"These are serious allegations, but until I have more information, I’m not going to comment on it," Gov. Maura Healey said.

Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins is facing an extortion charge after he allegedly demanded a refund from an executive of a cannabis ...

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

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

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins faces federal extortion charges involving the purchase of an equity interest in a ...

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 W. Tompkins was arrested this morning in Florida on federal charges that he extorted a Boston ...

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

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

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is accused of extorting a cannabis company executive. He was arrested in Florida ...

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

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