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Trooper Shot Himself On Southern State Parkway Before Blaming 'Dark-Skinned Man,' Police Say
A former New York State Police trooper who claimed that a driver shot him, triggering a region-wide manhunt, made the whole thing up, prosecutors alleged.
Thomas Mascia, 27, of West Hempstead, surrendered to police Monday morning, Jan. 27, before being arraigned on a count of making a false report and related charges in Nassau County District Court.
Mascia initially told colleagues that he was walking toward what he assumed was a disabled vehicle when he heard several shots fired by a “dark-skinned man” on the Southern State Parkway in West Hempstead shortly before midnight on Oct. 30, 2024…
Long Island Woman Who Tried To Run Over Boyfriend Faces Multiple Charges, Police Say
A Long Island woman who intended to run over her boyfriend has been accused of falsely reporting a domestic incident in order to place blame on him when the car crashed, according to police.
Berline Francois-Torres, 28, of Ronkonkoma, was driving a 2010 Nissan eastbound on Fulton Street in West Babylon, with her children, ages 5 and 9, in the vehicle, when the vehicle left the roadway and crashed through a fence and into a house, located at 30 Fulton Street, on Tuesday, Nov. 24 at 7:20 p.m., Suffolk County Police said.
Francois-Torres reported to police that her boyfriend had been in the ve…
