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,...
  • ccunning@lemmy.world
    35·
    16 days ago

    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.

    Jesus.

    • EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      22·
      16 days ago

      What do you think the odds are that this started because this dude thought the server was trans or something and was trying to get them arrested?

      • ccunning@lemmy.world
        20·
        16 days ago

        Given the MAGAsphere has no ongoing direct beef with DQ (that I’m aware of) I’d say the odds are pretty good he had personal beef with one of the employees.