What Types Of Crimes Can Juveniles Get Arrested For? Attorney Matthew Brown from Combs Waterkotte answers, “What types of crimes can juveniles get arrested for?” Juvenile Criminal Defense Lawyers in Missouri.
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Jessica Ambuehl: So tell me, what types of crimes can juveniles actually be arrested for?
Matt Brown: Juveniles can be arrested for any crime that you have seen an adult arrested for.
Now, in terms of an arrest, juveniles won’t go to adult jail. They have special jails, or what they call, “detention centers,” for juveniles. Juveniles aren’t housed for obvious reasons with adults that are being housed in a county jail or a prison or something like that.
But any crime that a juvenile commences, they can be arrested for. That can range from murder, sex crimes, property damage, drug cases, minor in possession, any type of crimes that an adult could be arrested for, [a] juvenile could be arrested for the same thing.
