Suppose it depends on the county but I'll take jail over probation
They get you on probation the next stops prison ....
That's my fear. He's young, he's going to mess up. Also we just adopted him out of a very restricted foster care program, so the odds are that he would mess up more than your average teen. He's 17 and only got a cell phone when we adopted him last December.
I am expecting him to make some errors in judgement as he gets used to his freedoms.
Totally don't want him going to county though.