In re: D.E.P.

ZACHARY, Judge.

*753 The juvenile-appellant, Daniel, 1 appeals from a disposition order that committed him to the Department of Juvenile Justice for placement in a training school for a minimum of six months and a maximum not to exceed his eighteenth birthday. On appeal Daniel argues that the trial court erred in its disposition order by failing to enter findings that reflected its consideration of the factors set out in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-2501(c), and abused its discretion by entering a Level 3 disposition committing him to training school. For the reasons that follow, we disagree.

*511 I. Factual…