> 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 was sentenced Thursday to eight 
> years in prison.
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> 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.
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> 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."
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> 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.
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> The children, their mother, grandmother and McCoy lived together at the 
> time. The children have since been placed in foster care.
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> 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.
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> 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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