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The FBI is investigating circumstances surrounding the arrest of a woman in White County.
The woman was repeatedly bitten by a police dog as she was taken into custody on April 3.
Tonya Qualls, 40, suffered wounds to her arms and legs.
Qualls has a history of non-violent drug offenses and was wanted on probation violation.
After District Attorney Bryant Dunaway viewed body camera video of the arrest, he asked the FBI to investigate, and his office withdrew the resisting arrest guilty plea Ms. Qualls made days after her arrest.
NewsChannel 5 Investigates obtained the body camera video which shows the moment deputies entered the apartment where Tonya Qualls ran to hide.
White County Sheriff's Deputy Brandon Young announced that his dog would bite Qualls if she didn't come out.
"Sheriff's Office. Come out or you will be bit," Young said.
When Young released the dog, it began searching each room in the apartment.
They eventually found Qualls hunched down in a bathroom closet - unarmed.
Young seemed to command his dog to attack Qualls several times.
She yelled, "Okay I'm coming out."
The next few violent moments became the focus of an Internal Affairs Report by the White County Sheriff's Department which was obtained by NewsChannel 5 Investigates.
The Internal Affairs Report stated Brandon Young told his dog to "engage Qualls 12 times."
NewsChannel 5 Investigates showed the body camera video to attorney Richard Brooks, who has sued White County in the past, but is not involved in this case.
"That's what he kept saying. Get her buddy. Get her buddy. Get her buddy," Brooks said
Qualls screamed the deputy's first name as he ordered the dog to keep attacking.
"I surrender. I surrender. What else could she have done?" Brooks asked as he watched the video.
The dog continued biting Qualls' leg - even as the handcuffs were being put on.
Young kept demanding to see Qualls' hands.
In his report, Young claimed Qualls "began to resist the dog by trying to shove him away."
He wrote it was "unknown if Qualls had any weapons" - she didn't.
He charged her with resisting arrest, and days later Qualls pleaded guilty.
