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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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

A Boston-area sheriff could soon face 20 years in prison after being indicted on federal charges that alleged he extorted an area cannabis dispensary.