A former Cumberland County school custodian admitted to contaminating children's food with bodily fluids and bleach when he was working at a school in Upper Deerfield Township.
Giovanni Impellizzeri, now 27, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree official misconduct for his actions while working in the Elizabeth F. Moore School in Upper Deerfield Township, where he had been employed since Sept. 1, 2019.
He also pleaded guilty to third-degree possession of child sexual assault materials Friday.
It was Impellizzeri's "own hubris" that led to the charges, a judge previously noted, as the defendant apparently posted his actions in a chat room via the encrypted messaging app Telegram.
He talked of having previously mixed feces in with taco meat that was later served to children, and taking a sponge from the sink in the teacher's lounge to use to clean bathrooms and then putting it back, according to information presented in court.
"I'm doing the devil's work," he said in at least one video he posted.
"They're going to get so (expletive) sick," he said in one video as he noted how heavy the bleach smell was.
He adds that he added bleach to the children's food previously and "they were fine."
"Oh, well, not my problem," he adds.
Impellizzeri faces five years in prison on the official misconduct charge without parole. He faces an additional three years for the pornography charge, which would be served consecutive to the five years.
The state also will make an application for parole supervision for life at his sentencing, which is scheduled for March 28.
He remains jailed.
