Crime & Safety
Lanier Divers Resume Search for Missing Teen
Additional high-tech help is available in the search for Griffin Prince.
More high-tech help was expected as divers resumed the search Monday for missing Griffin Prince at Lake Lanier.
WSB-TV.com reported that the FBI will bring in new equipment Monday that will allow divers to stay under water for more than six minutes at a time in an effort to complete their search. A candlelight vigil was held for Griffin and his brother, Jake.
Previously, an underwater remote device was shipped in from California to aid in the search.
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Prince, 13, of Buford has been missing since last week's boating collision, which also took the life of his brother Jake, 9. . Bennett was piloting a boat that collided with a pontoon boat piloted by the Princes boys' father, Michael Prince Jr.
WSB also reported that divers would search a “specific area” where sonar equipment detected a potential target over the weekend.
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Over the weekend, .
According to AJC.com, the initiative ended with seven boating under the influence arrests.
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