A 21-year-old man is facing charges in a $1.2 million Corvette heist after law enforcement recovered eight luxury vehicles stolen from a Kentucky plant. Deantae Walker, of Westland, Michigan, was taken into custody Saturday in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on charges including evading police, resisting arrest, receiving stolen property, and criminal mischief.
Authorities allege that Walker was involved in the theft of eight Corvettes from the General Motors plant in Bowling Green. According to authorities, another man who was with Walker fled in a Jeep with Ohio license plates.
Bowling Green police were alerted to the theft by the Warren County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were called to an apartment complex after a woman reported seeing a man driving a red Corvette with the price sticker still attached, according to the incident report. The woman said the man exited the vehicle and fled toward the front of the complex.
The manager of the General Motors plant confirmed that the vehicle was from their lot. A second Corvette was located at the same apartment complex, and a third was found nearby. The manager informed authorities that eight vehicles were missing from the plant’s back lot, prompting authorities to search for the remaining vehicles.
The incident report states that a security camera from an apartment captured three vehicles entering the complex. Footage showed a man exiting a light gray Corvette. “The male was wearing a green pullover sweatshirt with a red shirt under it. He had gray sweatpants and kept his hood on the entire time,” the report says. “The male then walked to the front of the complex and was seen coming back. He then went to the left of the front building.”
As deputies continued their investigation, dispatch received a call from a transport driver who reported a “weird” interaction with two men who wanted him to transport Corvettes to Michigan. The driver said the men rushed him as he loaded the vehicles, and that the cars had suffered damage to their undersides.
According to a police spokesperson, investigators believe at least nine people were involved in the theft. All the vehicles were driven simultaneously through a hole cut in a chain link fence at the plant. The spokesperson added that police do not yet know the identities of the other individuals involved but expect additional arrests once they are identified. Walker has no known association with the plant.
