Keystone Cops: Back To The Norm

Keystone Cops is a daily look at crime, police, public safety and drug news. Homicide totals are unofficial.

• A man in North Philadelphia late last night became the city’s 27th homicide victim this year. On this date last year, two people were killed, bringing the total to 22. There hadn’t been a homicide since Jan. 14 beforehand. (Yesterday’s “27″ was a typo.) [Inquirer]

• Hate symbols were used in a vandalism spree in Cape May County. The punks — Or do we use “thugs” now? Can somebody from the Daily News clue me in? — even broke the window of the Donut Connection. Jerks! Oh, and they also apparently wrote “abortion is murder.” [NBC 10]

• Another copycat threat from a schoolkid! A 14-year-old girl was arrested for having a hit list with people she wanted to hurt, including fellow students, faculty members and staff. School district officials called her note a “death list.” Don’t kids have fistfights anymore? [NBC 10]

• A pilot on a Continental flight died, and naturally local passengers were on board! Their take: It was scary. [KYW 1060]

• Oh, and a baby boy was found stuffed into a tote bag and “entombed in the trunk of a car.” Sigh. [CBS 3]