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Mass. sheriff charged with extortion resigns from Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has resigned from the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees after federal ...

Suffolk Sheriff Tompkins’s office dropped tens of thousands on trips over last year

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department spent tens of thousands of public dollars on hotel, travel, and food expenses during ...

As GOP piles on, Gov. Healey says she needs to ‘know more’ about arrested Suffolk Co. sheriff

"These are serious allegations, but until I have more information, I’m not going to comment on it," Gov. Maura Healey said.
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‘Corruption’ or ‘just cheap’? Mixed reactions to sheriff’s extortion charges

Tompkins, who has held the sheriff’s seat for more than a decade, was arrested in Florida last week with federal prosecutors ...

Suffolk Sheriff under fire: $133,000 in P-card expenses linked to Bahamas and high-end dining

A trip to the Bahamas and another to a resort in Florida, stops at high end restaurants and time at Top Golf – these are ...

‘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 ...