In re Interest of Kayley V.

── In re Interest of Kayley V. ── Court: Nebraska Court of Appeals Date: May 12, 2026 Category: General IN THE NEBRASKA COURT OF APPEALS MEMORANDUM OPINION AND JUDGMENT ON APPEAL (Memorandum Web Opinion) IN RE INTEREST OF KAYLEY V. NOTICE: THIS OPINION IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR PERMANENT PUBLICATION AND MAY NOT BE CITED EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY NEB. CT. R. APP. P. § 2-102(E). IN RE INTEREST OF KAYLEY V., A CHILD UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE. STATE OF NEBRASKA, APPELLEE, V. KAYLEY V., APPELLANT. Filed May 12, 2026. No. A-25-739. Appeal from the Separate Juvenile Court of Sarpy County: SARAH M. MOORE, Judge. Affirmed. Todd A. West, Sarpy County Public Defender, and Chelsie Krell for appellant. Brianna L. McLarty, Sarpy County Deputy County Attorney, and Stephanie Swenson, Senior Certified Law Clerk, for appellee. MOORE, PIRTLE, and WELCH, Judges. WELCH, Judge. I. INTRODUCTION Kayley V. appeals the Sarpy County Juvenile Court’s order adjudicating her as a minor within the meaning of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-347(1) (Cum. Supp. 2024) because she committed the offense of disturbing the peace, a Class III misdemeanor. Kayley contends that the evidence was insufficient to support her adjudication for disturbing the peace. For the reasons set forth herein, we affirm. -1-  II. STATEMENT OF FACTS 1. BACKGROUND Bryan Middle School (BMS) and Bryan High School (BHS) are schools located in Sarpy County, Nebraska, and are within the Omaha Public School (OPS) district. The two schools share a campus and a parking lot. On November 13, 2024, at approximately 2:26 p.m., in response to a concern reported by a BHS student, BMS’ school resource officer (SRO) Jessica Manning alerted BHS SRO Jim Severn regarding a potential issue in BHS’ parking lot. SRO Manning reviewed BMS’ video security camera feed, which includes camera systems for both BMS and BHS. Viewing the live camera footage, SRO Manning could see multiple vehicles and groups of people congregating in BHS’ parking lot, which was unusual while class was in session. The live footage was not clear enough to allow SRO Manning to identify any individuals. While SRO Manning was reviewing the video, SRO Severn went to the parking lot to address the situation and, once there, he requested immediate assistance. There were between 15 and 20 students in BHS’ parking lot, which was an unusual number of students to be congregating. After SRO Severn and four security officers arrived in the parking lot, the students ran in different directions and loaded into three to five vehicles. All of the individuals and vehicles were able to avoid apprehension except for seven people in a small black five-seat SUV. Although this SUV originally contained 10 individuals, three were able to get away. SRO Manning immediately drove her police cruiser from BMS to the parking lot where she observed the black SUV, which had been stopped and was surrounded by SRO Severn and other BHS security staff. Officer Severn detained the driver of the SUV, and other BHS security staff indicated to her that “there were numerous other individuals in the vehicle who were acting in a suspicious or odd manner” and that SRO Manning’s assistance was needed in detaining the remaining six juveniles. An additional 11 officers arrived on scene due to what SRO Manning described as “a large unpredictable situation” occurring on school property. SRO Manning was able to determine from OPS records that all of the detained students attended OPS schools, but none attended BHS. One of the juveniles who had been sitting in the back seat of the SUV was identified as Kayley. As a result of the pa