New York State Troopers

(Newser) - A New York State Police trooper who claimed he had been shot by an unknown gunman on a Long Island highway in October, sparking a manhunt, staged the incident, according to prosecutors. Thomas Mascia has been charged with tampering with evidence, falsely reporting a crime, and official misconduct, the New ...

(Newser) - A week before she turned 12, Monica Goods was killed on the New York State Thruway last winter after her family's car flipped over and threw her from the vehicle. Now, a New York State Trooper has been charged with murder, with Monica's family claiming Christopher Baldner rammed...

(Newser) - A scared 12-year-old girl frantically called 911 on her cell phone from inside a car as her drunk mom careened down a Long Island highway, police said. Jamie Hicks, 48, was swerving into other traffic lanes with her two daughters in her car when she was pulled over by state...