A former New York state trooper who shot himself and triggered a massive multi-state manhunt will now spend time behind bars. Thomas Mascia, 27, of West Hempstead, was sentenced to six months in jail ...

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. It followed his guilty pleas to falsely reporting ...

Former New York State trooper Thomas Mascia, of West Hempstead, was sentenced to six months in prison and five years probation as part of a plea deal after he faked his own shooting last year and lied ...

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 -- ...

MINEOLOA, Long Island (WABC) -- Former New York State police Trooper Thomas Mascia and his parents were sentenced on Wednesday morning in Mineola. The 28-year-old Mascia pleaded guilty in May to ...

MINEOLA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state trooper who shot himself, then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway, sparking a regionwide search, was sentenced to ...

A disgraced former state trooper who faked his own shooting to get sympathy from his ex-girlfriend was so desperate to get her attention he asked to be taken to the hospital where she worked as a ...