Michigan man charged with stealing 8 Corvettes worth $1.2M in Kentucky heist

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27-03-2025

A 21-year-old man faces 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 of 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. Another man he was with fled in a Jeep with Ohio license plates, according to authorities.
Bowling Green police said it was 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 on it, the incident report says.
The woman said the man got out of the vehicle and ran toward the front of the apartment complex.
The manager of the General Motors plant confirmed that the vehicle was from their lot. A second Corvette was found parked at the same apartment complex, and a third was found nearby.
The manager told authorities that eight vehicles were missing from the plant's back lot. Authorities began searching for the other vehicles.
The incident report says that a security camera from an apartment captured three vehicles coming into the complex. A man was seen in the footage 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 to investigate, dispatch received a call from a transport driver who said he had a "weird" interaction with two men who wanted him to take Corvettes to Michigan. The driver said the men were rushing him as he loaded the vehicles, and the cars were damaged on the bottom.
A police spokesperson said they believe at least nine people were involved in the theft. All of the vehicles were driven at the same time through a hole cut in a chain link fence at the plant.
Police do not have their identities yet but anticipate other arrests once they are identified, the spokesperson said. Walker does not have any affiliation with the plant.
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com