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The settlement was reached in the first of 45 pending Child Victims Act against the Bay Shore School District.

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Thomas Valva died on Jan. 17, 2020, after his father, then-NYPD Officer Michael Valva, and the father's fiancee, Angela Pollina, forced him and his brother to spend the night in their unheated Center Moriches garage.

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Jessica Bader, former principal of an East Norwich school, was charged Monday with falsifying job applications submitted to the Oyster Bay-East Norwich Central School District.

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The parents are charged with 1-year-old Joseph Adonis' overdose death from a mixture of heroin, cocaine and fentanyl, according to prosecutors. NewsdayTV's Steve Langford reports.

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Jason Maser, a volleyball coach at Sacred Heart Academy in Hempstead and B&B Volleyball in Albertson, was arrested Thursday and charged with raping a 15-year-old girl.

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Alexis Nieves and Jeffrey Mackey, as well as co-defendants Amanda Wallace and Steven Brown, are all facing felony charges. NewsdayTV's Shari Einhorn reports.

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