How long could a kid be sent to juvie for trespassing on museum property i proximity to a robbery?
I’m working on a scene in a book where a 10-year-old girl is arrested right after stealing and handing off the macguffin, but due to good teamwork there is only enough evidence left behind to charge her with trespassing. Considering that it can easily be deduced that she had *something* to do with the stolen macguffin, how long could a judge put her in juvie?
For context, the macguffin in question is something like a cross between the Millenium Puzzle and the Lament Configuration. It takes a powerful mind and will to solve it, and the sort of people who are drawn to it will do great things—terrible, yes, but great. It’s reasonable to assume this 10-year-old middle-class white girl stole it because she’s going to grow up to be the next Voldemort, so I think its reasonable for the judge to throw the book at her.