Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins appeared in a Massachusetts courtroom on Thursday and pleaded not guilty to two extortion charges related to his dealings with a Boston-based cannabis company.

The arraignment of Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins for allegedly extorting a cannabis company has been pushed back a day to Thursday, records show. Tompkins’s appearance in US District Court ...

Sheriff Steven Tompkins is accused of using his position to extort a cannabis company for discounted shares of its stock Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019.

BOSTON (AP) — A sheriff in one of Massachusetts’ largest counties was charged Friday with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm to sell him stock in the company. Sheriff Steven Tompkins, ...

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 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 ...

BOSTON (AP) — A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties was charged Friday with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm to sell him stock in the company. Sheriff Steven Tompkins, ...