Former NYS Trooper Thomas Mascia shot himself at park near Southern State, setting off 'wild-goose chase' for nonexistent shooter, DA says
Thomas J. Mascia, 27, who had been a state trooper since 2019, pleaded not guilty to falsely reporting an incident and other ...
NYS trooper Thomas Mascia may have faked shooting at traffic stop to get attention of love interest: cops
The New York State trooper who claimed he was shot during a Long Island traffic stop turned himself in to police Monday ...
NY state trooper in alleged ‘shot-for-sympathy' case resigns, pleads not guilty
A former New York state trooper has been arrested and charged after prosecutors say he shot himself in the leg and then ...
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NY trooper faked his own shooting, setting off a massive manhunt, Nassau DA says
When Trooper Thomas Mascia reported that he’d been shot last fall, it set off a multiday, multistate manhunt for a vehicle and driver that authorities now say he made up entirely.
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N.Y. State trooper charged with false report in Southern State Parkway shooting
Mascia, 27, had been under scrutiny since claiming in October that he had been shot in the leg by a suspect on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead. Mascia had told ...
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State trooper arrested for falsely reporting that a man shot him
A New York State Trooper has been arrested following an investigation into his allegedly false October claim that a ...
N.Y. State Trooper Who Said He Was Shot in the Line of Duty Turns Himself in for Staging the Incident for 'Attention'
Former N.Y. State Trooper Thomas J. Mascia Jr., 27, was arrested after he allegedly staged a line-of duty-shooting. He was ...