Surry County elections chair resigns after being accused of putting MDMA into grandchildren's ice cream

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) -- Warrants are shedding more light on the arrest of a now-former elections official out of Surry County this week.

Wilmington Police Department announced that on Tuesday they arrested James Edwin Yokeley and charged him with felony child abuse, possession of a controlled substance and contaminating food with a controlled substance.

The charges stem from an August 8 encounter where Yokeley reportedly flagged down an officer at a Wilmington Sheetz and told him he'd found something in his grandchildren's ice cream.

Two pills were found and medical professionals determined the children had not ingested anything.

Video footage reportedly showed Yokeley putting the pills in the children's food, according to the Wilmington Police Department.

Warrants state that Yokel