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Grandad Drugged Grandkids' Ice Cream? Election Official Arrested! | JQJO

Grandad Drugged Grandkids' Ice Cream?  Election Official Arrested!

Grandad Drugged Grandkids' Ice Cream? Election Official Arrested!

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A North Carolina election official, James Yokeley Jr., resigned after his arrest for allegedly putting drugs in his granddaughters' ice cream. He flagged down police at a gas station, reporting that his granddaughters, who hadn't consumed the substances, found pills in their Dairy Queen ice cream. Police video allegedly shows Yokeley placing the pills there. He was charged with contaminating food, child abuse, and drug possession. Following his arrest and calls for his resignation, Yokeley stepped down from his election board position.

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