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Vol. 32 No. 22
MAY 29 - JUNE 4, 2025
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Former N.Y. state trooper pleads guilty ed that he had been shot while on patrol near Exit 17 of the Southern State Parkway at 11:42 West Hempstead resident p.m. on Oct. 30. He claimed that Thomas Mascia, the for mer a “dark-skinned” man driving a state trooper who falsely report- black four-door Charger with ed that a gunman shot him in New Jersey license plates pulled up on the the leg when he had median and shot intentionally shot him. himself instead, But Mascia told pleaded guilty to Judge Robert Bogle criminal charges in court on Wedneson Wednesday. day that none of Mascia, 27, this actually happleaded guilty to pened. tampering with He admitted to physical evidence, planting physical falsely reporting an ev i d e n c e, wh i ch incident and officonsisted of bullet cial misconduct. casings, near the W h e n h e ’s s e n exit and then maktenced on Aug. 20, ing a false report he faces six months o ve r h i s r a d i o , in jail, five years claiming shots had probation, courtbeen fired. ordered mental Mascia actually health treatment, ANNE DoNNEllY had brought bullet and must pay resti- District Attorney casings from his tution in the personal .22 caliber amount of $289,511. As part of the plea agree- rifle to the scene earlier that ment, an order of protection night. He confirmed that he was issued against Mascia from intentionally shot himself in an unnamed ex-girlfriend. Mas- the leg at Hempstead State Park cia also waived his right to after researching where in the leg to shoot himself. appeal the charges. Mascia then returned to his In court on Wednesday, Mascia confirmed he falsely reportContinued on page 7
By MADISoN GUSlER
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Showing their patriotic spirit Crowds in Malverne and West Hempstead gathered Monday to watch annual Memorial Day parades in their communities. Katlyn and Sal Bucchio enjoyed the Malverne parade with Alessya, 4, and Sal, 1.
Remembering MLK’s visit to Lakeview 60 years later By JUStIN McKENzIE Correspondent
Sixty years after the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Malverne, the school district assembled a panel to commemorate his legacy last week. Students from Malverne High School interviewed several alumni, along with Mayor Tim Sullivan, about how King’s visit impacted the community. On May 11 and 12, 1965, King visited the Malverne school district, one of the first in New York state to be desegregated. “I believe it was a real turning point for our communities, which carries through into the school itself,” said Sulli-
van, in conversation with students Isabella Ramharakh AND Alyssa Elias, and civil rights activist and Malverne alumnus class of ’75, Frederick Brewington. Brewington, a Lakeview native who was a student when King visited, reflected on the impact the event had on him and his family. “There was a part of me that was resolved with the fact that I had a chance to meet one of the greatest men of the 20th century,” Brewington said. Malverne historian Don Pupke reviewed the history of the Malverne and Lakeview communities as well as the Malverne school district and its legacy of desegregation. Pupke detailed the Continued on page 3
ne of the most disturbing parts about this case is he set in motion a manhunt ... who knows what would have happened.