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.

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

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

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