India, Aug. 9 -- Steven Tompkins, the Sheriff of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, since 2013, has been arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation on Friday morning, the US Attorney's Office in Boston announced. He faces two counts of extortion charges in Massachusetts with regard to his dealings with a local cannabis company.

67-year-old Tompkins, who was elected as the Sheriff of Suffolk County for a six-year term in 2022, allegedly extorted $50,000 from a marijuana business owner in Suffolk County. He was arrested in Florida and will be brought back to Boston later, the statement from the attorney's office said.

Steven W Tompkins has been a member of the Suffolk County Sheriff's Department since 2002, his bio on the department's we...