James Yokeley, a county-level North Carolina elections leader who was charged with putting hard drugs in his granddaughter's and her friend's ice cream, has resigned from his seat on the Surry County Board of Elections, state officials said Thursday.

Yokeley was arrested Tuesday after investigators discovered video footage that indicated he was responsible for placing pills in the ice cream earlier this month, court records show. The pills tested positive for MDMA and cocaine, according to an arrest warrant. He now faces felony charges for drug possession, child abuse and food contamination, the document shows. Warrants obtained by WRAL said that his granddaughters were involved.

On Friday, Wilmington police Lieutenant Greg Willett clarified that the two girls were actually his 16-year-

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