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Mascia sent to spend six months in jail unnamed ex-girlfriend, and Mascia waived his right to appeal the charges. Former state trooper ThomHe was scheduled to initially as Mascia, of West Hempstead, surrender for sentencing on was sentenced on Oct. 22 to six Aug. 20, but the court date was months in jail for intentionally pushed back three times. His shooting himself in the leg and lawyer, Jef frey Lichtman, falsely claiming that an assail- explained the reason for the ant had shot him delay in sentencing while patrolling the was to allow Mascia Souther n State to receive mental Parkway a year ago. h e a l t h t re at m e n t During the proafter he attempted ceedings in the Nassuicide shortly sau County Courtbefore his original house, Acting sentencing date. Supreme Court JusNassau County tice Robert Bogle District Attor ney also ordered Mascia Anne Donnelly to serve five years of called Mascia’s probation, fulfill actions “one of the court-ordered men- THoMAS MASCIA m o s t d i s g r a c e f u l tal health treatment, breaches of public and pay $289,511.32 restitution. trust” she had seen in her over Mascia, 28, was arrested in 30 years in law enforcement. January after setting off a “For mer New York State regional manhunt following his Trooper Thomas Mascia has claims he was shot in the leg finally been held accountable while on patrol near Exit 17 of for the reprehensible charade the Southern State Parkway he began a year ago,” Donnelly last October. said after the sentencing. “He In May, he agreed to plead wanted sympathy. He wanted guilty to charges of tampering attention and he didn’t care with physical evidence, falsely what it cost to get it. Now he’ll reporting an incident and offi- have the attention of the four cial misconduct. In addition, a walls of his jail cell for the next full order of protection was six months.” issued against Mascia from an Continued on page 16
By MADISoN GUSlER
mgusler@liherald.com
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dJ Carl prizzi had the children of Malverne dancing the monster mash in the gazebo at the Ragamuffin parade last Saturday.
Village celebrates with annual Ragamuffin Parade By MADISoN GUSlER mgusler@liherald.com
Monsters took over the Village of Malverne last Saturday morning. More than 400 people turned out to take part in the annual Ragamuffin Parade and Candy Crawl. The parade, hosted by the village and the Malverne Youth Board, kicked off at Gazebo Park, on Church Street. “Every year we have the Ragamuffin Parade,” village Trustee Megan O’RourkeSchutta, the Youth Board liaison, said. “All the children in the village dress up, come out and they do a parade around the gazebo. It’s
a lot of fun.” Before the parade began, children and families enjoyed popcorn, snacks and carnival games. Booths were set up for Rainbow Scratch designs, a candy corn toss into a pumpkin, and a witch hat ring toss. The village’s Department of Public Works, local Girl Scouts and volunteers from the Malverne Youth Board set up the stations. “It’s a nice little thing to do before Halloween,” said O’Rourke-Schutta, who used to bring her son to the parade. “The kids love that they get to wear their costumes more Continued on page 10