CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - The City of Carbondale Police Department is asking for the public's help finding a suspect in connection with a report of a credit card theft.

During the course of the investigation, officers say they learned that a suspect used the credit card at a business in the 200 block of South Wall Street on April 19. They say the suspect is described as a black male. The investigation into the incident is continuing.

Anyone with information about the incident is encouraged to contact the Carbondale Police Department at 457-3200 Crime Stoppers at 549-COPS (2677). Anonymous tips can also be made by selecting the “Crime Stoppers” tab located on the Police Department website.

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CARBONDALE, IL (KFVS) - A man was arrested April 29 after running from police.

Nickoliest A. Brown was charged with armed violence, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, resisting, possession and manufacture cannabis investigation.

According to the Carbondale Police Department, around 2:25 p.m. on April 29 officers were in the 700 block of North Robert A. Stalls Avenue and saw three men gambling near the street. As officers approached them, they say one man, with a gun, ran.

Police say they caught the man after a short chase and arrested him. He was identified as Nickoliest Brown.

Brown was taken to the Jackson  County Jail and incarcerated.

The other two suspects were described as black males. Police say they ran from the scene and have not been found. The investigation into the incident is continuing.

JACKSON COUNTY, IL (KFVS) - A Carbondale man made his first appearance in court Tuesday on an indictment charging him in three separate counts with first degree murder and one count of aggravated discharge of a firearm.

Kely Y. Arbuckle, 25, had previously been charged with the same counts and was scheduled to appear in Jackson County Circuit Court in Murphysboro Tuesday for a preliminary hearing. The indictment took the place of a preliminary hearing.