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

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.

Former Massachusetts State Police trooper busted in ‘golden conspiracy’ should serve 15 months in prison, feds say: ...

The driver allegedly picked up the victim at an undisclosed Boston location and brought her to her home in Somerville, where ...

Boston police arrested Kelly Smoak in Mattapan for illegal possession of an AK-47 rifle and other firearm charges.

Brockton man Luis Carlos Ramos Teixeira, 27, allegedly raped a woman outside her Somerville home over the weekend. He has been charged with rape and indecent assault and battery on a person over 14, ...

A Massachusetts sheriff was indicted Friday for allegedly extorting $50,000 from a cannabis company seeking to open a ...

TV, Massachusetts State Police Col. Geoffrey Noble talked about how he plans to reshape the department amid several ...

The FBI is investigating multiple bomb threats that have repeatedly shut down a swath of Nantucket’s Main Street shopping ...

After she was shot by a colleague, Kelsey Fitzsimmons said she never pointed her gun at the fellow officer. A new police ...

An Everett man associated with a radical group targeting prominent government buildings is facing charges after the Massachusetts State House was vandalized.

Cory Nickerson, 50, was arrested for forcing entry into a sheriff's office, assaulting dispatchers, and leading police on a ...