Opinion
1638
September 26, 2002.
Order of disposition, Family Court, Bronx County (Myrna Martinez-Perez, J.), entered on or about June 29, 2001, which adjudicated appellant a juvenile delinquent, upon a fact-finding determination that he committed an act which, if committed by an adult, would constitute the crime of grand larceny in the fourth degree, and placed him with the Office of Children and Family Services for a period of 18 months, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
RAYMOND E. ROGERS, for appellant
GEORGE GUTWIRTH, for PRESENTMENT AGENCY.
Before: Mazzarelli, J.P., Andrias, Buckley, Sullivan, Lerner, JJ.
The court properly exercised its discretion in placing appellant with OCFS. In view of his lack of adequate parental supervision, his previous pattern of failing to attend, absconding from, and failing to benefit from rehabilitation programs, and his continued substance abuse problem, his interests would best be served in a limited secure placement with a structured environment (see Matter of Katherine W., 62 N.Y.2d 947).
THIS CONSTITUTES THE DECISION AND ORDER OF THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, FIRST DEPARTMENT.