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Taniskia J. Morning and Javaar D. Underwood Charged with Firearms Violation

by | Apr 6, 2022 | Uncategorized | 0 comments

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MURPHYSBORO —Jackson County State’s Attorney Joseph A. Cervantez announced today that Taniskia J. Morning, age 44, and Javarr D. Underwood, age 18, both of Carbondale, Illinois, were arrested and charged with multiple weapons charges as a result of the execution of a search warrant at Morning’s Carbondale Residence on March 30, 2022.

Members of the Carbondale Police Department and the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department executed a search warrant at Ms. Morning’s residence in Carbondale as part of an ongoing firearms investigation. Items including four (4) firearms were located within the residence resulting in the arrests of Morning and Underwood.

Morning is charged with Unlawful Use of a Weapon, Class 3 Felony, among other charges. If convicted, Morning faces a mandatory sentence of two (2) to ten (10) years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Underwood is charged with Unlawful Possession of a Stolen Firearm, a Class 2 Felony, among other charges. If convicted, Underwood faces up to seven (7) years in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Both are being held in the Jackson County Jail. State’s Attorney Cervantez requested bonds of $250,000 for Morning and $100,000 for Underwood. Cervantez explained that local law enforcement agencies have been making great strides against gun crimes. We are all working together in order to get illegal firearms off the streets.

Preliminary hearings are scheduled for April 19, 2022.

State’s Attorney Cervantez emphasizes that “an information is not evidence of guilt, and that defendant is presumed innocent and is entitled to a fair trial at which his office has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.”

MURPHYSBORO MAN SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

MURPHYSBORO MAN SENTENCED TO 17 YEARS IN ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

by | Dec 18, 2023 | , , ,

Joseph A. Cervantez, Jackson County State’s Attorney, announced today that Commodore D. Jackson, 42, of Murphysboro, was sentenced to 17 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Jackson was found guilty in 2022 of Aggravated Battery with Use of a Deadly Weapon.

On March 4, 2022, the Jackson County State’s Attorney’s Office presented evidence that on Friday, November 5, 2021, at around 1:25 A.M., Carbondale Police Officers responded to 511 S. Illinois Avenue, Hanger 9, in Carbondale, regarding a stabbing. Jackson had stabbed the victim four times in the parking lot, following a verbal altercation inside the bar. The survivor was able to make his way back toward the front of Hanger 9 where emergency help was called. The Carbondale Police Department conducted the investigation, and the Murphysboro Police Department located and apprehended Jackson where he was transported to the Jackson County Jail on November 5, 2021.

A sentencing hearing was held on December 15, 2023, where arguments were made by Jackson County Assistant State’s Attorney Sophia M. Allen, as to sentencing recommendations. The court ultimately sentenced Jackson to a total of 17 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. The investigation was led by the Carbondale Police Department and assisted by the Murphysboro Police Department and the Illinois State Police.

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