Following a full hearing in the juvenile court, fourteen-year-old J. D. T. was adjudicated delinquent on three counts of theft by taking a motor vehicle OCGA § 16-8-2 and two counts of striking a stationary object OCGA § 40-6-272. A motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals pursuant to the trial court’s subsequent grant of an out-of-time appeal. Finding no error, we affirm. Viewed in the light most favorable to the juvenile court’s adjudication,1 the evidence at trial showed that on Sunday, July 21, 2002, a Mack semi-tractor and trailer was taken from the property of Southern Concrete, and a concrete mixer and a block truck were taken from the adjacent property of Florida Rock Industries “Florida Rock”. Michael Brinson and Robert Lassiter testified that they observed a semi-tractor and trailer and a block truck parked in the middle of the public road, abutting the property of Southern Concrete and Florida Rock. The block truck was parked to the rear of the semi-tractor and trailer. J. D. T. exited the semi-tractor and trailer and got into the block truck where his twelve-year-old nephew, K. J., was waiting, and the two boys drove the block truck around the semi-tractor and trailer, leaving the semi-tractor and trailer in the middle of the road. Brinson and Lassiter watched as the boys drove the block truck down the road and onto a sandy area, where the block truck became stuck up to its axles in the soft ground. The boys then abandoned the block truck and walked down the train tracks.
Later, Brinson and Lassiter observed the same two boys driving a concrete mixer truck out of Florida Rock and down the public road. The boys struck the semi- tractor and trailer several times with the concrete mixer truck as they attempted to turn the concrete mixer truck around. The boys drove the concrete mixer truck to where the block truck was stuck. Attaching a chain to both vehicles, they attempted to dislodge the block truck. During this procedure, they caused the concrete mixer to collide with the block truck, damaging the front of the block truck. Noting the young age of the boys, Brinson and Lassiter called 911. When police arrived, they observed J. D. T. jumping out of the concrete mixer. His nephew was standing outside the truck by the passenger door. Held :
