ATLANTA - The former Habersham County deputy sheriff who obtained the "no knock" search warrant that led to serious injuries to a Cornelia toddler last year now is facing federal charges.

Nikki Autry, who was assigned to the Mountain Judicial Circuit Criminal Investigation and Suppression Team, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of providing false information in a search warrant affidavit and provided the same false information to obtain an arrest warrant.

Providing false information to a judge to obtain a warrant is a federal civil rights violation.

"In this case, Autry is charged with making false statements to a judge in order to obtain search and arrest warrants," said Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn in a statement Wednesday morning. "Without her false statements, there was no probable cause to search the premises for drugs or to make the arrest. And in this case, the consequences of the unlawful search were tragic."

During the execution of the search warrant in May 2014, a Habersham County deputy sheriff tossed a flash bang device into an obstructed doorway. That device landed where an 18-month-old toddler was sleeping, resulting in serious injuries.

Autry, 29, of Clarkesville, will undergo arraignment proceedings before a U.S. Magistrate Judge later this week. She is charged with four counts of civil rights violations.

The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with assistance from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation and the Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office.