Keystone Cops: Before There Was Dick In A Box…

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

• Yesterday was the 50th anniversary of the “boy in the box” murder, Philadelphia’s most famous — and, really, strangest — unsolved mystery. No one has ever figured out who the boy is, who murdered him and put him in a box and pretty much anything else in the case. It’s all very strange, but, I mean, whoever murdered him is possibly dead, right? Which kind of makes it sadder, I guess. [Inquirer]

• Seventeen people were arrested at a brawl at Camden High yesterday. “They were using nightsticks and hitting us for no reason,” said Izzy Tomlinson, a senior. “It was one little fight turned into this big thing — they Tased children.” Except Jersey cops aren’t allowed to use Tasers, so… uh… do they have them? The cops say no. Kids? Lying to make themselves look better? Well I never! [Camden Courier-Post]

• Police seized 40 bags of crack in an undercover drug deal in Bensalem. And, as such, the supply of drugs in our area ended for good. [Bucks County Courier Times]