Ousted St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery wants a new trial in removal case

Ousted St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery wants a new trial.

Montgomery was removed late last year by St. Louis Circuit Judge Steven R. Ohmer, a retired judge appointed to the case, at the request of the Missouri attorney general’s office.

Ohmer found Montgomery exceeded his legal authority in two incidents — handcuffing then-acting jail administrator Tammy Ross and temporarily taking a firearm from former sheriff’s deputy Darryl Wilson. The judge rejected the other four allegations brought by Attorney General Catherine Hanaway…

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