Apparently 10,000 bucks doesn’t buy what it used to.

At least not in Darby Borough.

Police Chief Bob Smythe was at a press conference in Media Monday with D.A. Mike Green and representatives from the Citizens Crime Commission, where they announced a $10,000 reward for information into the killing of 17-year-old Ollie Cloyd last week.

Smythe noted that although Cloyd was just a block from home around 11 p.m. when he was accosted by several youths on bikes, no one is coming forward with information.

It was hoped that maybe increasing the reward fund from the initial $1,000 put up by the borough, then to $2,000 and now to $10,000 would loosen some lips.

Not so far.

The only noise Smythe is hearing is the sounds of silence.

You might call it dead silence.