In re Frederick M.

The respondent was adjudicated a person in need of supervision (PINS) pursuant to Family Court Act article 7 because of his excessive absenteeism from school and placed on probation in October 1992. He was subsequently ordered into placement with the Orange County Department of Social Services, pursuant to Family Court Act § 756, as a result of his continued truancy and misbehavior at home.- While in placement, the respondent continued to be truant and had problems with other students. He was removed to a group home where he continued to struggle with truancy. He was arrested for shoplifting…