Tompkins' image took a big hit last week when FBI agents arrested him in Florida and federal prosecutors charged him with ...

Who exactly can remove Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins or place him on suspension while he faces federal corruption ...

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

One possible explanation for this silence is that the big names in Massachusetts politics firmly believe in the presumption ...

Since starting his second full term in January 2023, Tompkins has relied heavily on donations from those who work for him.

Prosecutors allege that the sheriff used his position to elbow his way into the marijuana executive's nascent pot firm.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins is scheduled to appear in court next week for an arraignment after he was arrested ...

Tompkins, who has held the sheriff’s seat for more than a decade, was arrested in Florida last week with federal prosecutors ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins resigned from the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees, where he serves as chair ...

Tompkins joined the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department in 2002 and was appointed to serve as sheriff by former Gov. Deval Patrick in 2013. He was elected in 2014 and re-elected in 2016 and 2022.

BOSTON - Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins has paid a $12,300 fine for violating Massachusetts' conflict of interest law, the State Ethics Commission announced Monday.

In the wake of the recent dustup between Boston and Revere over a plan to relocate homeless people in the Mass. and Cass area to a Revere hotel, Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins saw a problem ...