Missouri Ag Files to Remove St. Louis Sheriff Over Abuse of Power Claims
June 26, 2025

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey’s deadline for St. Louis Sheriff Alfred Montgomery to resign has passed. Now the highest-ranking law enforcement officer in the Show-Me State is going through the legal process to get Montgomery out of office.


Bailey has filed a quo warranto, a legal writ that can be used to remove someone in an elected position for doing anything unlawful or abusing their authority. Many allegations — from money spending to handcuffing a jail administrator to making an employee roll dice to keep their job — are just a few of the accusations Bailey, a Republican, is using to move forward to get 28-year-old Montgomery, a Democrat, removed.


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