A former worker in the St. Louis sheriff’s office is suing Sheriff Alfred Montgomery, alleging she was slandered and fired for testifying in the Missouri attorney general’s lawsuit against him.

Tashana Syas was the department’s director of personnel and fiscal operations. She’s calling for more than $25,000 plus back pay, front pay, punitive damages, reinstatement, back contributions to retirement funds, emotional distress and assurances against future retaliation from the city and sheriff.

Her suit claims she was terminated after she was deposed on Aug. 26 in the state’s investigation of the sheriff. The attorney general’s office filed a quo warranto seeking to remove the sheriff earlier this year that includes allegations of kidnapping, unlawful detainment of a former sheriff's dep

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