The office that has been held by Sheriff Steven Tompkins for the past dozen years may be low profile, but it is not ...

A Boston-area sheriff could soon face 20 years in prison after being indicted on federal charges that alleged he extorted an area cannabis dispensary.

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

WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW — Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins’s indictment Friday sent shock waves through Boston-area ...

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

A top law enforcement official in one of the nation’s leading Democrat-led sanctuary cities has been indicted by the U.S. Justice Department on extortion charges, U.S. Attorney Leah Foley announced ...

Steve Tompkins is, at the moment, a law enforcement official on the wrong side of the law. The longtime Suffolk County ...

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

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

A sheriff in one of Massachusetts’ largest counties was detained in Florida and charged Friday with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm to sell him stock in the company.