If I left to my friends house even if I'm grounded and I don't listen to my mom for staying grounded and I came back home like 5 hours later then my mom calls the cops, can they do anything? I keep hearing they can't and the cops will just scare me by saying that they will put me in juvy.

If I left to my friends house even if I'm grounded and I don't listen to my mom for staying grounded and I came back home like 5 hours later then my mom calls the cops, can they do anything? I keep hearing they can't and the cops will just scare me by saying that they will put me in juvy.

Sure they can... you are a kid... you don't make any rules... but then... perhaps you would enjoy going to juvy. And getting beat up by the bigger kids.

You effectively ran away... you are well on your way to a promising life scrubbing toilets in public restrooms for a living.