COLUMBUS -- A Pataskala man who gave marijuana to his 2-year-old niece was sentenced Tuesday on several drug-related charges, including giving drugs to a minor.
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Melvin Blevins, 19, was sentenced in United States District Court to 10 years imprisonment.
Blevins pleaded guilty Thursday, March 26, 2009, to a three-count indictment charging him with conspiracy to distribute more than 1,000 kilograms marijuana, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and distribution of less than 5 five grams of marijuana to a person younger than 21.
The sentence was imposed by U.S. District Judge Michael Watson.
Blevins assisted Donald Dailey, the leader of a large-scale marijuana trafficking organization, on a number of occasions, from January 1, 2008, through March 14, 2008.
Blevins and others unloaded bails of marijuana at Dailey’s house in Pataskala. Blevins assisted in unloading more than 1,000 but less than 3,000 kilograms of marijuana.
On at least one occasion, Blevins acted as counter-surveillance for Dailey and followed an undercover agent investigating the case for an extended period of time.
In January of 2008, Blevins and Dailey’s daughter videotaped themselves forcing a child of approximately 2 years to inhale marijuana from a pipe.
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A .22 caliber revolver handgun and 14 dosage units of ecstasy (MDMA) were recovered from Blevins April 3, 2008.
Blevins told detectives the pills found in his pocket were in fact ecstasy (MDMA) and that he did not use them but that he did sell them.
Agents arrested Blevins April 7, 2008. He has been in custody since his arrest.
A federal grand jury indicted him on May 29, 2008.
Blevins also was sentenced to serve five years on supervised release at the conclusion of his prison term.
Dailey pleaded guilty March 17, 2009, to operating a continuing criminal enterprise and is awaiting sentencing.
The information in this story was taken from an official release from William E. Hunt, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio.
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