In Re the Welfare of J.S.S.

OPINION

SHUMAKER, Judge. ■

Fourteen-year-old appellant' J.S.S. was adjudicated delinquent on charges of criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct. The trial court ordered J.S.S. to complete an out-of-home, long-term residential treatment program at Sheriffs Youth Ranch in Austin, Minnesota.' Because the court failed to make sufficient written findings of fact to support this placement .under Minn.Stat. § 260.185, subd. 1 (1998), and Minn. R. Juv. P. 15.05, subd. 2(A), we reverse.

FACTS ■

Appellant J.S.S. removed and damaged several plaques, worth approximately $70, from benches in Shetek…