Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is accused of using his position to extort a cannabis company executive into selling him shares.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins is set to appear in federal court on Thursday to be arraigned on corruption charges. Tompkins’s appearance at the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse in the Seaport was moved from Wednesday to Thursday earlier in the week due to a “scheduling conflict” noted in court records.

The moment captured on video was shared on social media by journalist Meghann Cuniff. It showed the judge reading the verdict in the trial of a man, Alton Oliver, charged with the fatal 2022 shooting of a Fulton County sheriff's deputy.

A suspect has been found not guilty in a murder at an Abilene gentleman’s club. Garon Wallace, Jr. was found not guilty of murder during a trial the ended Wednesday in connection to the death of David Jordan,

Prosecutors say the Suffolk County Sheriff used his post to get stock in a cannabis company — and then demand the return of his $50,000 investment.

Prosecutors allege that Tompkins used his position to pressure a cannabis executive into selling him $50,000 worth of stock before the company went public. When the shares crashed, Tompkins allegedly demanded his investment returned in full.

Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins smiled as he arrived to court Thursday. His lawyer proclaimed his innocence. “He’s presumed innocent,” Martin Weinberg<a class="excerpt-read-more" href=" More

Jones is scheduled to have a preliminary hearing in less than two months. Whether or not that will happen is still up in the air because he is still in the hospital nearly six months after this all happened.