On 09/25/21 at 6:30 p.m., City of Carbondale Police Officers responded to the 1100 block of East Walnut Street in reference to a disturbance. During the course of the investigation, officers arrested Tamira Smart, age 32 of Milwaukee, WI, for Battery and Quincy Brown, age 48 of Cairo, for Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon and Unlawful Possession of a Firearm with no valid FOID. Brown was treated for a minor injury sustained during the battery incident with Smart. After consulting the Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office, Smart released pending a court appearance while Brown was incarcerated in the Jackson County Jail. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the Police Department at 618-457-3200 or Crime Stoppers at 618-549-COPS. The investigation into the incident is active and ongoing.

Tamira Smart, 32 of Milwaukee, WI

Quincy P Brown, 48 of Cairo
Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact the City of Carbondale olice 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!