CUMBERLAND COUNTY, N.J. (TCN) — A 25-year-old man will spend time behind bars for putting cleaning products and bodily fluids into food items at a school cafeteria while he was employed there as a janitor.
The Cumberland County Prosecutor’s Office announced March 28 that a judge sentenced Giovanni Impellizzeri to eight years in New Jersey State Prison with parole eligibility after five years served. He previously pleaded guilty in January to second-degree official misconduct and third-degree possession of child sexual abuse material.
According to an initial affidavit, on Oct. 30, 2023, school authorities reached out to New Jersey State Police after receiving multiple tips about posts on a social media platform. Impellizzeri reportedly had posted photos and video of him “performing sexual acts with inanimate objects at the school.”
The defendant allegedly contaminated food products and utensils at the school cafeteria with bleach and bodily fluids, including saliva, urine, and feces that were later offered to students and staff. Authorities said Impellizzeri also placed bodily fluids on other items at another area in the school.
According to prosecutors, during the investigation, officials discovered Impellizzeri possessed child sexual abuse material. Before his plea, the defendant was charged in 2023 with multiple counts, including aggravated assault, tampering with food products, attempted endangering, official misconduct, possession of child sexual abuse material, and distribution of child sexual abuse material.
In a statement obtained by WPVI-TV, the superintendent of Upper Deerfield School District said, “What our students, our staff, and parents, and our children had to endure is unconscionable, and we cannot change what happened.”
