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In October 2024, then-New York State Trooper Thomas Mascia allegedly staged a crime that puts Jussie Smollett to shame.
According to NBC News, Mascia pulled to the side of Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead, New York, and dropped a handful of .22 caliber shell casing on the ground. He then drove to Hempstead Lake State Park, shot himself in the leg, and took the gun to his parents ‘house before driving back to the parkway to report that he had been shot by, wait for it…a “dark-skinned male” who was said to have been driving a Dodge Charger.
This little piggy was apparently trying to get one of the YNs killed.
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Mascia’s tall tale led law enforcement to shut down the parkway for hours and sparked an inter-departmental, multi-state manhunt between New York, New Jersey, and Delaware. When he was released from the hospital, Mascia was celebrated by Long Island law enforcement for surviving his alleged harrowing ordeal
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After a thorough investigation into the sketchy alleged details of the shooting, 27-year-old Mascia and his parents turned themselves into authorities to answer for multiple criminal charges. For his part, Mascia was charged with tampering with evidence, false reporting of a crime, and official misconduct. His parents, 55-year-old Dorothy Mascia and 62-year-old Thomas Mascia were charged with one count each of criminal possession of a firearm as an illegally modified semi-automatic rifle was found in their home. Thomas Mascia, a former NYPD officer, was a convicted felon and could not legally own a firearm.
Said Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly via NBC News:
“The evidence uncovered and the absence of evidence told us everything we needed to know,” the district attorney said. “Even though Mascia tried to hide his tracks, it didn’t take long for everyone to uncover that his harrowing story was nothing more than an elaborate work of fiction.”
Mascia, had been suspended without pay since early November. He resigned on Friday.
We hope the judge throws a whole library’s worth of books at him.
