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Driver charged after reportedly speeding down Massachusetts Street at 100 mph

Douglas County sheriff’s deputies arrested an 18-year-old Lawrence man early Tuesday after he was allegedly driving 100 mph ...

Suffolk sheriff joins other Massachusetts public officials who have fallen by the feds

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins joins a slew of public officials who have fallen into disgrace over the past ...

Mass. woman accused of attacking sheriff’s deputies with bees in 2022 arrested in Tennessee

Rorie Susan Woods was arrested at a hotel in Tennessee last week after failing to appear for her Massachusetts trial.

‘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 ...

Mass. woman who unleashed swarm of bees on deputies arrested in Kingsport after missing trial

A woman accused of using beehives to attack Hampden County Sheriff’s deputies during a 2022 eviction in Longmeadow was arrested in Tennessee Thursday evening.

Republicans call on Healey to remove indicted sheriff from college board

Sometimes saying nothing says an awful lot. Suffolk Sheriff Steven Tompkins, indicted by federal authorities Friday for ...

Sheriff: Woman wounded in assault rifle shooting on rural Albany County road

Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple said the woman is in stable condition after early morning shooting in Rensselaerville. A ...

Will Sheriff Steven Tompkins keep his job? The answer may lie in a decades-old old court case.

Any elected official sentenced to state or federal prison time is deemed to have vacated their seat, according to state law.