James Edwin Yokeley Jr. — the 66-year-old Republican chairman of the Surry County, North Carolina, Board of Elections — faces serious criminal charges after authorities in Wilmington, North Carolina, revealed he allegedly slipped illegal drugs into his granddaughters' ice cream.According to Raleigh,...
  • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1881·
    2 days ago

    Damn. So desperate to be a victim, he made victims of his own grandkids. Piece of trash. The ironic part is he was caught by the surveillance state he no doubt supported till now.

    According to Raleigh, North Carolina NBC affiliate WRAL News, on August 8, Yokeley approached a Wilmington police officer and claimed his two juvenile granddaughters had discovered two suspicious pills in ice cream they’d purchased from Dairy Queen on Oleander Drive.

    However, surveillance video later revealed that Yokeley himself was seen placing the pills into both of the girls’ treats. The pills reportedly tested positive for MDMA and cocaine, as noted in an arrest warrant. The authorities said they have evidence he slipped drugs into the girls’ ice cream.

    • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
      981·
      2 days ago

      This is MAGA/the Republican party in a nutshell. Getting people worked up and freaking out chasing imaginary LGBTQ+/Dem/woke bogeymen while their own members are literally harming children.

    • Dragomus@lemmy.world
      391·
      2 days ago

      I’ll be curious if in 6 months time the whole affair will be ~covered up~/dropped

      • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        20·
        1 day ago

        He probably wanted to generate a story about a minority endangering his pure white grandkids, or just a simple scam against the company for a settlement.