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

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins resigned from the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees, where he serves as chair, days after he was arrested in Florida on charges that he extorted a ...

In Massachusetts, the perp walk only occurs outside the federal courthouse, because another tradition in the Commonwealth is that the local prosecutors will never, ever, under any circumstances arrest ...

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

Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested in Florida after a federal grand jury indicted him on two counts of extortion.

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

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

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

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins in 2016. He was taken into custody Friday morning in Florida for a scheduled court ...

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

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested Friday following an indictment by a federal grand jury on two counts of ...

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