GUILTY NY - Thomas Valva, 8, autistic, killed, NYPD father & fiancee arrested, Suffolk Co, 17 Jan 2020 *arrests*

[stmarysmead]

i wish this case drew as much interest as, say…the Murdaugh case. Because as I write this, there are children in abusive homes with no hope of relief. Why?

Because the behavior of some of the people entrusted and PAID to protect these children…is outrageously neglectful…yet, are they punished? Have they lost their jobs? In this case concerned and caring teachers were reporting horrific situations…there was video…and yet, these PAID employees let this child die.

This is not a one-off or there would have been IMMEDIATE consequences. WANTON NEGLECT of a child…criminal charges might have been considered. But they have been protected.


I can only pray a massive monetary judgement against those involved in this case…will create a culture of fear FOR THEMSELVES where a culture of apathy for the children exists today. Maybe we can save a few children if the DFS and the judges have concern for some personal risk to themselves.

 

[JerseyGirl]

Angela Pollina serving prison sentence at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility

The Center Moriches woman is serving 25 years to life for the murder of Thomas Valva in January 2020.

longisland.news12.com

Angela Pollina was taken Wednesday to the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester.

That is where the Center Moriches woman will serve her sentence of 25 years to life for the murder of Thomas Valva in January 2020.

 

[squareandrabbet]

*applauds judge*

Angela Pollina serving prison sentence at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility

The Center Moriches woman is serving 25 years to life for the murder of Thomas Valva in January 2020.

longisland.news12.com

Judge Mazzei said to Pollina in regards to prison, "My only regret is they do not have a garage there."

 

[sds71]

A special grand jury convened to investigate Suffolk County's Department of Social Services following the hypothermia death of 8-year-old Thomas Valva in 2020 recommends no criminal charges against Child Protective Services caseworkers investigating allegations of abuse by the child's father and his fiancee, a 75-page report released Thursday concluded.

The caseworkers who failed to protect Thomas Valva, who died after his NYPD officer father and his father's fiancee forced him to sleep in the garage of their Center Moriches home in freezing temperatures, effectively shielded themselves from public review of their actions — and potential criminal charges — due to confidentiality laws that must be reformed, a special grand jury empaneled by Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney found.

The grand jury report does not recommend criminal charges against the Child Protective Services caseworkers or supervisors who repeatedly failed to protect Thomas Valva and his brother Anthony — who were both autistic — from the abuse they endured, which included beatings, starvation and verbal abuse.

Instead, the grand jury issued a number of recommendations, including amending a state law that shields unfounded CPS reports from grand juries and district attorneys, the report says.

The report by the grand jury, which sat from Sept. 13 to March 15, does not name Thomas, instead referring to him as “Child A,” or his siblings or even those who were convicted of killing him. But the facts laid out in the report, including dates and previously reported abuse allegations, mirror those that occurred in the Valva case.

The report noted that CPS, a division of the Department of Social Services, received more than 10 reports from mandated reporters alleging abuse against Thomas, but deemed those reports “unfounded, which ultimately shielded CPS and its caseworkers from any potential criminal charges, following CPS determinations in 2018 against Thomas' biological mother, who lost custody of Thomas and his brothers before Thomas' death…

Thomas' mother, who long maintained that various officials ignored the plight of her sons, rejected a $3 million offerby the county to settle the lawsuit last year.

https://www.scribd.com/document/720028135/Special-Grand-Jury-Report-on-Valva-case#download&from_embed

Thomas Valva case update: Grand jury recommends no criminal charges against CPS workers in boy's 2020 death

The caseworkers shielded themselves from public review of their actions — and potential criminal charges — due to confidentiality laws that must be reformed, a special grand jury found.

www.newsday.com