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 ...

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a request by Suffolk Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins to dismiss extortion charges against him, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A hearing on embattled Suffolk Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins’s motion to dismiss a federal indictment alleging he extorted a cannabis company will go forward in a matter of weeks, records show. On ...