The release of a man who had been serving a five-year sentence for assault is the second time the jail has released someone ...

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Sheriff Steven Tompkins has been indicted for allegedly extorting a Boston cannabis company.

A manhunt is underway after an inmate was accidentally released from a Texas jail on Sunday, according to the Harris County ...

Authorities in Harris County are searching for Troy Dugas, who was mistakenly released from jail despite state prison ...

Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins has been arrested and federally indicted on two counts of extortion under color of ...

Deputies on Tuesday released video from the night a missing North Carolina man vanished in Manatee County, showing him ...

Troy Dugas, 36, was supposed to be starting a 5-year prison term but was mistakenly released by Harris County Jail officials.

The Herald has been spotlighting the free-spending ways of Massachusetts state government over the last few weeks, and ...

Mass State Police shelled out more than $200,000 on stays at 4- and 5-star hotels from Aruba to Florida, along with ...

CALL AND RESPONSE — The White House is giving Boston Mayor Michelle Wu a well-timed campaign boost. Cities and states that ...