deputy commissioner Frank Vanore is "mystified"?

By Abolish Tenure
sunday, august 10, 2025 at 12:54:00 p.m. edt

deputy commissioner Frank Vanore is "mystified"?

Look to a "fine" example of law enforcement, suffolk county (i.e., boston) sheriff (i.e., chief jailer) Steven Tompkins:

* a $2,500 fine in 2015 for asking store owners to remove campaign signs for an election opponent.

* Back in march 2023, Tompkins paid a $12,300 fine for creating a state job for his niece and having employees run his errands.

* And now, charged by the FEDS with extortion for his alleged dealings with a boston-based cannabis company. He invested $50,000. Then by May of 2022, the value of the stock had dropped so much Tompkins's investment "was worth several thousand dollars less than the $50,000 he originally invested,"... "Tompkins allegedly demanded a refund of $50,000 and, despite the decrease in the value of Tompkins's investment, Individual A agreed to Tompkins's demands for full repayment of $50,000," the office said.

Tompkins allegedly needed the money to pay for "campaign and personal expenses." He got the money back in five separate checks from May 2022 to July 2023 "that read 'loan repayment' and '[company] expense' to disguise the nature of some of the payments," prosecutors said.

He's now charged with two counts of extortion under color of official right.

source: cbs boston, which is also being "sued by a White former anchorette with some die grievances". It's worth someone putting up $25,000--as long as the "house" stays unoccupied.

--GRA.