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

The Suffolk County sheriff was indicted for allegedly extorting early access to $50,000 in equity from a cannabis company seeking to do business in Boston.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested on federal extortion charges after allegedly pressuring a cannabis company executive into a $50,000 stock deal.

Boston police arrested Kelly Smoak in Mattapan for illegal possession of an AK-47 rifle and other firearm charges.

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

The Boston Police Department, alongside the assistance from the FBI, arrested and charged a man with numerous firearm-related ...

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

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

The United States attorney for Massachusetts calls the sheriff’s alleged actions an ‘affront to the voters and taxpayers who ...

Cory Nickerson, 50, was arrested for forcing entry into a sheriff's office, assaulting dispatchers, and leading police on a ...

Members of the Boston Police Bomb Squad responded to Boston Common Thursday night following the report of an abandoned pressure cooker.