In re Jeremiah C. CA1/5

BACKGROUND

On June 24, 2014, appellant and friends were playing around after summer school at Westmoor High School, jumping on parked cars. Appellant jumped onto the hood and then the roof of a red 1992 Nissan Stanza. He slipped and fell on his back, denting the roof of the car. The other boys who had jumped on cars that day did not cause any damage.

1 Other students told a high school administrator about the incident, and appellant admitted to the administrator that he had jumped on the car and dented the roof. The police were summoned, and appellant told a police officer he slipped and fell on the roof of the car, resulting in the dent. It was determined that the dent could not be fixed for less than the $2,500 bluebook value of the car. In December 2014, the San Mateo County District Attorney filed a juvenile wardship petition (Welf. & Inst. Code, § 602, subd. (a)) alleging appellant committed felony vandalism (Pen. Code, § 594, subd. (b)(1)). At the jurisdictional hearing in March 2015, the juvenile court granted appellant’s motion to amend the petition to allege a misdemeanor. The court sustained the amended petition, declared appellant a ward of the court, and placed him…