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Boston-area sheriff indicted for cannabis company extortion

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Boston sheriff arrested in Florida for alleged cannabis company extortion scheme

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested on federal extortion charges after allegedly pressuring a cannabis company executive into a $50,000 stock deal.

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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 to give him stock in the company.

Suffolk County sheriff arrested by FBI, charged with extortion related to a Boston cannabis business

Prosecutors allege Tompkins, who's served as Suffolk County sheriff since 2013, used his official position to threaten a cannabis executive into returning $50,000 he'd invested in shares of the company.

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Republicans call on Healey to remove indicted sheriff from college board

The governor should act immediately to remove the indicted Sheriff of Suffolk County from his position atop the board of ...

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

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Suffolk sheriff joins other Massachusetts public officials who have fallen by the feds

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins joins a slew of public officials who have fallen into disgrace over the past ...

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Will Sheriff Steven Tompkins keep his job? The answer may lie in a decades-old old court case.

Any elected official sentenced to state or federal prison time is deemed to have vacated their seat, according to state law.

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Sheriff: Woman wounded in assault rifle shooting on rural Albany County road

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said the woman is in stable condition after early morning shooting in Rensselaerville. A ...

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