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RandySF

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Thu Aug 28, 2025, 03:43 AM Aug 2025

Local GOP Elections Chair Accused Of Drugging Granddaughters' Ice Cream [View all]

The GOP chair of a local elections board in North Carolina has been arrested and charged for allegedly putting MDMA and cocaine in his grandchildren’s ice cream.

James Yokeley — a Republican who was selected to chair the Surry County Board of Elections in June — flagged down an officer at a Sheetz convenience store to inform him that his two granddaughters found pills in their Dairy Queen Blizzards, according to the Wilmington Police Department.

After it was determined that the two hadn’t ingested the substances, preliminary field tests indicated that the pills were illegal narcotics and they were taken to a state lab for further testing.

Video footage showed Yokeley placing the pills in his grandchildren’s frozen treats, per Wilmington Police.


https://www.huffpost.com/entry/north-carolina-elections-chair-james-yokeley-granddaughters-ice-cream_n_68afbe5ce4b0d635adb3d21c

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