A Wilkes County man has been given prison time for second-degree murder in a case dating back to 2018.

Thomas Yokum III
The Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office charged Yokum with murder after he struck 56-year old Michael Glenn Bentley twice with his pickup outside Bentley’s home in Boomer on Oct. 18, 2018. Bentley would die two weeks later.
Photo: Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office