A sheriff in the Boston area could face two decades behind bars after being indicted on federal charges on Aug. 7 for ...

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

A Massachusetts sheriff was indicted Friday for allegedly extorting $50,000 from a cannabis company seeking to open a ...

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.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins of Boston was taken into custody in Florida in connection with extortion charges that ...

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

A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties has been charged with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is charged with two counts of extortion in relation to prior dealings with a cannabis ...

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

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

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins joins a slew of public officials who have fallen into disgrace over the past ...