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 ...
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Shameless New York Cop Arrested After Fabricating Shooting and Blaming It on a ‘Black Man or Dark-Skinned Hispanic Man,’ Defense Attorney Blames Mental Health
From the very beginning, investigators were suspicious of New York State trooper Thomas J. Mascia’s account of being shot in ...
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 ...
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New York state trooper staged his own shooting on Long Island, prosecutors say
NEW YORK -- A New York State Police trooper who claimed he was ... Not a single video that showed the Dodge Charger he had claimed belong to his shooter ever driving on any road that we had ...
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New York State Police: Former Trooper Shot Himself, Filed False Report
A former New York state trooper who claimed he was shot while checking a disabled vehicle has been arrested after an ...
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 ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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Nassau County DA accuses former NYS trooper of falsifying on-duty shooting claim
A former Long Island-based New York State trooper has turned himself in to the police. Thomas Mascia claimed he was shot on ...
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 ...