A 68-year-old North Carolina grandfather, James Yokeley Jr., is accused of spiking his granddaughter’s ice cream with narcotics. Yokeley is currently serving as a local board of elections chairman.

According to a release issued by the Wilmington Police Department, the incident occurred on August 3. A police officer was flagged down by Yokeley while at a Shupyard Boulevard gas station. The grandfather informed the officer that two teenage girls had found pills in their Dairy Queen ice creams.

While the WPD reported that the two girls were Yoekeley’s granddaughters, WECT clarified that one of the girls was his step-granddaughter. The other juvenile was the 16-year-old’s friend. Furthermore, the WPD reported that the incident had occurred on August 8, but the date was later clarified by aut

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