ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery has been indicted on five new charges accusing him of illegally handcuffing a St. Louis jail official and then tampering with witnesses who saw the incident.

Federal prosecutors on Thursday asked that Montgomery be jailed pending trial. He committed the new crimes after a judge ordered him not to have contact with witnesses, they said.

His lawyers said putting an elected sheriff in jail would overthrow the will of the people

Prosecutor Christine Krug responded, "Being elected to office doesn't give someone carte blanche to do what they want."

A judge instead placed Montgomery on house arrest.

Federal prosecutors had previously charged Montgomery with a misdemeanor civil rights violation for his role in the jail incident. The five new fel

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