On
10-10-2018 at about 3:15 a.m., officers with the City of Carbondale Police
Department responded to ZX Gas Station, located at 912 West Main Street in
Carbondale. Officers learned an unknown
suspect displayed a firearm and demanded money. The suspect fled in
an unknown direction of travel with an undisclosed
amount of currency. The suspect is described as an unknown male,
about 5’08” tall, weighing about 160
pounds and dressed in all black clothing. No injuries were reported due
to the incident. 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!