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8-Year-Old Who Froze To Death Inside Long Island Garage Was Failed By CPS, Grand Jury Finds 8-Year-Old Who Froze To Death Inside Long Island Garage Was Failed By CPS, Grand Jury Finds
8-Year-Old Who Froze To Death Inside Long Island Garage Was Failed By CPS, Grand Jury Finds A scathing grand jury report found that Child Protective Services (CPS) workers in New York had ample opportunities to save an 8-year-old boy whose years of abuse at the hands of his ex-NYPD officer father culminated in him freezing to death inside a garage. The 71-page report, made public Thursday, April 4, found that Suffolk County CPS received at least 10 reports of abuse or neglect from Thomas Valva’s teachers in the two years leading up to his January 2020 death inside the garage of his Center Moriches home. Valva died of hypothermia after he and his 10-year-old brother Anthony w…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Mother Faces Kidnapping Charge After Missing Long Island Infant Found Safe In Delaware Mother Faces Kidnapping Charge After Missing Long Island Infant Found Safe In Delaware
Mother Faces Kidnapping Charge After Missing Long Island Infant Found Safe In Delaware A missing 6-month-old infant girl from Long Island has been found safe in another state, after allegedly being taken by her mother, officials announced. Southampton Town Police spent hours searching for the baby girl, of Hampton Bays, who has been missing since Tuesday, July 12, said Lt. Susan Ralph. The baby was reported missing by her father on Thursday, July 15, who said he believed the baby was taken by her mother, Sarah Payne, of Shelter Island, and could be in Wilmington, Delaware, Ralph said. The child had been removed from Payne's custody by Suffolk County Child Prot…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
More Than $200K In Cash, Drugs, Guns Seized Busts At Long Island Daycare Facility, Residence More Than $200K In Cash, Drugs, Guns Seized Busts At Long Island Daycare Facility, Residence
More Than $200K In Cash, Drugs, Guns Seized Busts At Long Island Daycare Facility, Residence Police seized more than $200,000 as well as drugs and weapons and apprehended four people following an investigation into a Long Island residence that also serves as a daycare facility and a second residence. In response to information received from the community, the narcotics investigation into activity at Channel Daycare in Bay Shore, located at 206 Delaware Ave., was initiated by the Suffolk County Police Third Squad Special Operations Team, in conjunction with the Long Island Heroin Task Force, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, and Criminal Intelligence Section detecti…

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by Joe Lombardi