Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is accused of extorting a cannabis company executive. He was arrested in Florida ...

A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties has been charged with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm ...

Tompkins, who has held the sheriff’s seat for more than a decade, was arrested in Florida last week with federal prosecutors ...

Steve Tompkins is, at the moment, a law enforcement official on the wrong side of the law. The longtime Suffolk County ...

The marijuana executive identified as “Individual A” in the federal indictment of Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is ...

"These are serious allegations, but until I have more information, I’m not going to comment on it," Gov. Maura Healey said.

Tompkins' image took a big hit last week when FBI agents arrested him in Florida and federal prosecutors charged him with ...

In Massachusetts, the perp walk only occurs outside the federal courthouse, because another tradition in the Commonwealth is that the local prosecutors will never, ever, under any circumstances arrest ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins resigned from the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees, where he serves as chair ...

The allegations are certainly serious, and no one in elected positions should ever use or abuse their power in an unlawful ...

Tompkins got his start the way most future jailbird Democrat sheriffs get their start. He was another Democrat hack pol’s ...

Massachusetts Sheriff Steven Tompkins, a key Democratic player, faces federal corruption charges over a cannabis extortion ...