Apparently there was a robbery near the corner of Poplar and Cherry the evening of August 6. Two men threatened a man walking down Cherry with a gun, stealing his cell phone. When the victim and others gave chase, the fleeing pair fired a shot at their pursuers, then ditched the gun and cell phone. Thanks to information from the people chasing them, Carbondale Police arrested the pair as they headed down East 13. This info was gleaned from the Arbor District mailing list because there's not much mention of it anywhere else.
Interestingly, despite the fact that a shot was fired in a residential area, as of this writing, there is no mention of the incident on the Carbondale Police website. A notice was sent out to local meda and that was considered sufficient publicity of the incident. We can get notice of grants and scholarships fine, even a shoplifting incident that took place over a week ago, but a shooting, nope.
I'm surprised to hear about the armed robbery, and the capture. I've been doing crime mapping in Carbondale as a hobby. The area of Cherry and Poplar is in my extended risk area. Not a place to wander around after dusk. I'm surprised Carbondale PD does not take a more aggressive approach to detering the recent strong arm and weapon related robberies in this area. I too live nearby. My dad used to always tell me "...nothing good ever happens on the streets after midnight".
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