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In re D.K.
Citation:
200 N.C.App. 785 (2009)Facts
On 23 April 2008, the juvenile’s normal teacher was absent, and he was placed into Ms. Carmen Barrantes’s classroom. Near the end of the class period, Barrantes asked the students to put their chairs on their desks and wait for her dismissal. At this time she noticed that the juvenile, then eleven years old, had picked up her fisherman flashlight visor, worth approximately $6.00. When she allowed the students to leave, the juvenile ran out of the room. Barrantes ran after him and attempted to retrieve her visor. The juvenile denied having it. Following discussions with the juvenile, searches of the juvenile’s book bag, and searches of the classroom and nearby hallway, the visor was never found.
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