{"id":132230,"date":"2025-08-28T13:55:54","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/28\/gop-election-official-charged-after-putting-cocaine-mdma-in-childrens-ice-cream\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T13:55:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T21:55:54","slug":"gop-election-official-charged-after-putting-cocaine-mdma-in-childrens-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/2025\/08\/28\/gop-election-official-charged-after-putting-cocaine-mdma-in-childrens-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Election Official Charged After Putting Cocaine & MDMA In Children\u2019s Ice Cream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Move over Rocky Road! There\u2019s a new flavor out there that will have kids absolutely bouncing off the walls this summer. Call it Pablo Escob-erry Crunch, because it\u2019s regular ice cream with cocaine and MDMA mixed in. <\/p>\n

Wilmington, NC authorities have charged James Edwin Yokeley Jr. with lacing his own grandchildren\u2019s ice cream with narcotics at a Dairy Queen. I know the Blizzard refers to snow, but this takes it a bit too far. Yokeley told the cops on August 8 that the kids just found the drugs in the ice cream \u2014 before consuming them thankfully \u2014 but subsequent review of video footage allegedly showed Yokeley putting the drugs in the Ecsta-S\u2019mores shakes himself. <\/p>\n

Look, if you\u2019re just trying to sue a fast food joint you can just claim to find a hair in the food, but you\u2019ve got to appreciate the commitment required to go all the way to Schedule 1 narcotics.<\/p>\n

From WRAL News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Yokeley was charged with contaminating food or drink with a controlled substance, felony possession of schedule 1 narcotics and felony child abuse, records show. He was transported to the New Hanover County Detention Center and posted a $100,000 secured bond.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As it happens, Republican officials recently tabbed Yokeley to serve as the chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections, an area on the Virginia border. How did he get that gig? From last year<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Yokeley said prospective voters are allowed to attest to being U.S. citizens rather than providing proper credentials for that. The GOP is suing the N.C. State Board of Elections over this issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe laws should be stricter when it comes to verification of citizenship,\u201d Yokeley said Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Amazing what happens when one party trades serious election supervision for anyone willing to flog debunked talking points about non-citizens illegally voting en masse<\/a>. <\/p>\n

NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters\u2019 ice cream<\/a> [WRAL News]<\/p>\n

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\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

The post GOP Election Official Charged After Putting Cocaine & MDMA In Children\u2019s Ice Cream<\/a> appeared first on Above the Law<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Move over Rocky Road! There\u2019s a new flavor out there that will have kids absolutely bouncing off the walls this summer. Call it Pablo Escob-erry Crunch, because it\u2019s regular ice cream with cocaine and MDMA mixed in. <\/p>\n

Wilmington, NC authorities have charged James Edwin Yokeley Jr. with lacing his own grandchildren\u2019s ice cream with narcotics at a Dairy Queen. I know the Blizzard refers to snow, but this takes it a bit too far. Yokeley told the cops on August 8 that the kids just found the drugs in the ice cream \u2014 before consuming them thankfully \u2014 but subsequent review of video footage allegedly showed Yokeley putting the drugs in the Ecsta-S\u2019mores shakes himself. <\/p>\n

Look, if you\u2019re just trying to sue a fast food joint you can just claim to find a hair in the food, but you\u2019ve got to appreciate the commitment required to go all the way to Schedule 1 narcotics.<\/p>\n

From WRAL News<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Yokeley was charged with contaminating food or drink with a controlled substance, felony possession of schedule 1 narcotics and felony child abuse, records show. He was transported to the New Hanover County Detention Center and posted a $100,000 secured bond.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As it happens, Republican officials recently tabbed Yokeley to serve as the chairman of the Surry County Board of Elections, an area on the Virginia border. How did he get that gig? From last year<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Yokeley said prospective voters are allowed to attest to being U.S. citizens rather than providing proper credentials for that. The GOP is suing the N.C. State Board of Elections over this issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe laws should be stricter when it comes to verification of citizenship,\u201d Yokeley said Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Amazing what happens when one party trades serious election supervision for anyone willing to flog debunked talking points about non-citizens illegally voting en masse<\/a>. <\/p>\n

NC county elections chair accused of putting cocaine, MDMA in granddaughters\u2019 ice cream<\/a> [WRAL News]<\/p>\n

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\"Headshot\"Joe Patrice<\/a>\u00a0is a senior editor at Above the Law and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer<\/a>. Feel free to\u00a0email<\/a> any tips, questions, or comments. Follow him on\u00a0Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or Bluesky<\/a> if you\u2019re interested in law, politics, and a healthy dose of college sports news. Joe also serves as a Managing Director at RPN Executive Search<\/a>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Move over Rocky Road! There\u2019s a new flavor out there that will have kids absolutely bouncing off the walls this summer. Call it Pablo Escob-erry Crunch, because it\u2019s regular ice cream with cocaine and MDMA mixed in. Wilmington, NC authorities have charged James Edwin Yokeley Jr. with lacing his own grandchildren\u2019s ice cream with narcotics […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":132231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-above_the_law"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/xira.com\/p\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Headshot-300x200-f86xAG.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xira.com\/p\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}