Ex-New York trooper, Thomas Mascia, admitted in court to fabricating a shooting incident on a Long Island highway. He pleaded guilty to official misconduct and related charges, agreeing to jail ...

A disgraced New York State trooper who deliberately shot himself during a Long Island traffic stop and then lied about it — allegedly to impress a woman — secured a sweet plea deal of six ...

A former New York State trooper has admitted to falsely reporting that he was shot by a “dark-skinned” man, triggering a manhunt, when the trooper had in fact accidentally shot himself in the leg.

As part of the plea deal, 27-year-old Thomas Mascia is expected to be sentenced ... him while he was checking on a disabled vehicle on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway.

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A former New York state trooper pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that he shot himself then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway ...

An ex-Long Island-based state trooper admitted ... masked assailant on the Southern State Parkway last year. Thomas J. Mascia, 27, of West Hempstead, who resigned from the force in January ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A former New York state trooper pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges that he shot himself then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway ...