In re K.J.

Citations

• 2026 Ohio 2169

Syllabus

JUVENILE — SUPPRESSION — REASONABLE SUSPICION — SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE — CARRYING A CONCEALED WEAPON — TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE — JAYWALKING — OBSTRUCTING OFFICIAL BUSINESS: The juvenile court erred where, after a suppression hearing, it found that police had probable cause to arrest the juvenile for obstructing official business after he ran from them without first determining whether police had reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop. The juvenile's delinquency adjudication for carrying a concealed weapon was supported by sufficient evidence where officers observed the juvenile wearing a crossbody bag while running from police, which they found in an apartment into which he fled, where officers found a gun hidden in the apartment, and where the juvenile did not deny hiding a gun that day. The juvenile's delinquency adjudication for tampering with evidence was supported by sufficient evidence where the juvenile ran from police officers who were investigating ShotSpotter alerts and fled into an apartment in which police found a gun hidden in a closet and where the juvenile did not deny hiding a gun that day. The juvenile's delinquency adjudication for obstructing official business was supported by sufficient evidence where a police officer testified that he saw the juvenile jaywalk and where the juvenile ran from an officer who attempted to stop him for the offense.