with a firearm. The firearm was located and found to be stolen out of another jurisdiction. McDade was arrested for Aggravated Assault, Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Possession of a Weapon by a Felon, and Possession of a Stolen Firearm. McDade was incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail. The investigation into the incident is active and ongoing.
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 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.
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.