Boston sheriff arrested in Florida for alleged cannabis company extortion scheme
Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested Thursday on federal extortion charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts. Federal prosecutors allege the 67-year-old Massachusetts sheriff had pressured a cannabis company executive for a secret investment deal worth $50,000. Tompkins, who had led the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department since 2013 and
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