A New York state trooper who claimed he was shot and wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway last year is facing criminal charges. Thomas Mascia and his parents surrendered Monday morning at the state police barracks in Farmingdale and will be arraigned in Hempstead court later,

Thomas J. Mascia, 27, of West Hempstead, a state trooper since 2019, turned himself into the state police barracks in East Farmingdale early Monday morning, along with his parents.

The New York State trooper who claimed he was shot during a Long Island traffic stop turned himself in to police Monday morning, as did both his parents. Thomas Mascia, 27, whose claim that he was shot and wounded by a driver on the Southern State Parkway last October prompted a criminal probe,