Interim Sheriff faced Criminal Magistrate

BOSTON- Steven Tompkins faced BMC Roxbury District Court Criminal Magistrate over Theft and Property Destruction on September 10, 2013.

Suffolk County Interim Sheriff Steven Tompkins of 106 Williams Street in Hyde Park faced a Criminal Magistrate over the theft and property destruction of rival Sheriff Candidate Douglas Bennett’s campaign signs in Egleston Square in Roxbury last Wednesday August 14, 2013 between 2-3PM.

In many of these thefts and destructions of personal property, Mr. Tompkins, along with another Commonwealth of Massachusetts employee from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, proceeded in entering these store fronts and identifying himself as the Sheriff of Suffolk County, pulling out his “sheriff’s badge”  and demanding that the store owner remove the sign or they would get “on his (Tompkins') bad side.”

Tompkins, who is a former New York State resident, is criticized for having zero law enforcement experience.  Tompkins who served as press secretary for Andrea Cabral before she was promoted to Governor Patrick's cabinet, is most famously known for producing promotional videos and commercials for AT&T.

Since Tompkins became "Acting Sheriff," a man has died under Tompkins supervision while being detained at the Nashua Street House of Corrections on January 12th.

Click on this link to read the Boston Globe article: http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2014/01/13/pretrial-detainee-found-dead-inside-nashua...

Attached with this press release is:

 1. The Notice of the Magistrate Hearing pertaining to BMC Roxbury District Court Criminal Complaint Docket #1302AC001538,

2. Boston Police Department Incident Report #130522530, and

3. A complaint from Bennett to the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission Enforcement Division asking to investigate Tompkins’ actions from August 14, 2013.

(Click on this link to read the PDF of the Court Documents, Boston Police Department Incident Report, and Ethics Violation Complaint against Tomkins): https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B5aESyF8MPcgU2JNUXBqaFVzVHc/edit

If you would like to watch Hyde Park store owner Jean Jackson of La Paix Hair Salon of 1059 Hyde Park Avenue testify how Interim Sheriff Tompkins terrorized stroe owners by unlawfully pulling out his badge and demanding that they remove his rival Douglas Bennett for Sheriff Campaign signs, then click on this youtube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZszLm-CCmio