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North Carolina Election Official Resigns After Allegedly Hiding Drugs in Grandchild’s Ice Cream
Daily Fetched ^ | September 02, 2025 | Jason Walsh

Posted on 09/02/2025 1:03:36 PM PDT by Red Badger

The head of a county elections board in North Carolina resigned after police said they found video of him hiding drugs in his grandchild’s ice cream.

James Yokeley Jr., who led the Surry County Board of Elections in North Carolina, reportedly warned police officers that two teens found hard items in their Dairy Queen ice cream, according to a report from NC Newsline.

The teenagers were his step-granddaughter and her friend.

Video footage seen by Wilmington Police allegedly showed that Yokeley was the one who placed the small blue pills in the desserts.

Field tests showed that the pills contained cocaine and MDMA.

The girls did not end up ingesting the drugs, according to police.

“He can be seen placing something on the counter, and it’s pretty apparent that when the employees make the drinks, he’s trying to observe if anybody’s observing him,” Wilmington Police Lt. Greg Willett remarked in a news conference on Friday, per Blaze Media.

James Edwin Yokeley, Jr. (R) has resigned as chair of the Surry County Board of Elections after being arrested by the Wilmington for attempting to drug his grandchildren with pills testing positive for MDMA and cocaine

According to authorities, Yokeley flagged down police in… pic.twitter.com/ADjF8444od— Old North Patriots (@oldnorthpats) August 28, 2025

The Western Journal reports:

Willett asserted that the surveillance footage “clearly shows Mr. Yokeley placing the pills in the ice cream.”

Yokeley, a Republican, has been charged with contaminating food with a controlled substance, felony child abuse, and possession of a Schedule I narcotic.

Yokeley has since resigned from the Surry County Board of Elections, to which he was appointed in June.

“This decision has not been made lightly. After much prayer, thoughtful reflection, and consultation, I have concluded that it is in the best interest of the State Board of Elections and the Surry County Board of Elections, regarding my own falsely accused circumstances, to step down at this time,” Yokeley wrote in a letter.

But the outgoing elections official maintained his innocence.

“Based on the truth and facts, I remain prayerfully confident that I will be exonerated of all accusations levied against me,” he said.

James Edwin Yokeley, Jr. (R) has resigned as chair of the Surry County Board of Elections after being arrested by Wilmington Police for attempting to drug his grandchildren with pills testing positive for MDMA and cocaine.

Sarah Whisenant, the owner of the Dairy Queen, said that Yokeley entered the store as it was closing on Aug. 3 to buy the ice cream, per a report from WECT.

Police asked for the surveillance footage on Aug. 8, and Whisenant expressed that none of her employees would have done such a thing.

“Thank goodness we had video,” she said.

Yokeley made a court appearance on Aug. 27. He is not allowed to have contact with the girls, and he waived his right to a court-appointed attorney.


TOPICS: Government; Health/Medicine; Local News; Society
KEYWORDS: boardofelections; cocaine; crime; ecstasy; justlikeepstein; letablamedems; mdma; republican; surrycounty; yokeley
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MDMA is AKA Ecstasy................
1 posted on 09/02/2025 1:03:36 PM PDT by Red Badger
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Strange. You don't see Republicans rallying to this guy's defense or organizing fundraising efforts for his defense.

/s

2 posted on 09/02/2025 1:06:33 PM PDT by Texas Eagle ("Throw me to the wolves and I'll return leading the pack"- Donald J. Trump)
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To: Red Badger

Not saying he’s innocent, but are they saying he tried to give his own grandkids cocaine and ecstasy?

That would be an unusual crime.


3 posted on 09/02/2025 1:08:09 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: Red Badger

What on Earth could have been his motive?? Was he trying to ruin the ice cream place, or have a reason to sue? Or was this a date-rape drugging attempt?? Or attempted murder?? I’m really at loss. What a weird thing to do.


4 posted on 09/02/2025 1:09:42 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (The greatest wealth is to live content with little. -Plato)
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To: A_perfect_lady

My guess is he was setting them up for a lawsuit................


5 posted on 09/02/2025 1:11:06 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Williams

Step-grandkid and her friend.

Probably trying to set up a lawsuit incident...............


6 posted on 09/02/2025 1:12:12 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

There are a bunch of Yokely’s in that area.


7 posted on 09/02/2025 1:13:46 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If Hitler were alive today and criticized Trump, would he still be Hitler?)
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To: Red Badger

A good theory but sounds worse than that.


8 posted on 09/02/2025 1:15:19 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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I don’t want to think about the other...................


9 posted on 09/02/2025 1:16:18 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

Can’t deny there are a lot of very evil and sick people in this world. But I hope he’s innocent.


10 posted on 09/02/2025 1:17:38 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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To: Red Badger
Who would have thought of drugs in ice cream.



11 posted on 09/02/2025 1:20:55 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: A_perfect_lady

Stupid amateurish attempt to hit the lawsuit jackpot would be my guess.


12 posted on 09/02/2025 1:22:02 PM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA-PRO-MA)
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To: A_perfect_lady

Jag-offs do weird things.


13 posted on 09/02/2025 1:22:08 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys many aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: A_perfect_lady
This is what I think happened:

He planned to rape his step-daughter and her friend that evening. They each felt the pill in their mouth and spat it out. He heard them find it and complain and figured turning it over to the police would keep his reputation because he looks like an upstanding person trying to protect these teens. This was his fallback position, but, thankfully, the Dairy Queen had video to reference.

14 posted on 09/02/2025 1:23:31 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: Red Badger

I like how they go out of their way to mention he’s a Republican. Somehow I bet if he had been a democrat the subject wouldn’t have even come up.


15 posted on 09/02/2025 1:23:36 PM PDT by Skywise
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Step-granddaughter and her friend


16 posted on 09/02/2025 1:24:02 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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17 posted on 09/02/2025 1:27:55 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: A_perfect_lady

That was my question. Why would anyone do this?


18 posted on 09/02/2025 1:32:30 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: Red Badger; All

The number of places where you can be sure you are not being recorded is becoming less and less.


19 posted on 09/02/2025 1:33:32 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: Red Badger

Local yokel...er Yockley?


20 posted on 09/02/2025 1:47:38 PM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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