In re James J.

The Family Court properly denied respondent’s motion to suppress statements and physical evidence. Under Family Court Act § 718, the officers were authorized to stop and question respondent in view of his youthful appearance, seeming confusion about where he was headed, and presence alone in the Port Authority Bus Terminal, a location that has been described as the " 'national center for runaway children’ ” and "notorious for its high incidence of criminal activity by armed juvenile runaways” (Matter of Mark Anthony G., 169 AD2d 89, 92). Certainly, when the officers in short order ascertained…