Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkin was charged with extortion involving the purchase of an equity interest in a Boston-based cannabis company by federal authorities last week.

Two Boston residents were arrested Tuesday following a traffic stop in Roxbury that led to the seizure of approximately 62 ...

Police originally described the situation as an "unattended death" — until they found the culprit: a bulky blanket.

Perullo has operated behind the scenes in Democratic politics for decades, leveraging his connections to make his company, ...

Tennessee man accused of using movie-prop fake bills in Boston to buy $160,000 in jewelry from Downtown Crossing shop ...

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 ...

Two men used wads of fake money to buy a haul of very real jewelry from a shop in Boston this spring, prosecutors said Wednesday, announcing charges in the case. The pair handed over $160,000 in ...

The shooting in Hyde Park that left one woman dead also left one man hospitalized with life-threatening injuries.

A Leander school district bus carrying multiple children was involved in a crash near Big Sandy Creek at 3:16 p.m. Wednesday, ...