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Former ‘Glee’ star Darren Criss is performing Dec. 11 in New Jersey
Darren Criss, the actor, singer and songwriter, stole hearts as Blaine Anderson on the TV show “Glee” – now he’s coming to New Jersey to perform on Dec. 11.
Criss performs at a sold-out residency at the Café Carlisle in New York City and released a Christmas album last year.
News 12 producer Victoria Mione is a huge fan and spoke with him about his upcoming performance at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown.
Check out Criss's upcoming performance dates here.
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Former ‘Glee’ star Darren Criss is performing Dec 11 in New Jersey
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A 15-month-old girl from Greenwood Lake, New York, died two days after receiving routine vaccinations during a wellness checkup, leaving her family searching for answers.
Melody Rain Palombi-Malmgren went into cardiac arrest and died on Oct. 19, after receiving three vaccines — for varicella, DTaP and Hib — at her 15-month wellness visit on Oct. 17 with the Herbert Kania Pediatric Group in Warwick, New York, according to News12 the Bronx.
“She was a perfectly healthy child,” her mother, Katherine Palombi, told News12. “I’m in complete shock.”
Palombi told News12 that Melody had waved goodbye to her that morning as she dropped her off at her grandmother’s before leaving for work. As soon as she got to work, Palombi’s mother called, saying Melody was having trouble breathing.
“I was in complete shock. Like, what just happened?” Palombi recalled. “Is she choking on something? Did she get into something? That was my first thought because I’m like, this child is perfectly healthy,” Palombi said.
Melody was rushed to St. Anthony’s Hospital by ambulance after her grandmother performed CPR while waiting for paramedics to arrive.
Palombi rushed home, where she found a police officer waiting. He offered to rush her to the hospital “because he knew how serious it was,” she recalled.
“By the time I got to the hospital, they put me in a room,” Palombi said, “and they just kept saying, ‘We’re working on her.’”
“They were going over everything from that morning because she’d gotten into something,” she said, and “I just kept saying, ‘She had vaccines. A couple of days before this, she had vaccines.’”
Despite several hours of resuscitation efforts by EMTs and medical staff, Melody could not be revived.
“They brought me in the room, and I saw her lying there,” Palombi said. “They said, ‘Time of death: 11:13.’ And I just completely hit the floor.”
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Thomas Valva was just 8 years old when he froze to death after being hosed down and forced to sleep in the garage of his Long Island home in the middle of winter. Now the boy’s father, 43-year-old former NYPD police officer Michael Valva, may spend the remainder of his days behind bars after a judge in New York sentenced him to 25 years to life in prison .
A Suffolk County jury last month convicted Valva on one count of second-degree murder and four counts endangering the welfare of a child after prosecutors argued that he knowingly forced Thomas and his 10-year-old brother to sleep on a concrete floor in the unheated garage of their home. Despite temperatures dropping to under 20 degrees Fahrenheit, the two boys had been hosed down with freezing water before being locked in the garage because they soiled the bed.
The boy, who lived with autism, was ultimately pronounced dead at Long Island Community Hospital on Jan. 20, 2020 after going into cardiac arrest brought on by hypothermia. His body temperature was reportedly only 76 degrees when he arrived at the medical facility.
A teary-eyed Valva said he “loved Thomas with all his heart” and apologized for his actions during Thursday’s sentencing hearing, which was live-streamed by New York news network News12.
“I am truly sorry, I am ashamed, I am heartbroken and grief stricken standing before you having contributed to the death of my son Thomas. I loved Thomas with all my heart,” said Valva. “My actions were neglectful and abusive to my boys, resulting in the tragic death of Thomas. I lost focus on how to be a good father. I was so wrong and it cost Thomas his life.”
The presiding judge said that Thomas and his brother “lived their young lives under constant duress in a place where they should have felt safest: their own home.”
“We can never let this happen again,” the judge said.
Valva’s conviction came after jurors deliberated for seven hours following the five-week trial.
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Extra portion of justice may be handed out when they find out he's a cop on the inside.
“This case is heartbreaking, and it has been one of the toughest child abuse trials for our prosecutors, court personnel and jurors,” Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney said in a statement after Valva’s Nov. 6 conviction. “No child should ever have to endure such evil acts.”
As previously reported by Law&Crime, Valva initially tried to pass off his son’s death as an accident. He told investigators that Thomas fell while he was trying to catch up with the school bus, but police didn’t buy the story. The 8-year-old’s head and facial injuries were inconsistent with the defendant’s version of events, authorities said.
At the time of the murder, Valva had custody of his three sons, ages six, eight, and 10. Valva’s former fiancée Angela Pollina had three daughters: a 6-year-old and twin 11-year-old girls.
Prosecutors said that Thomas and his brother had been locked in the garage without heat for approximately 16 hours before Thomas succumbed to the brutal conditions. The children, both of whom were on the autism spectrum, were reportedly sent to the garage as punishment for accidentally urinating and defecating inside of the house.
Prosecutors also reportedly presented evidence showing that Valva and Pollina had been physically, verbally, and emotionally abusive towards the two boys for months prior to Thomas’ death.
“I will beat them until they bleed,” the defendant texted Polina about disciplining the boys, according to a report from the New York Daily News. “It is the only thing that works.”
Prosecutors also alleged that the boys were intentionally starved and were observed “literally eating crumbs off of the floor” at school.
“While there is nothing that we can do to bring Thomas back, we are satisfied with the jury’s decision,” DA Tierney said. “Michael Valva subjected his sons to horrific abuse, neglect and cruelty. He will now pay for cutting short the life of a young, innocent, defenseless boy who had a lifetime ahead of him.”
Angela Pollina, 45, was also charged with one count each of second-degree murder and child endangerment in Thomas’ death. She has pleaded not guilty and has been held without bond since her initial arrest. A date for her trial has not yet been set.
victoriamionewrites12: such an incredible opportunity to take a turn in front of the camera. especially with one of my childhood celebrity crushes. darren criss getting us all in the holiday spirit as he tours the tri-state. head over to news12.com! #news12 #news12nj #darrencriss #localnews #totallyawesome