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

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

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

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

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

The Boston Police officer involved in a high-speed chase that killed three teenagers driving a suspected stolen car has ...

According to federal court documents, Tompkins had used his position as sheriff to force his way into buying pre-IPO (initial ...

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

The device was described “as an electric pressure cooker with what appeared to be glow sticks attached to it,” police said. It was not dangerous.

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 ...

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