‘He thinks he’s elected king’ – Missouri AG blasts jailed sheriff

ST. LOUIS – Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway once served as a U.S. Attorney and prosecuted federal cases. She says she’s never seen anything like what we’ve seen with St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery.

“I think he just has a fundamental misunderstanding with how much power comes with being sheriff,” she said. “I think he thinks he’s elected king.”

From handcuffing a jail commissioner to allegedly using a burner phone to retaliate against witnesses, Hanaway said she “can’t find quite enough words to say how bad this situation is.”…

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