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Steven Tompkins, extortion and Suffolk County

Pot entrepreneur, lobbyist Frank Perullo is alleged extortion victim of Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins
The marijuana executive identified as “Individual A” in the federal indictment of Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is longtime Boston lobbyist and political consultant Frank Perullo, business records and financial disclosures show.
Suffolk Sheriff Tompkins resigns from Roxbury Community College board after extortion charges
Healey said Tompkins “made the right decision by stepping down," but has yet to call for his resignation from the Suffolk County sheriff position. The post Suffolk Sheriff Tompkins resigns from Roxbury Community College board after extortion charges appeared first on Boston.
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins indicted for allegedly extorting Boston cannabis company
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has been charged with extortion for his alleged dealings with a Boston-based cannabis company.
Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins federally charged with extorting pot company [read the indictment]
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins was arrested this morning in Florida on federal charges that he extorted a Boston cannabis company for pre-IPO stock.
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins federally indicted on extortion charges
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is accused of extorting a cannabis company executive. He was arrested in Florida Friday.
Suffolk County sheriff steps down from RCC Board of Trustees position amid federal extortion charges
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins has stepped down from his role as chairman of the Roxbury Community College Board of Trustees.Tompkins, 67,<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More
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Howie Carr: Suffolk ‘High Sheriff’ Steven Tompkins earns his Democrat credentials
Tompkins got his start the way most future jailbird Democrat sheriffs get their start. He was another Democrat hack pol’s driver, appointed to fill a vacancy. And now, just like clockwork, he’s
Embattled Suffolk Co. sheriff resigns from community college board
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins, who faces a federal extortion indictment, has resigned his post on the Board of Trustees for Roxbury Community College.
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Democrats hesitant to condemn Tompkins, a party fixture, as he faces federal charges

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

‘Need to get more information’: Healey declines to call for Sheriff Tompkins’s resignation

The allegations are certainly serious, and no one in elected positions should ever use or abuse their power in an unlawful ...

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.

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 ...

Crime and politics

WRONG SIDE OF THE LAW — Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins’s indictment Friday sent shock waves through Boston-area ...

Massachusetts sheriff arrested on charges of pressuring cannabis company to over stock purchase

A sheriff in one of Massachusetts' largest counties has been charged with allegedly pressuring a Boston-based cannabis firm ...

‘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 ...