Carbondale Non-Bargaining Unit Employees Personnel Board recently issued the following announcement.
On 04-25-19 at approximately 2:00 p.m. officers arrested Jody Pullen in the 400 block of Small Street in Harrisburg, Illinois. Pullen was wanted on warrants for charges of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Aggravated Battery with a Firearm and Felon in Possession of a Firearm related to the shooting in the 100 block of North Washington Street on 04-12-19.
Police Chief Jeff Grubbs said, “Our officers and our investigators have done a tremendous job resolving a traumatic and senseless incident. One part of that was identifying and removing this violent offender from the community. I appreciate the assistance of the public in furthering the efforts of our officers as we continue on with this investigation.”
Pullen is currently incarcerated in the Saline County Jail. The Carbondale Police Department was assisted by the Illinois State Police, the Harrisburg Police Department and the United States Marshals Service during the arrest. The case investigation is ongoing and still active and there is no further information to be released at this time.
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!
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