EL CAMPO SCHOOL WORKER ARRESTED ON CHILD PORNOGRAPHY CHARGE

  

A contract food worker at an elementary school in El Campo has been arrested on child pornography charges after a hidden camera was found in the boys’ bathroom.

According to El Campo Police, 42-year old Scott Gelardi is charged with possession of child pornography and possession of child pornography with the intent to promote.

Police report they arrested Gelardi Tuesday morning when he arrived at work.  He is suspected of hiding a camera in a boys’ bathroom at the school, which allegedly caught video and photographs of students.  Maintenance workers found the camera Monday.

Police say they have no evidence of any physical contact with students.

Gelardi is charged with possession of child pornography, a third-degree felony, and possession of child pornography with the intent to promote, a second-degree felony.