A guilty plea of lying to the police was offered by 18-year-old Matthew Graeff of Kennesaw on Thursday involving the case of an auto fatality. Graeff, one of three teens charged with lying to Cobb County police, admitted that he lied to police who were investigating the death of Harrison High student and football player Garrett Reed (pictured), 16, who was killed in a two-car accident on Jan. 24. Graeff, a senior at Harrison High, has been a member of the school's varsity baseball team.
According to arrest warrants, the teenagers came up with a plan to lie to officers about how they obtained alcohol and where it was consumed in the hours before Reed’s death. They also advised fellow students to lie, according to the warrants. Reed allegedly had been drinking rum prior to his getting behind the wheel.
Graeff, who pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice under the state's first offender law, has already completed 40 hours of community service, wrote a letter of apology to the police officer who interviewed him and participated in drug and alcohol treatment.
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