GRAND JURY TO REVIEW DRUG RAID THAT WENT AWRY The results of two investigations into a police drug raid that resulted in the death of a Lebanon retiree will be presented to a special grand jury likely to convene next week, Lebanon Police Chief Billy Weeks said. The panel will review the results of internal probes by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and Lebanon police into the Oct. 4 incident. Two Lebanon police officers shot and killed John Adams, 64, after they said he fired a shotgun at them. Friends and relatives said Adams and his wife, Lorine, believed they were the victims of a home invasion when police kicked in their door about 10 p.m. Police were supposed to raid the house next door. Although the search warrant had the right address, it contained a description of the Adams home. "It's the only thing that can be done," Weeks said of the grand jury. "It has to be done." The woman who was the target of the raid was arrested early Wednesday morning in a domestic dispute at a local motel. Shatena Cowan, 38, was charged with cocaine possession after officers searched her purse, Weeks said. Additional information about the woman was unavailable yesterday. Weeks fired one officer and put another on unpaid administrative leave. The two officers who entered the house and shot Adams were placed on paid administrative leave. Lt. Steve Nokes, head of the department's narcotics unit, was fired for violating department policy and procedures, Weeks said. Nokes, who has appealed his dismissal, participated in surveillance of the targeted home and was there during the raid, Weeks said. After the shooting, Lebanon Mayor Don Fox announced plans for a police citizens review board. An ad hoc coalition, including the NAACP, the American Civil Liberties Union and the League of United Latin-American Citizens, also was formed and challenged the process of creating the board and its members.
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