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

[littlemissmartypants]

Posted 5:40 PM yesterday Updated 6:14 PM yesterday

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.

Investigators discovered video footage that showed Yokeley was responsible for placing the pills into the ice cream for both girls, police said. The pills tested positive for MDMA and cocaine, according to an arrest warrant.

Yokeley didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
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[OldBaldy1701E]

1. What the absolute frak?? (n/t)

[UpInArms]

2. WTaF?

No words …

Attempted murder?

[58Sunliner]

3. What kind of sick bastard puts this in his granddaughters ice cream?

And for what purpose?
Typical repuke child abuser-
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/james-e-yokeley-jr-6b67304_this-speaks-volumes-of-truth-activity-7207421308853235712-ZzaP/

[70sEraVet]

4. For use as a date-rape drug?

It's the only answer I can come up with. Sick, but an answer.

[TheRickles]

5. I wonder where the videotape came from that showed him putting the pills in the ice cream.

[mwmisses4289]

6. If they went through the drive thu or were in the restaurant,

probably there, or any other business in that area.
I suspect the guy needs money, and thought he could sue the pants off DQ by claiming that the ice cream was tainted; maybe by trying to claim the ice cream mix itself was tainted with the pills or that an employee at the store itself had put the pills in the ice cream.

[70sEraVet]

7. Thabk you. Your explanation makes more sense than mine.

[Ocelot II]

8. I can't think of a better explanation. Dude's a Republican, after all...

Or, an even more nefarious possibility - did he intend to drug them and molest them? Ugh, I hope not.

[TheRickles]

9. Makes sense - thanks. We'll be finding out the true story soon enough.

[Wonder Why]

10. Soon Repug Man will replace Florida Man in the News of the Weird.