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Jan 2020
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Cop Allegedly Froze Autistic Son to Deat...

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NYPD Cop Michael Valva and his fiancée Angela Pollina are charged with murder in the hypothermia death of his 8-year-old autistic son, who was forced to sleep in an unheated garage in Long Island as a punishment. Plus, a Miami federal judge sentenced Joseph Isaiah Woodson Jr. to 50 years in prison for orchestrating a Snapchat "sextortion" ring that targeted ... Show More
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