{"id":1768021,"date":"2022-12-08T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T20:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1768021"},"modified":"2022-12-08T15:18:08","modified_gmt":"2022-12-08T20:18:08","slug":"former-nypd-officer-gets-25-to-life-for-killing-autistic-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-nypd-officer-gets-25-to-life-for-killing-autistic-son\/","title":{"rendered":"Former NYPD Officer Gets 25 To Life For Killing Autistic Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-nypd-officer-gets-25-to-life-for-killing-autistic-son%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1768021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A former New York City police officer was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of his young son.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Valva was found guilty by a jury last month on five charges related to the January 2020 killing, including endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree murder.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors argued Valva forced his 8-year-old son Thomas and his older brother, both of whom had autism, to sleep in the family\u2019s frigid Long Island garage as temperatures dropped below 20 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/p>\n<p>Jurors were also told that Valva screamed at and struck Thomas as he died of hypothermia in the garage, <a href=\"https:\/\/abc7ny.com\/michael-valva-trial-deliberations-jury\/12543925\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to WABC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The defense had argued during the case that the death was an accident, and Valva\u2019s then-fianc\u00e9e, Angela Polina, gave him the idea to put the children in the garage as punishment for urinating and defecating in the house. Polina is charged with murder, and her trial is still pending.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis guilty verdict will not bring back 8-year-old Thomas, who suffered immense cruelty at the hands of his father, the same person who was entrusted to protect, provide and unconditionally love Thomas and his older brother Anthony,\u201d said Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/crime-and-courts\/michael-valva-trial-ex-nypd-cop-gets-25-to-life-in-8-year-old-sons-long-island-freezing-death\/3989219\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per NBC New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo child should ever have to endure such evil acts. While there is nothing that we can do to bring Thomas back, we are satisfied with the jury\u2019s decision,\u201d Tierney added.<\/p>\n<p>Local reports said Valva was crying as he read a statement to Judge William Condon, who was also emotional.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think you intended to kill Thomas, not at all,\u201d Condon said to Valva. \u201cBut there is no getting around that Thomas and Anthony lived their lives in constant duress in the place they should have felt safest, their own home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn 8-year-old boy who right now should be getting excited for Christmas is dead, I speak for everybody out there, we can never let this happen again,\u201d the judge also said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former New York City police officer was sentenced Thursday to 25 years to life in prison for the murder of his young son. Michael Valva was found guilty by a jury last month on five charges related to the January 2020 killing, including endangering the welfare of a child and second-degree murder. 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