NEW SCOTLAND — A toddler handed a bag of marijuana to a State Trooper, police say, leading to her mother’s arrest for child endangerment.

On Thursday, Sept. 6, Scott Hill, 26, and Megan Karl, 33, the child’s mother, were charged with child endangerment after going through an occupant-safety checkpoint on Route 32, according to Kerra Burns, a spokeswoman for the New York State Police.

When Hill and Karl reached the checkpoint, Burns said, a trooper smelled burnt marijuana. The butts of several marijuana cigarettes were found in an ashtray, according to a release from the State Police. Burns said that, prior to the checkpoint, Hill and Karl, both of Clarksville, were observed making “furtive,” or sneaky, movements in the car.

As one trooper interviewed the driver, Hill, outside of the car, a second trooper checked on a 3-year-old girl in the backseat, whose child-safety seat was not restrained properly.

Burns said that, while the second trooper was speaking with the 3-year-old girl, the child, unprompted by the trooper, pulled out a zippered pouch from under the front seat of the car, and showed the trooper what was inside. The pouch contained marijuana along with a metal grinding device and smoking pipe, both of which had weed in them.

The child gave the pouch to the trooper, the release said, who secured it as evidence.

Hill and Karl were arrested for endangering the welfare of a child; in addition, Hill was also charged with unlawful possession of marijuana.

The 3-year-old was picked up at the checkpoint by relatives, and Albany County Child Protective Services was notified of the arrests.

Hill and Karl were arraigned at New Scotland Town Court. Hill was released to the supervision of Albany County Probation, and Karl was released on her own recognizance. No future court date has been set.