In re Leandre C.

Mercure, J.E

Appeal from an order of the Family Court of Tompkins County (Rowley, J.), entered February 3, 2006, which, in a proceeding pursuant to Family Ct Act article 3, granted respondent’s motion to suppress certain evidence.

In September 2005, an officer with the Tompkins County Sheriffs Department took respondent’s fingerprints during the course of investigating the vandalization of a vehicle, an incident that took place when respondent was 12 years old. After respondent’s fingerprints were determined to match latent prints found on the vehicle, petitioner initiated the instant…