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Sheriffs aren’t supposed to get indicted. But Steve Tompkins just landed on the wrong side of the cell.

Steve Tompkins is, at the moment, a law enforcement official on the wrong side of the law. The longtime Suffolk County ...

Howie Carr: Suffolk Sheriff Tompkins surrenders high life

There may be a few empty seats around the festive table this December at Mayor Michelle Wu’s annual no-whites-need-apply ...
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Sheriff Tompkins plans to plead not guilty to federal extortion charges

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins will plead not guilty to charges he tried to extort a cannabis business owner, ...

Brickbat: Up in Smoke

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Sheriff Steven Tompkins has been indicted for allegedly extorting a Boston cannabis company.
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Why aren’t more Mass. Dems urging Steve Tompkins to step down?

One possible explanation for this silence is that the big names in Massachusetts politics firmly believe in the presumption ...