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The juvenile court did not abuse its discretion in ordering the 15-year-old defendant to be confined in a youth development center for 36 months, followed by 12 months of intensive supervised probation, despite the lack of physical harm to the victim of the felony theft by receiving offense at issue.

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This appeal arises from a disposition order of the Juvenile Court of Chatham County that ordered the appellant, then 15 years old, to be confined in a youth development center for 36 months, followed by 12 months of intensive supervised probation. The appellant contends that the court abused its discretion in ordering him to such a long period of confinement because it failed to find that he had physically injured the victim of his most recent felony. Because we conclude that the trial court properly considered the evidence presented and the factors required to authorize its restrictive custody order and that it did not abuse its discretion in ordering 36 months of restrictive custody under the circumstances presented, we affirm.

Viewed in favor of the court’s order,1 the record shows the following facts. In November 2011, the juvenile court adjudicated the appellant delinquent after he stole a car and wrecked it, causing approximately $1,800 in damage.2 The court placed the appellant, who was 14 years old at the time, on felony probation. After the appellant violated several terms of his probation, the court ordered him to wear an electronic monitoring device on his ankle so that the State could ensure that he did not leave his home or school without permission. In June 2012, after concluding that he had continued to violate the terms of his probation, the court placed the appellant in a short-term treatment program.

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