After being arrested on extortion charges earlier this month, Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is due in court on ...

Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins, 67, of Boston, is expected to appear for his first appearance at the John Joseph Moakley federal ...

A Massachusetts sheriff accused of extorting an executive at a cannabis company so he could own stock in the business, then ...

Who exactly can remove Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins or place him on suspension while he faces federal corruption ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins will plead not guilty to charges he tried to extort a cannabis business owner, ...

Prosecutors allege that the sheriff used his position to elbow his way into the marijuana executive's nascent pot firm.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins was charged with extortion involving the purchase of an equity interest in a Boston-based cannabis company by federal authorities last week.

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

One possible explanation for this silence is that the big names in Massachusetts politics firmly believe in the presumption ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins is scheduled to appear in court next week for an arraignment after he was arrested earlier this month in Florida on charges that he extorted an executive at a ...

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

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Sheriff Steven Tompkins has been indicted for allegedly extorting a Boston cannabis company.