In re D.P. CA3

BACKGROUND

In December 2022, the minor admitted receiving stolen property, and the juvenile court placed him on probation. In July 2023, the minor admitted violating the terms of his probation, and the juvenile court ordered him to serve 1,167 days in a juvenile rehabilitation facility. In September 2023, the minor escaped from the juvenile rehabilitation facility. Less than two weeks later, the minor approached two men and demanded they give him drugs. The men said they did not have any, so the minor grabbed a stick and began chasing them. When one man slipped and fell, the minor repeatedly hit him with the stick, saying, “I’m going to kill you.” The minor’s use of the stick resulted in the victim’s loss of an eye. When police officers found the minor, he fled and jumped a fence, but the officers caught him. When the officers arrested him, the minor smelled strongly of alcohol and had bloodshot eyes, slurred speech, and an unsteady gait. The minor admitted committing robbery, assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, resisting an officer, public intoxication, and escape. The juvenile court committed him to a secure youth treatment facility pursuant to section…