People v. L. A. Jr.

In this interlocutory appeal in a juvenile delinquency proceeding, the People challenge the trial court’s order suppressing incriminating statements made to the police by the respondent, L. A. Jr. We reverse.

While investigating a residential burglary, a police officer was informed that the respondent and another child had been seen lingering in the front yard of the house and ringing the doorbell prior to the burglary. Eleven days after the burglary, the officer met with respondent and his stepfather in their home. The officer had arranged the meeting through the stepfather. The child was 14…