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 earlier this month in Florida on charges that he extorted an executive at a ...

A Massachusetts sheriff was indicted Friday for allegedly extorting $50,000 from a cannabis company seeking to open a ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Tompkins got his start the way most future jailbird Democrat sheriffs get their start. He was another Democrat hack pol’s driver, appointed to fill a vacancy. And now, just like clockwork, he’s ...