Teen gets 8 years for coaxing nephews to smoke pot

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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) -- A teenager shown on a video coaxing his 2- and 4-year-old nephews into smoking marijuana :huh: was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison.

Demetris McCoy, 18, pleaded guilty to two charges of injury to a child/causing bodily injury and agreed to testify against his co-defendant, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported online Thursday.

The video shows one teen lighting a marijuana cigarette in the 2-year-old's mouth, then laughing as the toddler coughs. One teen then tells him to pass it to his brother, who also smokes it and coughs. Parts of the video showed someone calling the children ''potheads'' and asking if they ''have the munchies.''

Drug tests showed the youngsters had marijuana and cocaine in their bodies. When the video was made, the children's mother was sleeping in another room, police have said. She was not arrested.

The children, their mother, grandmother and McCoy lived together at the time. The children have since been placed in foster care.

Fort Worth police found the video while searching a house in connection with a burglary investigation in which McCoy also was charged. He pleaded guilty to two burglary charges and received eight-year sentences that he will served at the same time, the newspaper reported.

The co-defendant Vanswan Polty, 19, remains in jail awaiting trial. He faces two charges of injury to a child, three charges of burglary and one charge of failing to identify himself to a peace officer.

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[Budious]

I was going to post that it sounded a bit harsh, but then again, I see it was from Texas.

[oX Phenom Xo]

Are you saying something bad about people from Texas, because ****ed up **** happens everywhere...

[Budious]

No, I meant the sentence. Texas generally prosecutes cases more vigilantly with longer prison terms than other states of the union.

[oX Phenom Xo]

Ok. Sorry for being aggressive. :D

[Biotoxic_hazard_835]

Serves him right. Using drugs is bad enough but forcing young innocent children to do it is just criminal and inexcusable.

[Mrs_Angel_D]

I don't understand if the mother was asleep and wasn't charged and the grandmother wasn't around, then why are the kids in foster care???

[markwolfe Veteran]

I was going to post that it sounded a bit harsh, but then again, I see it was from Texas.

Harsh? These poor kids were given marijuana and cocaine (from the bloodtests showing traces of coke in their blood).

These two (18 years old and 19 years old - adults) deserve the sentence they got.

[duritz]

probably because there was cocaine in their bodies so they are most likely investigating the parents.

oh, and I love how someone always has to chime in with the texas comments.

[Mrs_Angel_D]

probably because there was cocaine in their bodies so they are most likely investigating the parents.

I suppose

[Revolution.]

wow, <snipped - Triliaeris>, he deserves to be in prison for live !

Edited July 25, 2008 by Triliaeris

[Dev Null Zen]

I'd say he got off pretty easy since it is all concurrent with the burglary charges. They should sterilize the bastards to make sure they doen't have any kids.

[Jason S. Global Moderator]

Dont mess with texas!

[Fred Derf Veteran]

I don't understand if the mother was asleep and wasn't charged and the grandmother wasn't around, then why are the kids in foster care???

It doesn't sound like a good environment for kids to be in. There were drugs in the house and the mother clearly did not take enough precautions to protect the children.

[Mrs_Angel_D]

It doesn't sound like a good environment for kids to be in. There were drugs in the house and the mother clearly did not take enough precautions to protect the children.

Yes but she may not have been aware that the teen would act in such a manner some kids are good at hiding stuff like that.

[jwjw1]

another award for 'dumbest criminal'...video taping themselves. Kids these days sure make it easy for the Police....LOL

[+Warwagon MVC]

I love , Texas, They don't dick around.

[fix-this!]

wow, <snipped - Triliaeris>, he deserves to be in prison for live !

prison for life ? are you even serious man ? yeah lets throw everyone in prison for life over every crime so we can over populate the prison system in the US even more than it already is.

[Dc'1]

What's the point in wasting it on such young children? It's harder to have a good laugh with somebody who probably cant even talk yet...

[Zab]

Lmao, You Got the Munchies? hahaha, awesome SMoke Dat Good ****@!