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New Haven
District Superior Court Judge Elpedio Vitale handed Tony Moreno,
23, the maximum sentence after he was found guilty of murder and
risk of injury to a child by a jury in February, the Hartford
Courant reported.
"The utter depravity of the crime — a father killing his infant
son — speaks for itself," Vitale said, according to the
newspaper.
Moreno is not eligible for parole, the paper reported.
Moreno admitted throwing his baby son, Aaden, off the Arrigoni
Bridge in Middletown into the Connecticut River on July 5, 2015,
police said.
"Every time I wake up, I pray the nightmare will be over and my
son will be in my arms," Aaden's mother, Adrianne Oyola, told
Moreno during the sentencing hearing. "Just know I tried to
forgive you, but that's impossible."
Moreno was pulled from the water by firefighters after jumping
off the 120-foot bridge in a failed suicide attempt, police
said.
During the trial, Moreno's attorney, Norman Pattis, tried to
convince the jury that he went to the bridge only to kill
himself. His son slipped from his hands and he did not intend to
kill him, Pattis argued, the Courant reported.
"Sentences like this in my view reflect the savagery of the
criminal justice system," Pattis said to the Courant. "Judge
Vitale has a reputation as a heavy hitter. He lived up to that
reputation today."
Pattis told the newspaper he plans to appeal.
(Reporting by Brendan O'Brien in Milwaukee; Editing by Nick
Macfie)
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