NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters' ice cream

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Source: wral.com


The chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections was charged after Wilmington police said they found evidence he placed illegal narcotics in his granddaughters' ice cream.

Posted 4:40 PM today Updated 5:14 PM today
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James Yokeley Jr.
By WRAL staff

The chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections was charged after Wilmington police said they found evidence he placed illegal narcotics in his granddaughters' ice cream.

On Aug. 8, James Edwin Yokeley Jr. told an officer that his two juvenile granddaughters found two pills in ice cream purchased from Dairy Queen on Oleander Drive.

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Yokeley was charged with contaminating food or drink with a controlled substance, felony possession of schedule 1 narcotics and felony child abuse, records show. He was transported to the New Hanover County Detention Center and posted a $100,000 secured bond.

..............In June, Yokeley, a Republican, was selected by State Auditor Dave Boliek to serve as chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections.

Read more: https://www.wral.com/news/local/surry-board-elections-drug-ice-cream-wilmington-august-2025/

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The granddaughters did not eat any of the ice cream, which is the only good part about this story.




philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_
The chair of a North Carolina county Board of Elections was charged for allegedly drugging ice cream with MDMA and cocaine and giving them to his two granddaughters

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[Deuxcents]

1. WTH? Why did he want to harm his grandkids? To be caught on video, they must have been outside the ice cream shop?

[LudwigPastorius]

3. "Why did he want to harm his grandkids?"

He's a Republican, so he was probably trying to "prime" them for sexual assault.

[Dem2theMax]

7. Ding, ding, ding!

We have a winner. Has to drug them so he can assault them. Maybe they won't remember, so he can get away with it. Or was he going to 'sell time with them' to his GOP friends?

Waiting to see if the family makes excuses for him.

[wanderer54]

8. HE WAS NOT TRYING TO HARM THE GIRLS

he dosed the ice creams and then reported it to the police to stir up anti-drug fear
that UN-KNOWN CRIMINALS were to blame

[Mawspam2]

2. Sounds like he wanted to Cosby them to rape them.

Guardians Of Pedophiles.

[NBachers]

4. Hey girls! Let's go to Dairy Queen! 1. Is this their first DQ visit together? 2. There needs to be a deep investigation

into his conduct with these girls and any other girls he's been around.

Another Republican Pedophile

[wanderer54]

5. He's the one who reported it

He told a police officer that an unknown person had
adultrated the girl's ice cream.
It seems he was trying to ramp up fear.

[Skittles]

9. he is still a seriously sick fuck

I mean, HE is the criminal here

[bluestarone]

11. Sounds like he got caught and trying to blame others?

I do NOT believe him for a minute. He's an ASSHOLE!!

[Buddyzbuddy]

6. I may be wrong, but wouldn't that combination make them horny and energetic?

I'm not joking. I'm just trying to figure out what evil this jerk was up to.

[Clouds Passing]

10. Republicans are insane!

[republianmushroom]

12. Parents protect your children from the 3-C's, even if they are relatives.