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Tompkins, High Sheriff and Suffolk County

Boston Herald · 3d

Howie Carr: Suffolk ‘High Sheriff’ Steven Tompkins earns his Democrat credentials

Tompkins got his start the way most future jailbird Democrat sheriffs get their start. He was another Democrat hack pol’s driver, appointed to fill a vacancy. And now, just like clockwork, he’s

Boston.com on MSN · 4d

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins federally indicted on extortion charges

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

The Boston Globe · 3d

Sheriffs aren’t supposed to get indicted. But Steve Tompkins just landed on the wrong side of the cell.

Steve Tompkins is, at the moment, a law enforcement official on the wrong side of the law. The longtime Suffolk County sheriff was indicted in federal court on charges he extorted $50,000 from a cannabis company that needed his support.

Boston area sheriff alleged to have extorted cannabis company for $50,000: court records

Former Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, 67, allegedly threatened to revoke a local dispensary’s Boston business ...

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Boston Sheriff Allegedly Used Position to Extort $50K from Cannabis Company — Now He Faces Federal Charges

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

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‘He casts a wide swath.’ Sheriff Steven Tompkins has long loomed large in Boston, Democratic political circles

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

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Massachusetts sheriff arrested on charges of pressuring cannabis company over stock purchase

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

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Crime and politics

WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW — Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins’s indictment Friday sent shock waves through Boston-area ...

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