Nassau County district attorney Anne T. Donnelly alleges the 27-year-old shot himself "for sympathy, attention, to ease a wounded ego."

A New York State Trooper and his parents were arrested after staging a shooting to look like the trooper was shot in the line of duty.

New York State Police Trooper Thomas Mascia, who claimed he was shot on Long Island, is now facing charges in the case.

A New York state trooper who claimed to have been shot in the line of duty in October is now facing criminal charges for having allegedly "staged" the shooting.

A New York state trooper who claimed he was shot and wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway is facing criminal charges

A former New York state trooper was charged after he allegedly shot himself in the leg and falsely reported that he was wounded by an unknown gunman.