US EditionGrandfather Accused of ‘Drugging’ Dairy Queen Blizzards Given to His Grandchildren
James Yokeley faces multiple felony charges after police found video evidence that he contaminated his grandchildren's ice cream with MDMA and cocaine, according to authorities.
- On Aug. 8, 66-year-old James Edwin Yokeley Jr. flagged down a Wilmington officer after his two granddaughters found two pills in Dairy Queen Blizzards.
- James Edwin Yokeley Jr. serves as chair of the Surry County Board of Elections, and the North Carolina State Board of Elections and Surry County Board are aware of the charges and gathering information.
- Wilmington Police Department reviewed video footage showing Yokeley placing two blue pressed pills into the two juveniles' ice cream; field tests found the pills contained MDMA and cocaine.
- Yokeley was charged with contaminating food, felony child abuse, and narcotics possession; on Aug. 27, he appeared in court, waived a court-appointed attorney, and was released on a $100,000 secured bond with no contact allowed with the two children.
- Authorities say the investigation is ongoing as the Wilmington Police Department sent samples from the Dairy Queen at 5901 Oleander Dr. in Wilmington to laboratory testing.
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GOP Official Caught on Video Putting Drugs Into Granddaughters’ Ice Cream, Slapped With Felony Charges
James Edwin Yokeley Jr., the Republican chairman of the Surry County, North Carolina, Board of Elections, is facing felony charges after police say he laced his own granddaughters’ ice cream with MDMA and cocaine—then tried to blame it on a Dairy Queen. According to WRAL News, the 66-year-old approached a Wilmington police officer on August 8 and claimed his two juvenile granddaughters had discovered “two suspicious pills” in their ice cream aft…
Grandfather accused of placing drugs in Dairy Queen Blizzards given to granddaughters
A man was charged with contaminating food with a controlled substance and felony child abuse after an investigation revealed he placed pills in ice cream purchased by his granddaughters at a Dairy Queen, according to police.
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Grandfather accused of ‘drugging’ Dairy Queen Blizzards given to his grandchildren
A North Carolina man is facing charges for allegedly drugging Dairy Queen Blizzards that were given to his granddaughters.
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