NC Grandfather, Election Official Arrested for Spiking Ice Cream

A shocking incident has emerged from North Carolina, where James Edwin Yokeley Jr., a grandfather and former election official, has been arrested. He is accused of allegedly spiking his granddaughters’ ice cream with illegal narcotics, leading to serious charges and his subsequent resignation.

The Incident at Dairy Queen

According to reports, Yokeley Jr. approached a police officer at a Sheetz gas station to report that his two young granddaughters had found “hard objects” in their ice cream. However, an investigation revealed that Yokeley Jr. himself had purchased the ice cream from a Dairy Queen and allegedly placed pills containing cocaine and MDMA into each of his granddaughters’ servings. Fortunately, the children did not ingest the substances.

Footage from the Dairy Queen location reportedly corroborated these allegations, showing Yokeley Jr. tampering with the ice cream.

Charges, Bond, and Resignation

Yokeley Jr. was arrested and booked on suspicion of contaminating food with a controlled substance and felony child abuse. He also faces charges for possession of a Schedule I narcotic. He was transported to the New Hanover County Detention Center and later posted a $100,000 secured bond.

Following the accusations, Yokeley Jr. resigned from his position as chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections on August 28th. In his resignation letter, he maintained his innocence, stating he was “falsely accused” and expressed confidence in being “exonerated of all accusations.”