Pubdate: Thu, 23 Jul 2015
Source: Manteca Bulletin (CA)
Copyright: 2015 Associated Press
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EX-DEPUTY INDICTED AFTER 'NO-KNOCK' RAID INJURES CHILD

ATLANTA (AP) - A former Georgia deputy sheriff was indicted Wednesday 
on federal charges for her role in setting up a "no-knock" drug raid 
that severely injured a toddler when a flash grenade detonated in his playpen.

Former Habersham County Deputy Nikki Autry, 29, was indicted by a 
federal grand jury on charges of providing false information in a 
search warrant affidavit, Acting U. S. Attorney John Horn said. Autry 
also is charged with providing false information to obtain an arrest warrant.

During the raid on the northeast Georgia home in May 2014, a flash 
grenade detonated in 19- month-old Bounkham "Bou Bou" Phonesavanh's 
playpen, blowing his chest and face open and burning him.

The Phonesavanh family was staying with relatives temporarily at the 
time of the raid because their home in Wisconsin had recently burned down.

A Habersham County grand jury in October found that the investigation 
that led to the raid was "hurried" and "sloppy," but recommended no 
criminal charges be brought against the officers involved.
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