Long Island DA: NY Trooper Staged His Own Shooting

January 27, 2025 Crime, Police

Gothamist reports:

A state trooper staged his own shooting on the Southern State Parkway in Nassau County in October — firing into his own leg, state police and local prosecutors said.

When Trooper Thomas Mascia reported that he’d been shot, it set off a dayslong, multi-state manhunt for a vehicle and driver that authorities have since said he made up entirely. State police “temporarily shut down the Southern State Parkway in an effort to locate the non-existent shooters, causing alarm and inconvenience to the public,” Trooper C.C. Weilminster said in a criminal complaint filed Monday.

Mascia, 27, pleaded not guilty Monday morning to charges of tampering with physical evidence, falsely reporting a crime and official misconduct, and was released without bail. Nassau District Attorney Anne Donnelly said he could serve up to three years in state prison if convicted.

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Mascia’s parents were also charged with possessing an illegal assault weapon. His father is not allowed to own a gun due to a prior conviction.

Aaand investigators found a mysterious $800,000 in the home the three shared. Hit the link, there’s a LOT more.

After the shooting, state officials congratulated Mascia for his “bravery” and hundreds of cops turned out to applaud when he was released from the hospital.



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