US EditionElections Official in N.C. Resigns; Accused of Drugging Granddaughters' Ice Cream
James Yokeley faces felony charges for drugging ice cream with cocaine and MDMA given to his granddaughters, leading to his resignation amid election management concerns.
- State Board officials confirmed that James Yokeley resigned as chair of the Surry County Board of Elections following his arrest on charges including contaminating food or drink with a controlled substance.
- Earlier this month, James Yokeley resigned as Surry County Board of Elections chair after his arrest for allegedly putting pills in his granddaughter's ice cream.
- Authorities charged Yokeley, age 66, and he posted a $100,000 bond after officers said video footage shows him placing two small blue pressed pills containing MDMA and cocaine into the victims' ice cream.
- State Auditor Dave Boliek called the arrest and investigation disturbing and said the resignation lets the Surry County Board and State Board of Elections move forward without distraction.
- In his resignation letter, James Yokeley said the decision was not made lightly and expressed confidence in exoneration, while State Auditor Dave Boliek called for the Surry County Board and State Board to move forward.
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WILMINGTON, N.C. (WSVN) – A North Carolina man has been arrested after police say he placed illegal narcotics into his two granddaughters’ ice cream. According to the Wilmington Police Department, an officer was flagged down on Aug. 8 by 66-year-old James Edwin Yokeley Jr., who claimed his two juvenile granddaughters had discovered hard objects in ice cream they bought at a Dairy Queen. Medical personnel examined the girls and determined they ha…
Elections official in N.C. resigns; accused of drugging granddaughters' ice cream
The chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections in North Carolina resigned Thursday less than a month after he was arrested on suspicion of putting drugs in his granddaughters' ice cream.
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