MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — The Mattoon Police Department assisted the Southern District of Illinois U.S. Marshals Service in locating and capturing a “Most Wanted Fugitive” on Thursday.

On May 8, Mattoon Police helped the U.S. Marshals Service in locating 43-year-old Carrie Coats for an outstanding Illinois Department of Corrections warrant. The warrant was for a parole violation that had been outstanding since 2001. She was arrested at 8:30 a.m. in the 1900 block of Western Ave. in Mattoon.

Coats was identified as one of the Illinois Department of Corrections’ “Most Wanted Fugitives,” as she was originally convicted in Cook County for a home invasion charge. Following her arrest on Thursday, she was transported to the Coles County Safety and Detention Center, where she awaits transfer back to the Illinois Department of Corrections.