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Suffolk sheriff joins other Massachusetts public officials who have fallen by the feds

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins joins a slew of public officials who have fallen into disgrace over the past ...

‘He casts a wide swath.’ Sheriff Steven Tompkins has long loomed large in Boston, Democratic political circles

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

Mass. woman accused of attacking sheriff’s deputies with bees in 2022 arrested in Tennessee

Rorie Susan Woods was arrested at a hotel in Tennessee last week after failing to appear for her Massachusetts trial.

Howie Carr: Suffolk ‘High Sheriff’ Steven Tompkins earns his Democrat credentials

Tompkins got his start the way most future jailbird Democrat sheriffs get their start. He was another Democrat hack pol’s ...

Massachusetts woman accused of unleashing bees on deputies in 2022 arrested in Tennessee

Rorie Susan Woods, who is representing herself at trial, faces five counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Sheriff: Woman wounded in assault rifle shooting on rural Albany County road

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said the woman is in stable condition after early morning shooting in Rensselaerville. A ...

Republicans call on Healey to remove indicted sheriff from college board

The governor should act immediately to remove the indicted Sheriff of Suffolk County from his position atop the board of ...

Will Sheriff Steven Tompkins keep his job? The answer may lie in a decades-old old court case.

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