In re the Welfare of S.W.N.

OPINION

HARTEN, Judge.

Benton County authorities instituted a delinquency proceeding against appellant child, alleging that appellant attempted to murder his mother, his brother, and his mother’s boyfriend by rigging an explosion in their mobile home. Appellant challenges the district court order designating the proceedings an extended jurisdiction juvenile (EJJ) prosecution. We affirm the EJJ designation.

FACTS

On March 7, 1995, within one month of appellant’s sixteenth birthday, appellant’s mother reported to the police that appellant had run away and that she believed that he had attempted to…