Thomas Mascia, 27, of West Hempstead, was sentenced to six months in jail and five years of probation on Wednesday, Oct. 22, in Nassau County Court ... hours the night of the alleged shooting, ...

A former New York state trooper who admitted staging a fake crime scene, shooting himself in the leg and saying someone else did it -- part of what prosecutors say was an effort to garner sympathy -- ...

Mascia, 27, joined the state police force in 2019 and was suspended without pay in November after a criminal investigation ...

A former New York state trooper who shot himself then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway last year has been sentenced to six months in jail. Thomas Mascia ...