Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is taking a medical leave, nearly three weeks after he was charged with extorting a ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins took medical leave Tuesday from his role at the sheriff’s department as he faces ...

In a statement Wednesday, Healey called the allegations against Tompkins "serious" and said the position is a "full-time job ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins, who’s been accused of using his official position to extort the executive of a ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins will step away from his official duties while extortion charges against him play out ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, charged with extortion, will step away his position until the federal case against ...

BOSTON — A Massachusetts sheriff who was arrested by the FBI in Florida on extortion charges earlier this month has agreed to ...

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

Tompkins is “stepping away” at the request of the governor and attorney general, according to their offices, but he has told ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has gone on leave three weeks after being indicted on federal extortion charges. Why it matters: Tompkins initially seemed to resist calls to step back from his ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins has agreed to step away from his elected position of sheriff while he faces federal charges and will be replaced for the time by Special Sheriff Mark Lawhorne, ...