Move
over
Rocky
Road!
There’s
a
new
flavor
out
there
that
will
have
kids
absolutely
bouncing
off
the
walls
this
summer.
Call
it
Pablo
Escob-erry
Crunch,
because
it’s
regular
ice
cream
with
cocaine
and
MDMA
mixed
in.
Wilmington,
NC
authorities
have
charged
James
Edwin
Yokeley
Jr.
with
lacing
his
own
grandchildren’s
ice
cream
with
narcotics
at
a
Dairy
Queen.
I
know
the
Blizzard
refers
to
snow,
but
this
takes
it
a
bit
too
far.
Yokeley
told
the
cops
on
August
8
that
the
kids
just
found
the
drugs
in
the
ice
cream
—
before
consuming
them
thankfully
—
but
subsequent
review
of
video
footage
allegedly
showed
Yokeley
putting
the
drugs
in
the
Ecsta-S’mores
shakes
himself.
Look,
if
you’re
just
trying
to
sue
a
fast
food
joint
you
can
just
claim
to
find
a
hair
in
the
food,
but
you’ve
got
to
appreciate
the
commitment
required
to
go
all
the
way
to
Schedule
1
narcotics.
From
WRAL
News:
Yokeley
was
charged
with
contaminating
food
or
drink
with
a
controlled
substance,
felony
possession
of
schedule
1
narcotics
and
felony
child
abuse,
records
show.
He
was
transported
to
the
New
Hanover
County
Detention
Center
and
posted
a
$100,000
secured
bond.
As
it
happens,
Republican
officials
recently
tabbed
Yokeley
to
serve
as
the
chairman
of
the
Surry
County
Board
of
Elections,
an
area
on
the
Virginia
border.
How
did
he
get
that
gig?
From
last
year:
Yokeley
said
prospective
voters
are
allowed
to
attest
to
being
U.S.
citizens
rather
than
providing
proper
credentials
for
that.
The
GOP
is
suing
the
N.C.
State
Board
of
Elections
over
this
issue.“The
laws
should
be
stricter
when
it
comes
to
verification
of
citizenship,”
Yokeley
said
Wednesday
night.
Amazing
what
happens
when
one
party
trades
serious
election
supervision
for
anyone
willing
to
flog
debunked
talking
points
about
non-citizens
illegally
voting
en
masse.
NC
county
elections
chair
accused
of
putting
cocaine,
MDMA
in
granddaughters’
ice
cream
[WRAL
News]
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