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 Mascia’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.