Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is accused of extorting a cannabis company executive. He was arrested in Florida ...

Any elected official sentenced to state or federal prison time is deemed to have vacated their seat, according to state law.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has been charged with extortion for his alleged dealings with a Boston-based cannabis ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested on federal extortion charges after allegedly pressuring a cannabis ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins has been charged with extortion involving the purchase of an equity interest in a ...

Steven Tompkins’s indictment, and subsequent arrest Friday in Florida, quickly sent reverberations through Boston and ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins of Boston was taken into custody in Florida in connection with extortion charges that ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins faces federal extortion charges involving the purchase of an equity interest in a ...

A federal indictment alleges that Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins extorted a cannabis company to give him a ...

Prosecutors allege Tompkins, who's served as Suffolk County sheriff since 2013, used his official position to threaten a ...

A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties has been charged with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm ...

Federal prosecutors indicted Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins on extortion charges Friday, alleging he pressured a ...