In re Jade Q.

Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Juan M. Merchan, J.), entered on or about October 13, 2006, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent, upon her admission that she committed an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute menacing in the third degree, and placed her on probation for a period of 12 months, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

The court properly exercised its discretion in adjudicating appellant a juvenile delinquent rather than a person in need of supervision (see e.g. Matter of Rosemary R., 29 AD3d 309 [2006]), in view of the violent nature of…