CARBONDALE, ILLINOIS (NewsFirst) — On February 6, 2024 at 4:58 p.m., City of Carbondale police officers responded to the 1400 block of West Main Street for a report of a man walking in the parking lot with a handgun.
Officers found the man, later identified as Derrico D. Quinn, age 34 of Memphis, TN., holding a handgun as described. Officers ordered Quinn to drop the firearm. Quinn complied and was taken into custody without incident.
The firearm was later found to have been reported stolen from Missouri. Quinn was charged with Unlawful Possession of Firearm by a Felon, Possession of Stolen Firearm, and Unlawful Use of Weapon.
He was transported to the Jackson County Jail. The investigation remains active and ongoing.
Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale Police Department at (618) 549-2121.
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 on this website’s main page. Please help yourself and your county, its communities, and the university campus by using these numbers if you witness or have any information about a crime.
Cash rewards for information that leads to an arrest are also made anonymously. Remember, crime doesn’t pay, but Crime Stoppers does!
The mission of the Carbondale Police Department is to work in partnership with our community to preserve life, protect human rights, protect property and improve quality of life by providing police service to all in a fair, sensitive, and professional manner.
