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

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

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins is scheduled to appear in court next week for an arraignment after he was arrested ...

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

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 Steven Tompkins was arrested in Florida after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of extorting $50,000 from a cannabis company seeking to open in Massachusetts. He was ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has stepped down from his role as chairman of the Roxbury Community College Board of ...

Gov. Maura Healey is facing pressure from her Republican rivals to call for the resignation of Suffolk County Sheriff Steven ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has stepped down from his role as chairman of the Roxbury Community College Board of ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has resigned from the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees after federal ...

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

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