Former Cobb Officer Pleads Guilty in Boating Death
Last April, Sgt. Brent Stephens was killed after his friend's boat struck a buoy and he was thrown into the waters of Lake Allatoona.
A former Cobb County police officer pleaded guilty this week in the off-duty boating death of a colleague, and for his part in trying to cover up details surrounding the accident. Kenneth Reda, 38, pleaded guilty in Cherokee County Superior Court Wednesday to second degree homicide by vessel, tampering with evidence, three counts of making false statements and violation of office by a public officer. Reda, a SWAT team member who resigned from the Cobb police force in May, will be sentenced Tuesday; the maximum he could get is 23 years in prison and 12 months in jail, according to court documents. Calls to Reda’s attorney weren’t immediately returned. On the evening of April 22, Reda, of Paulding County, was out on Lake Allatoona with his …
