TENNESSEE
A federal grand jury on Tuesday indicted Gregory Higgins, 42, for using excessive force against an arrestee while Higgins was a deputy with the Grundy County, Tennessee, Sheriff’s Office, according to officials.
Higgins is charged with one count of deprivation of rights under color of law and one count of making false statements to the FBI.
The indictment alleges that Higgins used unreasonable force when he assaulted handcuffed arrestee A.L., resulting in bodily injury to A.L., and that Higgins then made false statements to the FBI about the assault.
If convicted on the first count, Higgins is facing up to 10 years in prison. The second count carries a sentence of up to five years in prison.
Higgins is presumed innocent unless proven guilty.