Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins is taking a medical leave, nearly three weeks after he was charged with extorting a Boston-based cannabis company.
Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey and state Attorney General Andrea Campbell issued a joint statement Wednesday morning, saying Tompkins “has agreed to step away from his position until the federal case against him is resolved.”
Special Sheriff Mark Lawhorne will cover the position for now, Healey and Campbell said…