The arraignment of Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins for allegedly extorting a cannabis company has been pushed back a day to Thursday, records show.

Tompkins’s appearance in US District Court in Boston, initially scheduled for Wednesday, was moved to Thursday afternoon due to a “scheduling conflict,” legal filings said.

Details of the conflict weren’t disclosed.

Tompkins, a prominent Democrat in Boston political circles, was arrested earlier this month in Florida for allegedly pressuring the company under the threat of revoking a partnership with his office that was central to its licensing application.

Prosecutors allege that in addition to forcing a company official to sell him stock for $50,000 before the venture went public, Tompkins subsequently demanded he be repaid

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