The New York state trooper ... Southern State Parkway, then fired at his own leg on Oct. 30. “It’s speculation,” State Police Superintendent Steven James told reporters of Mascia’s alleged ...

A New York state trooper who claimed to have been shot in the line of duty in October is now facing criminal charges for having allegedly "staged" the shooting.

A former New York state trooper has been arrested ... gunman on a Long Island highway last year. Thomas Mascia shot himself at Hempstead Lake State Park with a .22-caliber rifle then stashed ...

A former New York State Police trooper is being charged after officials said he shot himself in the leg and pretended someone else did it. Former Trooper Thomas J. Mascia, 27, has been charged ...

A former New York state trooper was arrested and charged after he allegedly shot himself in the leg and falsely reported that he was wounded by an unknown gunman. Thomas Mascia, 27, shot himself ...

The former Long Island-based state trooper ... article. "Mascia, of West Hempstead, and four other New York City cops who live on Long Island were arrested by Suffolk County Police in May ...

He also resigned, New York State Police Superintendent Steven James said at a press conference detailing the charges levied against Thomas Mascia. The former trooper had been suspended without pay ...

NEW YORK -- A New York State Police trooper who claimed he was shot on the job last year on Long Island is now facing charges in the case. Trooper Thomas Mascia was charged Monday with tampering ...