Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, who has been charged with extortion by federal prosecutors, will step away from his position "until the federal case against him is resolved," Gov. Maura Healey ...

Sheriff Steven Tompkins and his attorney, Martin Weinberg, stand in front of the media after Tompkins entered his “not guilty” plea on Thursday, August 21, 2025, at the federal John Joseph Moakley ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins in 2016. He was taken into custody Friday morning in Florida for a scheduled court appearance later in the day. Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was taken into custody Friday by FBI agents in Florida and charged with extortion related to an investment he made in a Boston-based cannabis business, according ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, who was charged in an extortion case involving his alleged stock dealings with a Boston-based cannabis company, has agreed to "step away" from his position, ...

BOSCAWEN, N.H. (WHDH) - Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested Friday following an indictment by a federal grand jury on two counts of extortion. Tompkins, 67, of Boston, was taken into ...

The sheriff of Suffolk County is scheduled to appear for an arraignment on Thursday afternoon after federal authorities charged him with using his position to extort a cannabis company executive.

The sheriff for Suffolk County, Steven Tompkins, was arrested Friday morning in Florida after he was indicted on two counts of extortion, federal prosecutors said. The indictment that was unsealed ...

Federally indicted Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is trying to get evidence tossed from his pot extortion case. Tompkins, 67, who was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of ...