The sheriff in Missouri’s most populous county was jailed Tuesday and faced mounting calls to resign just 10 months into the job over accusations that he ordered deputies to handcuff the jail chief and then meddled with an investigation. Federal Judge John Bodenhausen ordered the bond revoked for 28-year-old Alfred Montgomery, the sheriff of St. Louis, after the prosecution argued in court filings that there was a serious risk he would “attempt to threaten, injure or intimidate" witnesses or jurors. St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer issued a statement Tuesday calling for Montgomery to resign and describing the situation as “absurd.” Days earlier, the Missouri attorney general’s office tried and failed yet again to oust Montgomery. But he has no plans to step down, said David Mason, a retired ci

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