Ugh.
A man in Northeast Pennsylvania has been sentenced to two years in prison for injecting his own semen into his co-workers’ yogurt, U.S. Attorney Peter J. Smith announced Wednesday.
Joseph Bartorillo, 60, of Larksville, didn’t just do this once or twice, either. Smith said this occurred on “multiple occasions” for almost a year – from July 1, 2010 to May 31, 2011.
Aside from facing a stint in prison, Bartorillo is to pay $3,647 in restitution to the Pennsylvania State Police crime lab – which, presumably, is who figured things out after paper plant workers in Mehoopany noticed a strange odor in the yogurt they’d brought for lunch and found pin holes in the foil lids.
Also, “the individual victims who purchased the contaminated yogurt will be eligible for restitution as part of the state court case against the defendant,” according to a press statement from Smith’s office, though money would seem to be the least of what’s bothering the victims right about now.
Wait. Didn’t I say at the top of this story this is a trend?
Yes, because two other major cases like this occurred recently in the United States – and the one near Scranton is actually the least revolting of the three.
Out in Albequerque, NM, a grocer was charged with putting his semen in yogurt (again with the yogurt) and handing it out as free samples.
And a case in Los Angeles is beyond anything. A school teacher has been charged, and the victims are kids. You probably do not want to read this story.
People are bound to speculate what’s behind a compulsion to assault and degrade others in this weirdly passive-aggressive way. (Much as I’d personally love to blame TV prank shows, I think this sort of thing has always been among us.) But bottom line: If you need therapy, get it.
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