Steven Tompkins, the Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, since 2013, has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday morning, the US Attorney's Office in Boston announced. He ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has gone on leave three weeks after being indicted on federal extortion charges. Why it matters: Tompkins initially seemed to resist calls to step back from his ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

Five years ago, longtime Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins had every reason to think he was looking forward to a lifetime of easy reelections. Nearing retirement age, he held a post many Boston ...

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, ...