Warrant: Milford child abuser blamed ‘trolls’ jealous of his ‘Game of Thrones’ card game

Daniel Perez, 33, of Warren Street, was arrested on May 11, 2019 on with four counts of risk of injury to a minor and second-degree threatening. His wife, Alessandra Sillo, 33, also of Warren Street was charged with two counts of risk of injury to a minor. The two Milford residents were arrested after police investigated a video that was posted online. Police said they have received numerous complaints of the video on May 8 “concerning the safety of the child, which sounded as if the child was being screamed at and hit by an adult.” less Daniel Perez, 33, of Warren Street, was arrested on May 11, 2019 on with four counts of risk of injury to a minor and second-degree threatening. His wife, Alessandra Sillo, 33, also of Warren Street was charged ... more Photo: Milford Police Department Photo: Milford Police Department Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Warrant: Milford child abuser blamed ‘trolls’ jealous of his ‘Game of Thrones’ card game 1 / 3 Back to Gallery

MILFORD — A Milford man allegedly depicted in an internet livestream threatening to throw his child out of a window initially blamed the video on “trolls” and “hackers” who were angry at his success raising money for a “Game of Thrones” themed card game.

The man, 33-year-old Daniel Perez, and his wife, Alessandra Sillo, also 33, now face criminal charges after they allegedly took their children to Rhode Island Friday in an effort to elude investigators looking into “filthy” living conditions in their home, in which running water had been shut off for nearly six months.

The children were found unharmed and are now in foster care, according to arrest warrants for the couple.

According to police, officers were sent to the couple’s home Thursday after receiving multiple calls stating “there was a livestream video that depicted physical child abuse in progress.”

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The warrant doesn’t say where the video was posted, but says police were able to view it and “heard what sounded like children being physically struck,” as well as children “screaming and crying.”

According to the warrant, the video depicted Perez screaming at his children about making a mess. At one point, Perez allegedly says: “I’m going to throw you out the (expletive) window if you don’t shut the (expletive) up.”

Police went to the couple’s home to check on the children, who “appeared messy and had what appeared to be food smeared on their faces.” The home itself was “cluttered, filthy and in disarray,” the warrant says.

When police played audio of the video to Perez, the warrant says he initially said that someone must have faked it.

“He claimed that ‘trolls’ and ‘hackers’ on the internet would do that because they were jealous of his success,” the warrant says.

Perez said he had raised thousands of dollars on a campaign through the internet fundraising site Kickstarter.

Perez’s and Sillo’s names are linked to a Kickstarter campaign to develop a “Game of Thrones” card game that was suspended May 8 through which they had raised $3,217.

Eventually, Perez said that the video was recorded Feb. 6, two days after a video game came out he played online during which the recording had been captured. He said he became mad at one of his children for spilling doughnuts, and angry at the other because the child was opening and closing a window.

According to the warrant, Perez told police that he would never hit the child and that “slapping sounds” depicted on the video could have been him hitting the bed or the wall.

Police found what looked like old burn marks on one of the children, which Perez said were caused when the child was running past him in the hall when he was smoking a cigarette.

The warrant says Perez blamed the children for the messy house — even exposed nails in their bedroom, which he allegedly told police were caused by the kids ripping a door off a wall.

The home also had no running water, which Perez and Sillo said had stopped working that afternoon. But the water company said it was actually shut off last November due to non-payment.

Police left the home after Perez and Sillo agreed to a “safety plan” in which DCF would take the children to a pediatrician first thing the next day.

But the couple instead allegedly fled to Rhode Island, where they were found at a hotel after a Silver Alert was issued.

Perez was charged with four counts of risk of injury to a minor and a single count of second-degree threatening. Sillo was charged with two counts of risk of injury to a minor.

Both were arraigned Monday at Milford Superior Court, where a judge set bond for Perez at $25,000 and released Sillo on a promise to appear in court. They are scheduled to appear in court again June 4.