A Missouri sheriff is in federal custody after he was indicted for allegedly retaliating against and intimidating witnesses in a case that stemmed from him having a jail administrator arrested.

St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery was first indicted in August on allegations of misdemeanor deprivation of rights under the color of law when he allegedly had the acting administrator of the St. Louis City Justice Center arrested in February for not allowing his deputies in jail. While out on bond, feds allege , Montgomery retaliated against witnesses of the jail administrator's arrest by demoting or firing them.

Montgomery was recorded on a phone call last month with a St. Louis Sheriff's Office employee discussing his actions, feds say. The employee he demoted was identified in the indictment

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