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 ...

"Considering this, I think it’s a good idea if we take a break." Thomas Mascia was arraigned on felony charges of filing a false report, official misconduct and tampering with evidence after he ...

Thomas Mascia shot himself at Hempstead Lake State Park with a .22-caliber rifle then stashed the gun, drove to the highway and called for help, prosecutors said Monday. He also allegedly planted ...

Authorities have launched a criminal investigation, along with their internal one, in the case of a now-suspended New York State trooper who said he was shot by a suspect on Long Island's Southern ...

The New York state trooper who allegedly lied about getting shot during a Long Island traffic stop ... “unrequited love,” officials said. Thomas Mascia, 27, was arraigned alongside his ...

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 ...

WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- New York State Police say it is now conducting two investigations into Long Island State Trooper Thomas Mascia, who claimed he was shot in the leg while on the job last week.

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 ...

Authorities are investigating Thomas Mascia, 27, and his account of a shooting just before midnight on Oct. 30 in West Hempstead on Long Island’s Southern State Parkway. “I can’t get into ...

New York State Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a trooper-involved shooting that occurred on Long Island last ... between Trooper Thomas Mascia and a suspect who fled the ...

WEST HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. -- New York State Police are looking into the credibility of Trooper Thomas Mascia's claim he was shot last week on Long Island. CBS News New York's Carolyn Gusoff reports ...