Angela Pollina, the Long Island stepmom-from-hell who admitted that she forced her 8-year-old autistic stepson to sleep in a frigid garage the night before he died, was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison Tuesday.
Angela Pollina was convicted of killing 8-year-old Thomas Valva by exiling him to the unheated garage of their Center Moriches home on a 19-degree night and failing to help the autistic child as he froze to death.
Pollina is not ready to accept a lengthy prison term for the 2020 murder of 8-year-old Thomas Valva, her defense attorney said. She is set to be sentenced Tuesday.
Michael Valva spent Christmas and New Year's Eve in the Elmira Correctional Facility, a maximum security state prison in Chemung County, according to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision.