Salem man convicted of sexually abusing a child
sentenced to 25 years in prison
Bill PoehlerA Salem man convicted of sex abuse of an 8-year-old has been sentenced to the maximum of 25 years in prison.
A Polk County jury found Markis McConico, 28, guilty on Thursday following a trial. He was sentenced Friday to 300 months in prison.
McConico isn’t eligible for early release or a sentence reduction, according to the Polk County District Attorney's Office. He also is required to serve a lifetime of post-prison supervision when released and register as a sex offender.
According to an indictment in the case, McConico engaged in the sexual abuse in 2021.
'Heart breaks': Child was sexually assaulted
by mother and her partner, say police
Computers seized in police search of southern Alberta home contained almost half a million images and videos depicting child sex abuse.
A southern Alberta mother and her partner have been charged with sexually assaulting the woman’s prepubescent son.
The 34-year-old Lethbridge woman and a man, 41, whose names are being withheld to protect the child’s identity, are also charged with producing child pornography related to the alleged assaults.
“When a child’s own mother commits these offences, your heart just breaks,” said Mike Tucker, spokesman for the Alberta Law Enforcement Response Teams (ALERT).
Are drugs involved here? I would bet on it.
After receiving a tip from the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children, the man was arrested following a search of a home on Sept. 19 in the Lethbridge region, southeast of Calgary, where a large quantity of child pornography was identified.
Police say he’d been uploading child pornography on Facebook.
“A forensic analysis of computers seized . . . identified nearly half a million photos and videos of child sexual abuse materials,” states an ALERT news release.
“Amongst this vast collection, the Internet Child Exploitation team (ICE) identified a series of materials that they believed were unique and possibly created by the accused.”
Those images allegedly included those of the boy and led investigators to the child’s mother, who was arrested Nov. 2 after a search of her Lethbridge home.
“ICE believes that the two suspects were in a previous relationship and sexually assaulted the child, in addition to sharing child sexual abuse materials,” said ALERT.
Authorities believe the boy had been sexually abused for several months earlier this year, said Tucker.
Plea deal offer for N.J. school custodian on
food contamination, child sex abuse charges
Joseph P. SmithBRIDGETON — An Upper Deerfield Township school custodian charged with deliberately contaminating cafeteria food and distributing child sexual abuse materials is considering a plea deal that could keep him in prison for up to 10 years.
He should get 100!
Cumberland County Assistant Prosecutor Lindsey Seidel disclosed the initial offer at an arraignment hearing for defendant Giovanni A. Impellizzeri in Superior Court here on Friday.
Judge Cristen D'Arrigo set April 19 for the defendant's next hearing. Meanwhile, defense attorney Emily Bell entered a plea of not guilty to all charges. Bell said she expects to make a counter-offer to the prosecution.
The 26-year-old Vineland resident was arrested Oct. 31, 2023 by New Jersey State Police and held since then in the county jail. A county grand jury on Jan. 24 issued a seven-count indictment against him. The child sexual abuse charges stem from an examination of his phone, Seidel said.
Seidel said the offer requires Impellizzeri to plead guilty to one charge of official misconduct and one charge of distribution of child sexual abuse material. She said he would serve five years on the first count, with no chance of parole, and another consecutive five years on the second charge.
The indictment lists the following charges: Aggravated assault-third degree, for allegedly spraying bleach onto cucumbers meant to be served to children; tampering with a food product-third degree; attempted endangering the welfare of children-third degree, for allegedly contaminating utensils and foods; tampering with a food product-third degree; official misconduct as a public servant-second degree; endangering the welfare of a child via distribution of child sexual abuse material-second degree; and endangering the welfare of a child by possession of child sexual abuse material-third degree.
According to the indictment, Impellizzeri shared at least one child abuse video and allegedly possessed less than 1,000 items depicting sexual exploitation or abuse of a child. All the offenses are alleged to have occurred in October 2023.
According to authorities, Impellizzeri was a custodian since 2019 at Elizabeth F. Moore School in Upper Deerfield Township.
Seidel said an anonymous tip from a member of an encrypted online chat group the defendant belonged to was made to New Jersey State Police, providing state police with images and messages he allegedly posted. In that content, Impellizzeri allegedly bragged about exposing school food and equipment to bleach, bodily fluids, and feces in order to sicken children.
The return of an indictment is not proof of guilt, but only step toward a possible trial for the defendant.
When he goes to prison, he should be careful with what he eats.
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