Sentenced: NYPD Officer, Fiancée Charged With Murder In Death Of Cop’s 8YO Son

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Please take a moment to remember Thomas today.

 

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Michael Valva, the ex-NYPD officer accused with his former fiancée in the brutal child abuse death of his 8-year-old son Thomas, will put the blame on her as a trial nears — and Angela Pollina is set to point the finger at Michael Valva.

“She’s 100% innocent,” said Pollina’s defense attorney Matthew Tuohy, outside a pre-trial hearing in Riverhead, Long Island.

Tuohy told us he was preparing to request Pollina get her own trial and jury in the murder case.

“We are making a similar motion,” said Valva’s defense lawyer, John LoTurco, “indicating that Angela Pollina was primarily responsible for the death of Thomas Valva, that she was in control of the discipline in that family.”

But one thing Pollina and Valva are united on: trying to keep Ring camera video from inside the house out of the trial.

During Friday’s hearing, Tuohy suggested Suffolk County homicide detective Norberto Flores took advantage of Pollina’s trauma at the Long Island Community Hospital, where the boy was pronounced dead at 10:28 am on Jan. 17, 2020.

Detective Flores was asking Pollina for access to the in-house cameras.

“She was administered Xanax, and she was medically treated,” Tuohy told reporters outside court. “She wasn’t able to consent at that point and he was pressuring her. She was in no position to make any decisions at that point.”

The detective testified that when he returned to the couple’s house he met them at about 2:11 pm when they arrived home from the hospital.

Detective Flores said he took Pollina aside and asked her to get the password for the camera system.
He said Pollina kept the password in a notebook in her bedroom.

“I felt the cameras would give us surveillance to show how Thomas fell,” Flores testified. “I don’t recall her objecting or saying anything .”

Flores said Angela Pollina signed a form giving him permission to “conduct a complete search of my personal property.”

A prosecutor told a judge in early 2020 that Angela Pollina was seen on one camera dragging Thomas down a staircase on Jan. 15, 2020, because the boy had soiled his pants.

Michael Valva was outside of the house that night, working as an NYPD transit officer.

Pollina allegedly texted photos of the 8-year-old shivering in the garage, holding himself like he needed to go to the bathroom.

The prosecutor said Michael Valva texted back “F—k Thomas, that piece of s—t.”

Prosecutors have evidence that Thomas and his two brothers were victims of child abuse syndrome.

They lived in the house for two years with Pollina, her daughters, and Michael Valva.

Thomas and his older brother were on the autism spectrum.

Teachers at their East Moriches School District contacted the New York State Child Abuse Hotline at least 20 times, with complaints the two older boys came to school with bruises, wearing pull-up diapers, and desperately in need of nutrition.

Pollina’s defense attorney wanted to know why Detective Flores didn’t wait to question the other children, who were still at school when Flores left the home Jan. 17th.

He quoted Pollina and Valva: “They both said they believed the children didn’t witness the fall.”

Michael Valva said in a 911 call that Thomas fell on the concrete driveway on his way to catch the school bus.

Prosecutors said the in-house cameras show Thomas fell on the concrete floor of the freezing garage.

Ex-NYPD cop blames former fiancée for death of 8-year-old son

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. — Michael Valva, the ex-NYPD officer accused with his former fiancée in the brutal child abuse death of his 8-year-old son Thomas, will put the blame on her as a trial nears —…

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moms FB page has lots of updates and more details. She claims there was sexual abuse by various pedos involved with the family, this gets worse and worse

 

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Former NYPD officer Michael Valva wiped tears from his eyes as a family housekeeper recounted the harrowing last minutes of his 8-year-old son’s life at the pre-trial hearing in his murder case Monday.

But there was a brief moment in the testimony of housekeeper Tyrene Rodriguez that almost escaped notice.

When Rodriguez talked about getting her cleaning supplies in the mudroom, where the family dog, Bella, stayed, the Suffolk County prosecutor noted, “And that’s a heated room, correct?”

The housekeeper responded, “Yes.”

At the heart of the prosecution case is medical evidence that Thomas Valva died of hypothermia after being forced to sleep in a freezing garage on a 19-degree winter night allegedly because he soiled his pajamas.

The dog, meanwhile, was sleeping in a heated room on the same floor.

When the housekeeper arrived at the home Michael Valva shared with his then-fiancée Angela Pollina about 9 a.m. on Jan. 17, 2020, she said Pollina was sitting at the kitchen island making out bills.

Then, Rodriguez said she heard a child crying.

“I asked her who was crying; she said ‘Thomas is. He fell running for the bus,’” Rodriguez said.

When Rodriguez expressed concern, she said Pollina replied, ‘Yeah, he’ll be okay.’”

Rodriguez testified she started cleaning a small bathroom on the first floor and then she heard an electronic voice announce the garage door was opening.

“And then I looked over my right shoulder, and I saw Mike, Thomas and Angela,” Rodriguez recalled. “[Thomas] was being, like, escorted between both of them, but he was in front of them.”

Rodriguez said the group was heading towards the basement stairs as she continued her cleaning.

But five or 10 minutes later, Rodriguez said an agitated, hysterical Pollina returned to the bathroom and said Thomas wasn’t breathing.

The housekeeper said she raced to the basement and heard a 911 operator telling Michael Valva to do CPR on a hard surface instead of the couch, so the father moved the boy to the floor.

“I knelt by Thomas’ head to hold him steady while Mike was compressing his chest,” Rodriguez testified.

When Michael Valva’s defense attorney asked what Angela Pollina was doing, the housekeeper responded, “She was just standing behind us. Just freaking out.”

When the prosecution had a chance to redirect, the housekeeper acknowledged she and Pollina were making small talk at the kitchen island when she first arrived at the house, unaware that anything was wrong.

“We shot the breeze,” Rodriguez said, until she heard the boy’s cries.

The housekeeper knew that Thomas was on the autism spectrum.

The prosecutor asked Rodriguez to describe the scene when she got to the basement and saw Thomas on the couch receiving CPR.

“He was completely naked,” Rodriguez testified. “He was very blue. His lips were blue.”

The prosecutor asked the housekeeper if Pollina told her that Thomas had defecated on himself and urinated.

“I think I heard them say that when I went down in the basement,” Rodriguez testified. “I was wondering why he was naked.”

“He made noises as the air was expelling from his body,” Rodriguez recalled.

The housekeeper said when paramedics arrived, “They pulled out those paddles and then they realized there was nothing happening.”

That’s when first responders “put a silver blanket on him” and took Thomas away, Rodriguez said.

She recalled Michael Valva changed his clothes before going into the ambulance for the ride with Thomas to Long Island Community Hospital.

Rodriguez testified that Pollina seemed fine answering police questions at the house.

NYPD cop’s dog slept in heated room while son froze in garage: testimony

Former NYPD officer Michael Valva wiped tears from his eyes as a family housekeeper recounted the harrowing last minutes of his 8-year-old son’s life at the pre-trial hearing in his murder case Mon…

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Thomas

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Ex-NYPD cop Michael Valva put his children through years of hellish abuse — culminating in the 2020 freezing death of his autistic 8-year-old son, prosecutors alleged Wednesday during opening statements at his murder trial.

Thomas Valva and his 10-year-old brother Anthony were bruised, starved and forced to sleep on dog pads by their dad and his then-fiancée Angela Polina, Suffolk County Assistant District Attorney Laura Newcombe told jurors, according to Newsday.

“I will beat them until they bleed,” Valva allegedly once texted Polina about the boys, Newcombe said. “It is the only thing that works.”

The brothers, both of whom had special-needs, were so badly neglected that officials at their schools said they would arrive for class in soiled clothing and dig through the garbage for food, the prosecutor said.

“They were observed at school literally eating crumbs off the floor,” Newcombe said in the Riverhead courtroom.

In court Wednesday, one of Valva’s lawyers blamed Polina for Thomas’ death.

Attorney Anthony La Pinta told jurors that his client, emotionally and financially drained after a costly divorce, looked the other way to maintain his relationship with Polina.

“He tried his best to salvage the relationship,” La Pina said. “Eleven Bittersweet Lane was becoming more bitter by the day.”

He said Polina even griped that Valva was “making it too comfortable” for his kids.

He said Valva provided the boys with mattresses, blankets, books and a TV set, but claims Polina would not allow them to keep the items after they soiled themselves.

“This was not a senseless act of evil,” La Pinta told jurors. “You need to think with your heads and not with your hearts.”

‘Beat them until they bleed:’ Ex-NYPD cop Michael Valva stands trial in death of 8-year-old son

Ex-NYPD cop Michael Valva put his children through years of hellish abuse — culminating in the 2020 freezing death of his autistic 8-year-old son, prosecutors alleged at his murder trial.

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“”This was not a senseless act of evil,” La Pinta told jurors.”

No, it was many deliberate ones you dumb dick.

 

[cubby]

“”This was not a senseless act of evil,” La Pinta told jurors.”

No, it was many deliberate ones you dumb dick.

And it was deliberate acts by both of them. Not just one of them, they both as bad as each other.

 

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And it was deliberate acts by both of them. Not just one of them, they both as bad as each other.

I don’t know how this defense lawyer could say those words out loud without bursting into flames.

 

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The boy’s mother says she reported her suspicions of abuse for years and was dismissed, even laughed at..

Long Island officials launch probe into murder of 8-year-old Thomas Valva, whose cop dad is accused of freezing him to death

Suffolk County, Long Island. officials said they are investigating whether institutional failures were a factor in the death of Thomas Valva, who died earlier this month after he was left overnight in a garage when temperatures outside were well below freezing. Citing county officials, News 12...

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I'm guessing there are a lot of people who wish they listened.

 

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“I will beat them until they bleed,” Valva allegedly once texted Polina about the boys, Newcombe said. “It is the only thing that works.”

I hope these words come back to haunt not just him but her when they are locked up with people just like them.

In court Wednesday, one of Valva’s lawyers blamed Polina for Thomas’ death.

Attorney Anthony La Pinta told jurors that his client, emotionally and financially drained after a costly divorce, looked the other way to maintain his relationship with Polina.

“He tried his best to salvage the relationship,” La Pina said. “Eleven Bittersweet Lane was becoming more bitter by the day.”

He said Polina even griped that Valva was “making it too comfortable” for his kids.

He said Valva provided the boys with mattresses, blankets, books and a TV set, but claims Polina would not allow them to keep the items after they soiled themselves.

“This was not a senseless act of evil,” La Pinta told jurors. “You need to think with your heads and not with your hearts.”

So his lawyer is saying he is the real victim and was a victim at the hands of his evil vag.

I think it is more he hated his ex so much he would rather see his children suffer than let her raise them.

As for the evil vag I have no sympathy that he is trying to blame the whole thing on her. If he is willing to abuse his own children and allow you to treat them like less than human you deserve everything that happens to you now.

 

[GoneWest]

Had the school been reporting the abuse and neglect and CPS just ignored it?

 

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A jury convicted a former New York City police officer on Friday of second-degree murder in the death of his 8-year-old son, who was forced to sleep overnight on the concrete floor of a freezing garage.

Michael Valva was found guilty of four counts of child endangerment and faces a maximum potential sentence of 25 years to life. Thomas Valva died in January 2020, the day after sleeping in the garage in the family’s Long Island home in temperatures that dropped under 20 degrees (minus 6 Celsius).

Friday’s verdict came on the first day of deliberations after a month’s worth of testimony.

A medical examiner ruled the boy’s death a homicide and found that hypothermia was a major contributing factor. Prosecutors said Thomas and his 10-year-old brother were both on the autism spectrum and were at times forced to sleep in the garage.

According to prosecutors, the boys spent 16 consecutive hours in the freezing garage leading up to the 8-year-old's death, Newsday reported. Prosecutors also alleged Michael Valva did nothing to help him as the boy died in front of him and then lied to police and first responders.

The child endangerment counts stemmed from the beating and starving of both boys. Their teachers testified the boys came to school with bruises and often were so hungry they ate crumbs off the floor, according to the newspaper.

“While there is nothing that we can do to bring Thomas back, we are satisfied with the jury’s decision,” Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney said in a statement. “Michael Valva subjected his sons to horrific abuse, neglect and cruelty. He will now pay for cutting short the life of a young, innocent, defenseless boy who had a lifetime ahead of him.”

Ex-cop guilty of murder in freezing death of 8-year-old son

A jury convicted a former New York City police officer on Friday of second-degree murder in the death of his 8-year-old son, who was forced to sleep overnight on the concrete floor of a freezing garag...

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During opening arguments, Assistant District Attorney Laura Newcomb told the jury that Thomas, who had autism and incontinence issues, had an accident and soiled himself, she said. Valva, she said, "began screaming, 'Stop pooping. I should make you eat this ---t.'"

Then Valva took Thomas outside into the cold and hosed him down with icy water from the spigot, she said. Thomas began falling head-first onto the concrete. "What did this father do?" she asked, pointing at Valva. "Did he try to help him? No. He began yelling, 'F--- you, moron, walk!'"

And later, he said of Thomas, "He's cold. Boo f------ hoo," Newcomb said.

Thomas died a few hours later of hypothermia, according to the Suffolk County Medical Office' determination.
Looking back to September 2017, when Valva and Pollina moved in to 11 Bittersweet Lane in Center Moriches, with both Thomas and his brother autistic and finding it difficult to communicate, the boys were "punished if they didn't use their words," given no food, she said.

The boys were starving at school, eating crumbs from the floor and half-eaten food from the trash, Newcomb said. In a year, his brother had lost 20 pounds and Thomas gained only 1 pound, she said.

Also, although both boys had been toilet trained when they began living with Valva and Pollina in 2017, by 2018, they were back in Pull-Ups. Due to their accidents, they were forced to sleep on the floor, on wee wee pads meant for training dogs, Newcomb said.

"When that didn't work, they were forced into the backyard, alone in a tent, while the rest of the family slept upstairs in their warm beds," she said.
The boys were next "exiled to the two-car garage with the unwanted items. A life-size Halloween werewolf. A Christmas tree. No heat. No insulation. By the time of Thomas' death, the boys were living out of the garage."

There was also physical abuse, Newcomb said. The boys were slapped and punched; teachers reported red marks, scrapes and bruises, and their soiled clothes reeked of urine, she said.The jury will see proof, Newcomb said, because 11 Bittersweet Lane had a Nest video recording system that saved information to the Cloud.

"You can see the abuse they endured" at the hands of their father, Newcomb said.

And, she added, there are the texts. Newcomb read one that said the boys, if they refused to listen, would be put out in the snow.

Or another: "I will beat them until they bleed," Newcomb read.And, texted Valva: "When I get home I'm going to f------ handcuff him," Newcomb said.

Defense attorneys, however, maintained that Pollina was the dominant person in the relationship, whose "trigger" was the boys' incontinence that sparked her anger. They said Valva was in financial trouble, and had nowhere to go with his boys, if he left the house where he lived with her

Witnesses, including teachers at Thomas' school, have sobbed on the stand as they recounted seeing Thomas and his brother starving, cold, with bruises and scratches, and eating crumbs from the floor.

Michael Valva Won't Take Witness Stand In Murder Trial: Attorney

The defense rested, and closing summations are expected before a jury decides fate of ex-NYPD officer charged with the murder of his son, 8.

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He needs to be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for what he did to these children.

Whether he took the stand or not he was going to be convicted but it just shows what a coward he truly is.

 

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Michael Valva Won't Take Witness Stand In Murder Trial: Attorney

The defense rested, and closing summations are expected before a jury decides fate of ex-NYPD officer charged with the murder of his son, 8.

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He needs to be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for what he did to these children.

Whether he took the stand or not he was going to be convicted but it just shows what a coward he truly is.

I hate these sub-humans for what they did to Thomas and his brother. I hope they burn in hell.

 

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Former NYPD officer Michael Valva has been sentenced to 25-years to life in prison for the murder his 8-year-old son.

Michael Valva, 45, forced his 8-year-old son, Thomas, to sleep in an unheated garage in below-freezing temperatures in January 2020, leading to the child's death.

Valva was found guilty on all charges against him, including the highest charge, second-degree murder.

An investigation by authorities had revealed evidence of alleged physical abuse and neglect by Valva and his then-girlfriend, Angela Pollina, between September 2017 and January 2020, including reports from the East Moriches School District alleging that on numerous occasions, Thomas and his brother arrived at school hungry, cold, soiled, or marked with scratches, bruises, and cuts.

"This is one of the most difficult and heartbreaking cases I have experienced in my nearly 30 years as a prosecutor," said Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney. "The torture that killed Thomas and endangered Anthony’s welfare was nothing short of evil. Thankfully, the story of this defendant ends here, but the pursuit of justice for Thomas and Anthony continues."

Valva's co-defendant and former fiancé Angela Pollina, 45, is also charged with second degree murder and four counts of endangering the welfare of a child. Pollina is scheduled for trial on February 21, 2023.

Former NYPD cop Michael Valva sentenced for murder of 8-year-old son

"Nothing short of evil." A former NYPD officer will spend at least 25-years in prison for the torture and death of his own 8-year-old son.

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The onetime fiancée of disgraced ex-NYPD cop Michael Valva would unload “vicious outbursts” at the cop’s autistic son before the 8-year-old boy was found frozen to death in the couple’s Long Island home, a witness testified at her murder trial.

Angela Pollina, 45, who is charged in the Jan. 17, 2020, death of little Thomas Valva in the East Moriches home, was in the habit of cursing and screaming at the boy, piano teacher Tina Licari testified Tuesday, Newsday reported.

“I would hear almost like [a] zero-to-100 explosion,” Licari, who gave weekly lessons to one of Pollina’s daughters, told the jury on Tuesday. “She’d be screaming.”

Licari said Pollina and her ex-cop beau even made fun of Thomas’ autism, mocking him when he didn’t answer questions they shouted at him.

“‘That’s right because you can’t talk,'” Licari recalled Pollina screaming. She said Pollina then snickered at the defenseless boy.

Pollina is charged with second-degree murder and child endangerment. At the start of her trial Monday, Suffolk County prosecutors told jurors that Pollina is as guilty of the boy’s cruel hypothermia death as the disgraced former cop.

Ex of former NYPD cop Michael Valva mocked his autistic son who froze to death: witness

Angela Pollina, who faces murder charges in the 2020 death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva, would unload ‘vicious outbursts’ at the boy before his death, a witness said.

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Killer ex-cop Michael Valva’s former fiancée shocked the jury at her Long Island trial Wednesday when she said it was “a little chilly” — but she was “comfortable” — on the morning that Valva’s 8-year-old autistic son froze to death in their garage.

Jurors gasped and one uttered a quiet, “Oh my God” after Angela Pollina made the statement during her cross examination by Assistant District Attorney Kerriann Kelly in Suffolk County Court.

The prosecutor also showed videos of little Thomas Valva and his 10-year-old brother Anthony shivering on the cement garage floor because Pollina had demanded weeks earlier that her then-beau remove any creature comforts from the area.

In one video — recorded Jan. 5, 2020, less than two weeks before Thomas died — the boy took a dirty towel from the laundry basket in a pitiful attempt to keep himself warm.

Pollina later texted the video to Valva and said, “That SOB Thomas went in the dirty laundry basket to get a dirty towel. Look how he sneaks.”

Valva texted her back and asked her to leave the boys alone.

Kelly presented other text messages that illuminated Pollina’s savage streak toward the two boys.

In one, dated Feb. 27, 2019, Pollina told Valva to wash his son off in the yard.

“No bathroom! You want to wash them, do it in the backyard!” she said, before adding that she was taking the boy’s mattress away.
“It was a tough environment,” the remorseless Pollina, who remained defensive and argumentative throughout the hearing, told the jury. “I believe they had behavior issues.”

When Valva — who was convicted in December of murder in his son’s death and sentenced to 25 years to life behind bars — told her he didn’t want the boys exiled anymore, she told him he was “using [Thomas’s] autism as an excuse.”

“Try whatever you want but he is not coming back in this house,” she wrote.

Court observers and jurors alike gasped, shook their heads and whispered, “Jesus Christ,” as Pollina, 45, continued to detail the house of horrors she helped create at 11 Bittersweet Lane in Center Moriches during the early part of 2020.

One man on the jury wiped away tears, while others covered their faces with their hands throughout the cross-examination.

Earlier in her trial, a witness testified that Pollina would curse and scream at the boy and the couple would mock him for his autism.

On Wednesday, Kelly also played video recordings from a web of Nest surveillance cameras Pollina had set up that showed her berating Thomas’ brother, Anthony, and forcing him to put socks on his hands because she didn’t want to catch his germs after he’d put his hands down his pants.

Kelly asked if Pollina considered that maybe the boy had just been trying to stay warm in the frigid garage. Or that he was uncomfortable because Pollina made him wear diapers instead of using the bathroom in the house.

“It was inappropriate!” Pollina said.

Kelly also read off text messages in which Pollina told Valva that she was sending his kids to school without breakfast.

“I’m not feeding nobody!” Pollina allegedly texted. “I’m taking care of my own f—ing kids and that’s it. Your kids better not give my name to any more f—ing teachers!”

Monster dad Michael Valva’s ex-fiancée testifies she was ‘comfortable’ while autistic boy froze to death

Angela Pollina shocked the jury in her Long Island murder trial Wednesday by saying that it was “a little chilly” — but she was “comfortable.”

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[Sugar Cookie]

This woman is a fucking monster and she deserves the same if not more time than the sperm donor received.

I hope the women on her cell block gives her the same treatment she gave Thomas and his brother.

 

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The jury reached a unanimous verdict Friday, finding Angela Pollina guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Thomas Valva .

She was also found guilty of four counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

Pollina wept as the verdict was delivered, lifting her glasses to wipe away the tears. Her attorney Matthew Tuohy also had tears in his eyes.

"She's devastated," Tuohy said after the verdict was announced, adding that he intends to appeal.

One juror, speaking about Pollina after the verdict, said: "How she treated those children, how she exiled them, how she did not give them just the basics that they needed, and then to watch them on camera as they suffered, as a mother that just wasn't anything most of us could contend with." A mother of teenagers, she said she had tears in her eyes, listening to the testimony.

"She admitted to eveything," another juror said after the verdict. "There was no other way to find her other than guilty — there just wasn't. Her words, her tone, the text messages, the videos. There was no other way to find her. She's not a good person — and she is guilty," she said.

A third juror said he believed she was innocent until the end, and kept an open mind during the trial, but when he heard that the testimony read back Friday from medical examiner Dr. Michael Kaplan, who said it couldn't have been just the hosing down in the backyard alone but also the garage floor, which Pollina was involved with, that caused Thomas temperature to drop to 76.1 degrees, that's when he reached a decision.

Gino Cali, the father of Angela Pollina's youngest daughter, also spoke, his eyes filled with tears. "It's the verdict I wanted — but it doesn't bring Tommy back," he said.

'Pure Evil': Angela Pollina Found Guilty In Death Of Thomas Valva, 8

Angela Pollina cried as she was found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Thomas Valva, 8, who froze in his father's garage.

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Thomas' mother Justyna Zubko-Valva pleaded for help on her Twitter page before her son died. In 2020, Zubko-Valva filed a $200 million wrongful death suit.

Zubko-Valva has not responded to requests for comment.

In June, a judge ruled that portions of the $200 million lawsuit filed by Zubko-Valva after Thomas died can move forward, a judge ruled.

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Angela Pollina, the Long Island stepmom from hell who admitted that she forced her 8-year-old autistic stepson to sleep in a frigid garage the night before he died, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison on Tuesday, a report said.

“My only regret is, Miss Pollina, they don’t have a garage,” Suffolk County Supreme Court Judge Timothy Mazzei told Pollina about the prison where she will serve time. “That’s where you deserve to be for the rest of your natural life.”

Mazzei excoriated Pollina for her appalling treatment of little Thomas Valva and his older brother, Anthony, who survived.

“You tortured those boys — you tortured them,” he said, according to Newsday.

A Long Island jury convicted Pollina, a 45-year-old former medical biller, of second-degree murder and child endangerment last month after she admitted that she made the boys spend an arctic January night in the garage of the family’s Center Moriches home.

Pollina declined to speak at her sentencing.

Judge tells Angela Pollina she should spend rest of life in a garage as she’s sentenced for Thomas Valva’s death

Angela Pollina, the Long Island stepmom-from-hell who admitted that she forced her 8-year-old autistic stepson to sleep in a frigid garage the night before he died, was sentenced to 25 years to lif…

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[Sugar Cookie]

Twenty-five years is a gift - this bitch deserves much worse.

 

[cubby]

She absolutely deserves to live, sleep, and die in a closet with ice for a floor, give her nothing to keep her warm and if she cries for a blanket turn the fucking fan on!

 

[Sugar Cookie]

@cubby

I just don't know how someone can reach the level of cruelty this woman did.

When children with disabilities are treated less than human it hurts me to my soul.

I hope this woman gets the most painful cancer possible and rots from the inside out.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Thomas

 

[GoneWest]

I’m in love with that judge.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

The mom of an 8-year-old boy whose ex-NYPD cop dad murdered him by forcing him to freeze to death in a garage reached a $9 million settlement in her lawsuit against Suffolk County, her lawyer said.

Justyna Zubko-Valva reached the deal in her 2020 federal civil case, claiming Suffolk County courts, school district and child protective services failed to save her autistic son, Thomas, despite her repeated complaints against dad Michael Valva and his fiancée Angela Pollina.

The Suffolk County legislature is set to formally approve the deal on Oct. 9 and a judge has ordered both sides to submit mediation reports in the case by Oct. 8.

The agreement comes after mediation sessions were held between lawyers for the county and Zubko-Valva throughout the year.

Zubko-Valva initially sought $200 million and previously rejected an offer of $3 million in 2023, upon discovering the figure was being offered to close out the case against all the defendants — including Valva and Pollina, who are both serving 25-years to life in prison for Thomas’ murder.

In her suit, Zubko-Valva — who had been embroiled in a bitter divorce from Valva at the time of her son’s death — claimed that she repeatedly complained about the abuse and torture that her three children were suffering at the hands of Valva, 46, and Pollina, 48, who had custody of the kids.

A scathing report released by the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office last year, corroborated that 11 separate reports were filed with the Child Protective Services which marked the claims “unfounded” and private, keeping them under wraps until after the murder convictions.

“All of those 11 reports were made prior to the death of that child,” DA Ray Tierney said at the time. “No one looking at this can come to any other conclusion other than CPS failed these boys, failed these boys miserably, and as a result, Thomas died.”

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Suffolk County to pay $9M settlement to mom of 8-year-old autistic boy murdered by ex-NYPD father

The mom of Thomas Valva, the 8-year-old boy who froze to death inside the garage of his ex-NYPD cop dad’s home, reached a settlement in her $200 million lawsuit against Suffolk County.

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