J.B. v. State

J.B., a juvenile, appeals his adjudication of delinquency for petit theft. We reverse.

J.B. was at a public library doing homework when a Miami-Dade police officer, working off-duty library security, approached him. The officer recognized J.B. *660because she had previously issued him a trespass warning. The officer proceeded to arrest him. As the officer placed handcuffs on J.B.’s left wrist, J.B. ran away. The police later found J.B., still with the handcuffs on, and arrested him.

The State charged J.B. with: (1) battery on a police officer, (2) resisting arrest with violence, (3) trespassing on…