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

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

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has resigned from the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees after federal ...

The marijuana executive identified as “Individual A” in the federal indictment of Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested in Florida after a federal grand jury indicted him on charges of extorting $50,000 from a cannabis company seeking to open in Massachusetts. He was ...

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

Massachusetts Sheriff Steven Tompkins, a key Democratic player, faces federal corruption charges over a cannabis extortion ...

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

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department spent tens of thousands of public dollars on hotel, travel, and food expenses during ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins, who has held his position since 2013, was taken into custody Friday morning.