Boston City Councilor Ed Flynn is trying to declare the area around Mass and Cass a public health and humanitarian crisis.

Sheriff Steven Tompkins is accused of using his position to extort a cannabis company for discounted shares of its stock ...

Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins is facing an extortion charge after he allegedly demanded a refund from an executive of a cannabis ...

A sheriff in the Boston area could face two decades behind bars after being indicted on federal charges on Aug. 7 for ...

Boston Police seek public aid to identify suspects in an August 3 aggravated assault in Roxbury; one suspect displayed a ...

Boston Police D-14 and AT&T held a seminar at Covenant House in Brighton to educate residents about scam prevention, with a ...

Thirteen people were arrested in connection with a human trafficking bust carried out by Boston, state and federal ...

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

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

A gym in Boston is opening its doors for teens and adults in the city, giving them a safe place to exercise<a ...

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

The Suffolk County sheriff was indicted for allegedly extorting early access to $50,000 in equity from a cannabis company seeking to do business in Boston.