Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins has paid a $12,300 fine for breaking state ethics law by creating a paid position for his niece and “repeatedly” asking his staff to do his personal errands.
Tompkins, who’s served as sheriff since 2013, signed an agreement admitting to the violations, and he’s paid the fine, according to the state ethics commission.
There were two main prongs of the issue, per the disposition agreement with the ethics commissi ...
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