CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ga. — After a massive search, officials confirmed Friday afternoon that they have found the body of a missing Cobb County police officer who disappeared during a boat ride Thursday.
The officer has been identified as 35-year-old Thomas "Brent" Stephens of Douglasville. Sgt. Brent Stephens has been employed with the Cobb County Police Department since 1996. He was a a member of the SWAT team and was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in December of 2009.
Officials said sonar technology was used to locate the Stephens.
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Stephens went missing shortly after midnight on Allatoona Lake in Cherokee County, authorities said.
Investigators said Stephens, who was off-duty at the time, had just finished having dinner with friends then shortly after disappeared from a boat. Police said the man driving the boat was also a Cobb Co. police officer.
"I think they had been at a restaurant and came back to the marina," said Lt. Jay Baker with the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.
Dive teams from Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Forsyth and Hall counties were also involved.
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