In the Interest of J. L. P.

Eldridge, Judge.

A complaint was filed in the Juvenile Court of Newton County on January 2, 1996, charging appellant, J. L. R, a child, with four delinquent acts which occurred on December 31, 1995, in Newton County: auto theft; theft by taking; entering an auto; and escape from detention. Appellant had been placed with Project Adventure, Inc. in Newton County, as his legal custodian; Project Adventure, Inc. was also the victim of the delinquent acts. Appellant, who lived in Bleckley County with his mother, was apprehended in Terrell County for hit and run on December 31, 1995. Thereafter, he…