Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins will get his day in court to argue that his federal extortion charges should be ...

A former federal prosecutor and a Harvard law professor see different weaknesses in both the government’s extortion case against Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins and his preliminary rebuttal as ...

A hearing on embattled Suffolk Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins ’s motion to dismiss a federal indictment alleging he extorted a ...

BOSTON (SHNS) – Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins will step away from his official duties while extortion charges against him play out in federal court and a deputy will assume control of the ...

Federally indicted Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is trying to get evidence tossed from his pot extortion case.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is asking a federal judge to dismiss the extortion charges brought against him earlier this year, claiming in court filings that prosecutors failed to show he ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, who was charged in an extortion case involving his alleged stock dealings with a Boston-based cannabis company, has agreed to "step away" from his position, ...

Sheriff Steven Tompkins and his attorney, Martin Weinberg, stand in front of the media after Tompkins entered his “not guilty” plea on Thursday, August 21, 2025, at the federal John Joseph Moakley ...

Weeks after he was indicted on federal extortion charges, Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins will go on leave from his position as his criminal case moves ahead, but he gave no indication he ...

Sheriff Steven Tompkins should have taken a stand against Donald Trump. That way the indicted sheriff of Suffolk County could have made himself a victim of Trump’s attack on democracy the way fellow ...