Tompkins' image took a big hit last week when FBI agents arrested him in Florida and federal prosecutors charged him with ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins resigned from the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees, where he serves as chair ...

Healey said Tompkins “made the right decision by stepping down," but has yet to call for his resignation from the Suffolk ...

Prosecutors allege that the sheriff used his position to elbow his way into the marijuana executive's nascent pot firm.

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 ...

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

One possible explanation for this silence is that the big names in Massachusetts politics firmly believe in the presumption ...

Sheriff Steven Tompkins is accused of using his position to extort a cannabis company for discounted shares of its stock ...

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

Tompkins, who has held the sheriff’s seat for more than a decade, was arrested in Florida last week with federal prosecutors ...

Federal prosecutors charge Suffolk County sheriff with corruption after alleged $50,000 extortion scheme involving ...

"These are serious allegations, but until I have more information, I’m not going to comment on it," Gov. Maura Healey said.