Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins lost his bid to toss his federal pot extortion indictment. A Massachusetts judge on ...

The ruling is a setback for the longtime Democrat, who pleaded not guilty last year to allegations that he pressured an executive for stock in a cannabis company before a public offering and then ...

US District Judge Myong J. Joun wrote that Tompkins attempted to classify his dealings with a cannabis company as “everyday ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is asking a federal judge to dismiss the extortion charges brought against him earlier this year, claiming in court filings that prosecutors failed to show he ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has asked to have his extortion charges dismissed, denying any wrongdoing and arguing that even if the allegations were true, they are insufficient to support ...

Federal prosecutors who allege that Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins extorted a Boston cannabis company are requesting the court to consider whether the defense counsel’s representation poses a ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins will get his day in court to argue that his federal extortion charges should be dismissed. Boston federal Judge Myong J. Joun scheduled a hearing for Nov. 18 at ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins on Friday filed a motion to dismiss the government's extortion charges against him. Tompkins in the filing denied that he engaged in schemes to extort a cannabis ...

Massachusetts sheriffs, a relic of a once-relevant layer of county government, have more recently proven to be a costly and ...