Davidson County Sheriff Makes Arrests for Fentanyl Trafficking
On August 28th, 2025, Detectives of the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigations Division stopped Christopher Brandon Yokeley for driving with a revoked driver’s license along Highway 29/70, Thomasville North Carolina. During the stop, Yokeley and the passenger, Bridgette Gallimore were found to be in possession of approximately 50 grams of fentanyl and an ounce of methamphetamine, along with several pieces of drug paraphernalia.
Yokeley was charged with trafficking methamphetamine by possession, trafficking methamphetamine by transportation, trafficking fentanyl by possession, trafficking fentanyl by transport, maintaining a vehicle for the sale or use of a controlled substance, and driving with a revoked driver’s license. Yokeley is currently held in the Davidson County Jail under a $1,000,000.00 secured bond and scheduled to appear in court on September 26, 2025.
Gallimore was charged with trafficking methamphetamine by possession, trafficking methamphetamine by transportation, trafficking fentanyl by possession, and trafficking fentanyl by transport. Gallimore also had several outstanding warrants for her arrest including felony possession Schedule II controlled substance, felony possession of methamphetamine, felony possession of VI controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, resisting public officer, and four counts of felony probation violation. Gallimore is currently held in the Davidson County Jail under a $840,000.00 secured bond and scheduled to appear in court on September 29, 2025.
According to the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug-related deaths claimed 107,941 American lives in 2022, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fentanyl and other synthetic opioids are responsible for approximately 70% of lives lost, while methamphetamine and other synthetic stimulants are responsible for approximately 30% of deaths. Fentanyl is the nation’s greatest and most urgent drug threat. Seizures of fentanyl, in both powder and pill form, are at record levels. Over the past two years seizures of fentanyl powder nearly doubled.
