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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Boston Police Department's District D-4 held a coffee event for community engagement and to promote their anonymous tip ...

The shark was spotted on Monday and Tuesday, prompting police to share drone video with a warning for beachgoers.

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

Prosecutors allege Tompkins, who's served as Suffolk County sheriff since 2013, used his official position to threaten a ...