On 10-05-2018 at about 3:39 a.m., officers with the City of Carbondale
Police Department responded to a burglary alarm at Rural King, located at 1702 West
Main Street in Carbondale. Officers learned an unknown suspect(s) used
force to enter the business in an attempt to steal property. The suspect(s)
fled prior to the arrival of the officers. The investigation revealed,
the suspect(s) did not take any property, but there is significant property
damage. The investigation is currently active. Anyone with
information about the incident should contact the Carbondale Police Department
at 618-457-3200 or Crime Stoppers at 618-549-COPS (2677).
Anyone with information about this
incident is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale Police Department at
(618) 457-3200. 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!