In re A.B. CA4/2

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In 2014, minor was 16 years old. She had formerly been friends with the victim,

another teenage girl.

Starting around November 2, 2014, the victim began receiving repeated calls to

her mobile phone. The first time she answered the call, she heard a male voice

demanding money, and saying that if she did not pay, he would kill her. The victim

asked who was calling; the male told the victim that she knew who it was, and to stop

playing games. The caller’s telephone number did not appear on the victim’s caller-

identification display (caller ID); the record referred to these calls as calls from “blocked”

numbers. During the following week, the victim received numerous calls from similarly

blocked numbers; the victim did not answer the calls. On November 7, 2014, the victim

answered a call from a blocked number. She recognized the voice as belonging to the

same male who had called and threatened her several days earlier. The male told the

victim to go to a particular park at 7:00 p.m. to pay him the money; if she did, then he

2 would leave her alone. The victim thought the voice might be that of her ex-boyfriend,

but she was not sure.

The…