Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins resigned from the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees, where he serves as chair, days after he was arrested in Florida on charges that he extorted a ...

The Boston Police Department said its mission is to “reduce fear, enhance public safety, and improve the quality of life for ...

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

Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins is facing an extortion charge after he allegedly demanded a refund from an executive of a cannabis ...

Sheriff Steven Tompkins is accused of using his position to extort a cannabis company for discounted shares of its stock ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has been charged with extortion for his alleged dealings with a Boston-based cannabis ...

Prosecutors allege Tompkins, who's served as Suffolk County sheriff since 2013, used his official position to threaten a ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested on federal extortion charges after allegedly pressuring a cannabis company executive into a $50,000 stock deal.

Steven Tompkins’s indictment, and subsequent arrest Friday in Florida, quickly sent reverberations through Boston and ...

Thirteen people were arrested in connection with a human trafficking bust carried out by Boston, state and federal ...

Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn is trying to declare the area around Mass and Cass a public health and humanitarian crisis.