Girl, 16, Arrested for Giving Pot to Toddler

(Newark, Ohio) Angel Dailey, a 16-year-old Licking County girl and daughter of alleged drug dealer Don Dailey, was arrested this week for allegedly giving marijuana to a two-year-old which was reportedly documented on a videotape that was left in a recorder that subsequently pawned and noticed by employees.

Angel pleaded not guilty when arraigned yesterday in Juvenile Division of Licking County Common Pleas Court on counts of felony corrupting another with drugs and a count of misdemeanor child endangerment.

The child victim, who turned 2 years old Friday, was not the daughter of Angel Dailey, but according to the juvenile complaint, Angel Dailey along with her boyfriend Melvin L. Blevins, 18, "were living together and providing care for (the victim)."

Blevins was arrested about 7 p.m. Thursday by Pataskala police, but local charges were superceded because he will face at least one federal drug charge in connection with the Daileys, said Tony Marotta, agent-in-charge for Ohio for the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Blevins was transferred from the Licking County Justice Center into federal custody for allegedly distributing ecstasy, Marotta said. He faces a federal charge of possession with intent to distribute, he said.

Don Dailey and his brother Tim were collared by federal agents last month after a raid found they had over 2,000 pounds of marijuana and millions of dollars in cash at their homes in Harrison Township.

Angel, a high school junior, was booked into a juvenile facility in Lancaster.

So, to simplify, here we have a 16-year-old high school girl living with her 18-year-old boyfriend and taking care of somebody else's two-year-old daughter -- AND everybody is smoking dope. I strongly believe that this community is in serious need of adult supervision.