A former trooper claimed he was shot in the line of duty. Officials say he made it all up.
Former state trooper Thomas J. Mascia, 27, has been charged with a felony and two misdemeanors, including tampering with ...
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 ...
Former N.Y. state trooper shot himself and claimed to be wounded by motorist, prosecutors say
Mascia had claimed that he had approached what he believed to be a stranded motorist and that, as he did so, he was shot by a ...
Prosecutors say ex-trooper shot himself then falsely claimed he’d been wounded by an unknown gunman
A former New York state trooper has been arrested and charged after prosecutors say he shot himself in the leg and then ...
New York state trooper staged his own shooting on Long Island, prosecutors say
New York State Police Trooper Thomas Mascia, who claimed he was shot on Long Island, is now facing charges in the case.
New York State Trooper Shot Himself for Sympathy, Prosecutors Say
Nassau County district attorney Anne T. Donnelly alleges the 27-year-old shot himself "for sympathy, attention, to ease a ...
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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 ...
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'No Evidence Found': White New York Cop Who Claimed He Was Shot In the Line of Duty By 'Black or Dark-Skinned Hispanic' Arrested for Fabricating Story to Allegedly …
From the very beginning, investigators were suspicious of New York State trooper Thomas J. Mascia’s account of being shot in ...
State Trooper, Parents Face Charges in Alleged Shooting Hoax
A New York state trooper who reported being shot and wounded by an unknown gunman on the Southern State Parkway on Long ...