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Jaleel Sojouner was sentenced to life in prison for his part in the shooting death of his girlfriend. He will be eligible for parole after 18 years.
A Carbondale man whose high-profile Christmas Eve 2020 arrest at the local City Market grocery store sparked community outrage has filed a race discrimination lawsuit against the grocery chain. Michael Francisco has retained the civil...
Charges are being dropped in the resisting arrest case against Carbondale resident Michael Francisco in a joint agreement with the town’s prosecuting attorney announced Tuesday. A condition of the deal, though, was that Francisco and Carbondale Police Chief Kirk Wilson participate in a facilitated “sharing of perspectives” regarding the circumstances that led to his arrest on Dec. 24, 2020. That occurred on Friday, “during which there were powerful speaking and listening opportunities that resulted in collaborative wisdom to better inform future situations,” a town press release iss...
John Stroud/Post Independent A resisting arrest case against a Carbondale man involving a Dec. 24, 2020, incident at the local City Market grocery store and raising questions of racial bias is being continued for another month, despite continued calls from some members of the public that charges be dropped. But the defendant in the case, Michael Francisco, remains hopeful for a positive outcome that will bring healing in the community. “I’d rather it be resolved now and the charges dropped at this moment,” said Francisco, a Belize-born Black man who wears a traditional rasta headdress, ...
Carbondale Police Chief Kirk Wilson said Wednesday that his department continues to embrace the philosophy of community policing, and that a resisting arrest case against Michael Francisco, which has drawn considerable attention, is still under active investigation. Wilson also said in the formal statement issued via email Wednesday morning that he welcomes a town review of the department’s policies and procedures, as called for by Mayor Dan Richardson. “At this time the incident that took place on December 24, 2020 remains under investigation,” Wilson said. “We are also reviewing our...