A New York State Police trooper who claimed he was shot by a suspect on Long Island has turned himself in to face charges.

Thomas J. Mascia scattered casings around and then shot himself in the leg in a bid for attention, prosecutors said.

A New York State Trooper has been arrested following an investigation into his allegedly false October claim that a "dark-skinned man" shot him on the

A former New York state trooper has been arrested and charged after prosecutors say he shot himself in the leg and then falsely claimed he was wounded by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway last year.