In re Jason N.

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Rensselaer County (Spain, J.), entered January 3, 1991, which granted petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Court Act article 3, to adjudicate respondent a juvenile delinquent.

In the early morning hours of September 5, 1990, Police *794Officer Richard Schoonmaker observed respondent and another young adult male on the corner of Rensselaer and Ninth Streets in the City of Troy, Rensselaer County. When the two youths saw Schoonmaker’s patrol car they ran in opposite directions. Schoonmaker followed respondent because he observed a…