ST. LOUIS (KMOX)--St. Louis City Sheriff Alfred Montgomery has confessed to using "trick dice" while firing former deputy Tony Kirchner. In a letter, he's calling it "de-escaltion tactic."
Kirchner, running against Alderwoman Anne Schweitzer, was fired after being accused of campaigning while on the job. Initially, Montgomery denied the dice incident but now he is defending it. He says it was to ease tension during a firey termination meeting.
Kirchner's attorneys are demanding an investigation and his reinstatement as a deputy.
"At this point, Kirchner should be immediately reappointed to his position with no condition," said Kirchner's Attorney Talamage Newton told reporters last Thursday. "Until and unless such times when he opts to leave the office on his terms or for another legal reason."