Updated 4/16/2008 2:46:21 PM
PATASKALA, Ohio -- A videotape found on a camcorder that was sold to a pawn shop shows a toddler being forced to smoke marijuana, police said.
The suspects in the video were tracked down, arrested and charged.
The tape and the crime were discovered when a camcorder was sold to a Columbus pawn shop. The suspects videotaped their own crime, police said.
At first, it appeared a male was smoking marijuana through a pipe and the little girl was playing nearby. Then the male, whom police said was 18-year-old Melvin Blevins, was seen passing the pipe to the child. The tape shows the 18-month-old little girl resisting before the video cuts to black.
Next, a 16-year-old girl is shown holding the little girl. The male then places the pipe in front of the child's mouth.
Police believed the videotaped child to be the man's niece.
The girl is charged with child endangerment and corrupting another with drugs.
Blevins is in custody facing the federal charge of distributing narcotics to a person younger than 21.
The child is now 2 years old.
