In re Trevor G. CA1/1

I.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL

BACKGROUND

In June 2015, Trevor G., who was then 14 years old, stole a cell phone from A.G., a female rider on a MUNI bus. Trevor G. ran from the bus, and A.G. followed but was unable to catch him. She eventually replaced her stolen cell phone with a new one at a cost of $750. A San Francisco police officer later recognized Trevor G. from a video recording of the theft and a crime bulletin that were circulated in the police department. After Trevor G. was arrested, he identified himself in a photograph in the bulletin. The San Francisco District Attorney’s Office filed a petition under Welfare and Institutions Code section 602, subdivision (a) seeking to have Trevor G. declared a ward of the court. The petition alleged one misdemeanor count of grand theft.1 Trevor G. was also the subject of two other wardship petitions based on his suspected involvement in stealing cell phones, one alleging a felony count of attempted second degree robbery of A.A. and one alleging a felony count of second degree robbery of S.M.2 Ultimately, the attempted-robbery petition involving A.A. was dismissed based on witness unavailability and the grand-theft and robbery…