http://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2025/08/08/bill-melugin-boston-sanctuary-sherrif-busted-on-extortion-charges-n2416971
Boston is one of the worst offenders when it comes to sanctuary cities. Mayor Michelle Wu called ICE agents 'Neo-Nazis' (and got smacked down for it). Now an anti-ICE Boston sheriff is facing federal charges of extortion.
Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) ~ BREAKING: The FBI announces they've arrested Boston's sanctuary sheriff on federal extortion charges. Suffolk County, MA Sheriff Steven Tompkins was arrested by federal agents in Florida today for allegedly extorting $50,000 from the owner of a national cannabis retailer wanting to do business in Boston.
Sheriff Tompkins kicked ICE out of his jails in 2019.


Here's more from the FBI press release:
Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins, who serves as the Sheriff for the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, has been charged with extortion involving the purchase of an equity interest in a Boston-based cannabis company.
Tompkins, 67, of Boston, Mass, was indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts of Extortion Under Color of Official Right. He was taken into custody this morning in the Southern District of Florida and will have an initial appearance at 11:00 a.m. He will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date.
dbetzel (@dbetzel) ~ Sharing ... just because.

Birds of a feather.
Dapper Detective (@Dapper_Det) ~ BREAKING: Boston's sanctuary sheriff Steven Tompkins, a Black Lives Matter activist arrested on federal extortion charges of $50,000 from a national cannabis retailer wanting to do business in Boston. This is the filth that has permeated policing following George Floyd.
Video ~ http://twitter.com/i/status/1953844676252844451
Corruption runs deep.
David Angelo (@MrDavidAngelo) ~ Once you understand that every Democrat-run government is a criminal operation at all levels, politics becomes very simple and clear.
Kevin Sabet (@KevinSabet) ~ Remember when they said legalizing weed would reduce corruption and crime?


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