In re William J.

—Order, Family Court, New York County (Mary Bednar, J.), entered on or about February 26, 1999, which granted respondent’s motion to suppress physical evidence and dismissed the petition, unanimously reversed, on the law and the facts, without costs or disbursements, the motion denied and the petition reinstated.

In this juvenile delinquency proceeding, the following facts were adduced at the suppression hearing. On January 22, 1999, Police Officers O’Neill and Sepulveda were assigned to anti-crime duty in high crime areas. In mid-afternoon, while on patrol in Manhattan with a third officer,…