In re the Appeal in Maricopa County Juvenile Action No. JV-501010

OPINION

KLEINSCHMIDT, Judge.

The juvenile appeals from an adjudication of delinquency for two counts of burglary and three counts of theft. He argues that the juvenile court erred by failing to suppress certain incriminating statements he made to the investigating officer. Because the statements may have been induced by a promise or threat, we remand this case to the juvenile court for additional findings.

On a morning in August of 1991, a deputy sheriff was investigating reports that several motorcycles had been stolen the previous night. A neighbor of the juvenile advised the deputy that the…