Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has been charged with extortion for his alleged dealings with a Boston-based cannabis ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins, who has held his position since 2013, was taken into custody Friday morning.

According to federal court documents, Tompkins had used his position as sheriff to force his way into buying pre-IPO (initial ...

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

The Boston Police officer involved in a high-speed chase that killed three teenagers driving a suspected stolen car has ...

The device was described “as an electric pressure cooker with what appeared to be glow sticks attached to it,” police said. It was not dangerous.

OLD SAYBROOK — Four people were taken to the hospital after a head-on crash on Boston Post Road Tuesday afternoon, according ...

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

Boston police arrested a woman last week that they say stole eight boxes of ice cream from a Dorchester CVS at knifepoint.

Boston police arrested Kelly Smoak in Mattapan for illegal possession of an AK-47 rifle and other firearm charges.

The United States attorney for Massachusetts calls the sheriff’s alleged actions an ‘affront to the voters and taxpayers who ...