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Suffolk County Launches 'Top-To-Bottom' Internal Probe Of Handling Of 8-Year-Old's Case
Following the death of an 8-year-old Center Moriches boy, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone is launching a “top-to-bottom” review of how the Department of Social Services handled the case.Thomas Valva was found dead in the driveway of his home at 11 Bittersweet Lane, in Center Moriches, around 9:40 a.m., Friday, Jan. 17. His father told officers he had fallen in the driveway.
It was later determined that the child was allegedly banished to the garage overnight when the temperatures dipped below 19 degrees.
His father, Michael Valva, 40, and his fiancée Angela Pollina, 42, ha…
