A former NYPD officer has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for murdering his young son.
"I have already sentenced myself to a lifetime of extreme regret, remorse and grief," Valva said while addressing a judge before his sentencing.Michael Valva, a former NYPD officer, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in prison for the death of his 8-year-old son.
Investigators said the boy suffered abuse and neglect by Valva and his then-girlfriend, Angela Pollina, which began sometime around September 2017. A report by the East Moriches School District in Long Island said Thomas and his brother arrived at school hungry and cold, soiled, or marked with"This is one of the most difficult and heartbreaking cases I have experienced in my nearly 30 years as a prosecutor," Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond Tierney said."The torture that killed Thomas and endangered Anthony’s welfare was nothing short of evil.
Evidence presented during the trial included security video showing Valva screaming at Thomas and ordering him to go outside in the cold temperatures to hose him down with water, causing the child to lose consciousness and fall face-first several times onto the backyard concrete paver patio, the news outlet reported.
Michael Valva and Angela Pollina sit together inside Suffolk County Supreme Court Judge William Condon's courtroom for their murder trials in Riverhead, New York on Sept. 12.
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