The New York state trooper who claimed he was shot during a Long Island traffic stop is now under criminal investigation — as authorities continue to probe whether he lied about the entire saga. Trooper Thomas Mascia,

The suspension was announced as state police executed a search warrant at the home the trooper shares with his parents in West Hempstead. Police have taken Marcia’s police shield and service weapon as well as off-duty weapons he possessed because of his ...

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 State Parkway last week.

A New York State Police trooper who claimed someone shot him on a roadway in the region is now under criminal investigation amid growing doubts over his story. On Long Island, state police “have reason to believe that the incident did not occur the way it was reported” by trooper Thomas Mascia,