SUFFOLK COUNTY COURT

STATE OF NEW YORK

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,

-against- INDICTMENT NUMBER

MICHAEL VALVA (Cts. 1-5)

ANGELA POLLINA (Cts. 1-5),

Defendant(s).
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1. Murder in the Second Degree PL 125.25(4) Class A Felony

2. Endangering the Welfare of a Child PL 260.10(1) Class A Misdemeanor

3. Endangering the Welfare of a Child PL 260.10(1) Class A Misdemeanor

4. Endangering the Welfare of a Child PL 260.10(2) Class A Misdemeanor

5. Endangering the Welfare of a Child PL 260.10(2) Class A Misdemeanor

 Count 1
THE GRAND JURY OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, by this Indictment, accuses the
defendants, MICHAEL VALVA and ANGELA POLLINA, of the crime of MURDER IN THE
SECOND DEGREE, in violation of section 125.25(4) of the Penal Law of the State of New
York, committed as follows:
The defendants, on or about January 17, 2020, in Suffolk County, each acting in concert
with the other and both being eighteen years old or more, under circumstances evincing a
depraved indifference to human life, engaged in conduct which created a grave risk of serious
physical injury or death to Thomas Valva, a person less than eleven years old, and thereby
caused the death of Thomas Valva.
Count 2
THE GRAND JURY OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, by this Indictment, accuses the
defendants, MICHAEL VALVA and ANGELA POLLINA, of the crime of ENDANGERING
THE WELFARE OF A CHILD in violation of section(s) 260.10(1) of the Penal Law of the State
of New York, committed as follows:
The defendants, MICHAEL VALVA and ANGELA POLLINA, each acting in concert
with the other, on or about and between September 2017 and January 17, 2020, in Suffolk
County, knowingly acted in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral
welfare of a child less than seventeen years old, with the initials of TV, whose identity is known
to the Grand Jury.
Count 3
THE GRAND JURY OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, by this Indictment, accuses the
defendants, MICHAEL VALVA and ANGELA POLLINA, of the crime of ENDANGERING
THE WELFARE OF A CHILD in violation of section(s) 260.10(1) of the Penal Law of the State
of New York, committed as follows:
The defendants, MICHAEL VALVA and ANGELA POLLINA, each acting in concert
with the other, on or about and between September 2017 and January 17, 2020, in Suffolk
County, knowingly acted in a manner likely to be injurious to the physical, mental or moral
welfare of a child less than seventeen years old, with the initials of AV, whose identity is known
to the Grand Jury.
 Count 4
THE GRAND JURY OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, by this Indictment, accuse the
defendants, MICHAEL VALVA and ANGELA POLLINA, of the crime of ENDANGERING
THE WELFARE OF A CHILD in violation of section(s) 260.10(2) of the Penal Law of the State
of New York, committed as follows:
The defendants MICHAEL VALVA and ANGELA POLLINA, each acting in concert
with the other, on or about and between September 2017 and January 17, 2020, in Suffolk
County, being parents, guardians, or other persons legally charged with the care or custody of a
child less than eighteen years old, failed or refused to exercise reasonable diligence in the control
of such child, TV, to prevent such child from becoming a neglected child.

Count 5
THE GRAND JURY OF SUFFOLK COUNTY, by this Indictment, accuse the
defendants, MICHAEL VALVA and ANGELA POLLINA, of the crime of ENDANGERING
THE WELFARE OF A CHILD in violation of section(s) 260.10(2) of the Penal Law of the State
of New York, committed as follows:
The defendants MICHAEL VALVA and ANGELA POLLINA, each acting in concert
with the other, on or about and in between September 2017 and January 17, 2020, in Suffolk
County, being parents, guardians or persons legally charged with the care or custody of a child
less than eighteen years old, failed or refused to exercise reasonable diligence in the control of
such child, AV, to prevent such child from becoming a neglected child.

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FOREPERSON

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ASSISTANT FOREPERSON TIMOTHY D. SINI
JANUARY 27, 2020 / FEBRUARY 21, 2020 DISTRICT ATTORNEY
GRAND JURY NUMBER 1B SUFFOLK COUNTY
TERM II