Carbondale Crimestoppers would like to invite you to our 17th Annual Spaghetti Dinner, which will be held on Thursday March 26 th, 2009. The dinner will be catered by Heartland Food Service, who is donating their time and food, which will include salad, spaghetti, bread sticks and beverage. Tickets are $6.00 for adults and $3.00 for kids 12 and under.
Tickets can be purchased in advance by contacting Officer Randy Mathis at the Carbondale Police Department at 457-3200 EXT/428 or through Officer Scott Miller at the SIU Police Department at 453-3771. Advance tickets will be sold by Crimestoppers Board Members on Saturday March 21, 2009 from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Kroger’s (501 N. Giant City Road) in Carbondale. Tickets can also be purchased at the door the night of the dinner.
The dinner will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Carbondale Middle School, 1150 East Grand Avenue. Students from the SIUC Suzuki Strings Program and the John Thomas Strings Program will be playing music during the event. A Community Symposium in reference to the City of Carbondale’s new Comprehensive Plan will begin at 7:00 p.m. following the Spaghetti Dinner. Businesses wishing to contribute door prizes are encouraged to contact Officer Randy Mathis.
All proceeds will help fund Carbondale Crimestoppers, a not-for-profit organization that helps fight crime in the Carbondale area. Crimestoppers is a community program that involves the public, media, SIU Police Department, and the City of Carbondale Police Department in the fight against crime. It provides a way for information to flow from citizens to police without having to give your name, address or phone number. Tips that lead to an arrest are eligible for cash rewards of up to $1,000.
Carbondale Crimestoppers is proud to announce that since it’s inception in 1993, over $30,000 in cash has been paid for information which has lead to arrests for crimes that include attempted murder, drug dealing, armed robbery, persons wanted on warrants, burglary and more! The money for these rewards comes from this annual fund raiser and from occasional donations from public and private organizations.
For more information contact Officer Randy Mathis at 457-3200 ext. 428, or check out the Crimestoppers page at the Carbondale Police website www.carbondalepolice.com.
Carbondale
Crime Stoppers maintains an easy number to remember,
549-COPS
or
549-2677.
It
is monitored 24 hours a day, seven days a week, by members of
the Carbondale Police Department and the Southern Illinois University
Carbondale Police Department.
When
you call with information, you will be given a code number known
ONLY to you. When you call back to check on the progress of your
case, you need only to identify yourself by your code number.
Or, you can e-mail a tip on the interactive on-line anonymous tip program by clicking on this link:
If
your information results in the arrest of an offender, you become
eligible for a cash reward of up to $1,000 (depending upon the
amount of points you earn). Arrangements will be made so that
you can receive your reward in cash and protect your identity.
What
type of information can you report?
The
police are seeking information from the Carbondale and SIUC communities
about any criminal activity you know about, have
credible information about, or activites that seem suspicious.
Anyone can call. Tips are not limited to the Crime of the Week.
Rewards
can be paid out to those persons who call the tip line and provide
information.
Of
course, the police are always wanting information on:
the
whereabouts of persons with outstanding warrants issued for
their arrest
the
location of suspected drug houses, rooms, or locations (parks,
stores, parking areas)
suspicious
persons driving, walking, or cruising through neighborhoods
or parking lots
So,
please, call the Crime Stoppers Tip Line at 549-COPS, or 549-2677.
You
have nothing to lose and your neighborhood has everything to gain
if a criminal is identified and/or removed.
The Southern Illinois University Carbondale Police Department is investigating a Residential Burglary that occurred from a room on the fourth floor of Allen I between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, March 22, 2009.
Non-forcible entry was gained into the unlocked room and once inside one black and silver Toshiba laptop computer, one black and silver ASUS laptop computer, one pink iPod nano, one black Sansa MP3 player that had a red biohazard sticker, one set of headphones, and one blue mesh wallet with black trim containing the victims drivers license and miscellaneous papers were taken from the room. The value of the stolen items is in excess of $2100.00.
There are no suspects at this time.
Anyone who has information can contact the Crime Stoppers line at (618) 549-COPS (2677) where callers can remain anonymous or the Carbondale Police Department at (618) 457-3200.
If
you provide information which leads to an arrest in this case...Or
any other case...You
may be eligible for a reward of up to $1000...
