New Federal Charges for St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery; Placed Under House Arrest

Sheriff Montgomery indicted again, faces five new federal felony charges

St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery was indicted Thursday on five federal felony charges — including four counts of witness retaliation and one count of witness tampering — less than two months after his first indictment on a federal misdemeanor civil rights charge. The new charges stem from alleged actions in the weeks following Montgomery’s August indictment. That first case accused him of unlawfully detaining Tammy Ross, then the city’s actin…

St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery Pleads Not Guilty to Federal Charges

ST. LOUIS - St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery faced new federal charges, six weeks after being indicted on a separate count of deprivation of rights under color of law. Montgomery now stands accused of four counts of witness retaliation and one count of witness tampering. The charges stem from allegations that Montgomery ordered the detainment of Tammy Ross, a former St. Louis jail administrator, after being denied access to a rape victim he s…

New federal charges for St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery; placed under house arrest

ST. LOUIS – Six weeks after being indicted on a federal charge for one count of deprivation of rights under color of law, St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery was back in court and facing more serious charges. Montgomery faces four new counts of witness retaliation and one count of witness tampering. He was previously accused of ordering the detainment of Tammy Ross, a former St. Louis jail administrator, when the sheriff could not get access to …

St. Louis sheriff indicted on 5 federal felony charges

The sheriff was charged with witness retaliation and witness tampering.