In re M. C. F.

KELLY, Associate Judge:

Appellant, a juvenile, was arrested and charged with petit larceny following an incident of alleged shoplifting in a local department store. At a delinquency hearing two store detectives testified for the government that on May 8, 1971, they had observed appellant, along with his brother and a young female companion, shopping in a peculiar manner in the second floor Sports Department.1 Their suspicions were further aroused when a detective from a neighboring store told them that he thought the three had taken some merchandise from his store. As the detectives watched,…