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'
Thomas J. Mascia Jr. was charged with tampering with physical evidence, falsely reporting an incident and official misconduct ...
N.Y. State trooper charged with false report in Southern State Parkway shooting
A New York State Police trooper whose alleged shooting sparked a manhunt for a fleeing suspect, turned himself in Monday on ...
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 ...
Trooper Who Said He Was Attacked Actually Shot Himself, Prosecutors Say
Thomas J. Mascia scattered casings around and then shot himself in the leg in a bid for attention, prosecutors said.
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 trooper who claimed motorist shot him charged with making it up
Claim by former Trooper Thomas J. Mascia set off an intensive manhunt for a suspect he described as a dark-skinned male ...
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 ...
Ex-N.Y. trooper staged his own shooting for attention or sympathy, 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 ...
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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 ...