Warning: The small print of this story are graphic and could also be disturbing for some readers.
A former faculty custodian in New Jersey has pleaded responsible to contaminating meals meant for college students and workers.
Vineland, New Jersey, native Giovanni Impellizzeri, 27, admitted in court docket on Monday, Jan. 13 that he recorded movies of himself placing bodily fluids and cleansing merchandise into meals objects at Elizabeth Moore Faculty in Higher Deerfield Faculty District.
Impellizzeri additionally happy responsible to possessing little one pornography.
He’s anticipated to be sentenced in March and will resist 18 years in jail.
Investigation into disturbing accusations
The investigation into Impellizzeri started on Oct. 30, 2023, when New Jersey State Police had been contacted by officers on the elementary faculty in Higher Deerfield Township, New Jersey.
The officers mentioned they’d obtained a number of nameless suggestions in reference to posts on a social media platform.
Investigators mentioned the screenshots and video posts confirmed Impellizzeri performing sexual acts with inanimate objects on the faculty, the place he had labored as a custodian since September of 2019.
Impellizzeri allegedly tampered with and contaminated meals merchandise and utensils within the faculty’s cafeteria with bleach and private bodily fluids, together with saliva, urine and feces. The contaminated meals was probably served to college students and workers on the faculty, investigators mentioned.
Impellizzeri additionally contaminated different objects on the faculty along with his bodily fluids, based on investigators.
Investigators had been initially unsure when Impellizzeri’s alleged acts occurred however later said they occurred between Oct. 26, 2023, and Oct. 30, 2023.
Investigators mentioned Impellizzeri posted movies and photos on a social media app of himself committing the obscene acts. Additionally they imagine he dedicated the acts throughout after faculty hours.
The arrest of Impellizzeri
Impellizzeri was arrested on Oct. 31, 2023, and charged with aggravated assault, tampering with meals merchandise, endangering the welfare of a kid and tried endangering the welfare of a kid. On Nov. 2, he was additionally charged with official misconduct.
Again in November of 2024, Impellizzeri’s public defender mentioned his shopper has a protracted historical past of psychological well being points which he has obtained therapy for. He additionally mentioned Impellizzeri didn’t have a felony file previous to the alleged incidents on the faculty.
The Higher Deerfield Township Faculty District cooperated with authorities throughout the investigation.
Officers within the District mentioned that the entire meals and utensils on the Elizabeth Moore Faculty had been sanitized and secure to make use of or eat and any presumably contaminated meals merchandise have been discarded.
The District additionally mentioned Impellizzeri is on administrative go away.
