Body cam footage released of arrest in Corvette thefts
By: Bowling Green, KY - The Bowling Green Police Department has released body camera footage from a recent theft arrest that involved eight Corvettes.
On March 22, Deantae Cortez Walker, 21, Westland, Michigan was arrested in connection with multiple Corvette thefts from the GM Assembly Plant. He faces charges of receiving stolen property $10,000 or more, third-degree fleeing or evading police and resisting arrest.
The body camera footage above provided by BGPD on Tuesday shows the arrest of Walker, according to police.
A report by BGPD states dispatch received a call March 22 from the Warren County Sheriff’s Office regarding a report of a brand-new Corvette at an apartment complex at 490 Plano Road, where a male had left the vehicle and ran.
Upon responding to the scene, authorities say they found two more stolen Corvettes in the vicinity. Authorities say two other stolen Corvettes were later found at 280 Cumberland Trace.
Bowling Green police were later dispatched around 3:35 p.m. that same day for a suspicious incident potentially connected to the stolen Corvettes, according to a uniform citation.
Police say a driver for a transport company called, stating he had arrived to transport a 2017 Corvette at 150 American Ave. Upon arrival, police say the caller stated two subjects were there with three 2025 Corvettes for transport.
The driver stated the individuals started to rush him while he was getting the vehicles onto the truck, according to police, and that there was damage to the bottom of a car.
Police stated that they had found all eight vehicles within the same day with the help of the WCSO.
Police say they caught one individual, later identified as Walker, as he attempted to move the cars out of town and fled in the parking lot.
According to a report by BGPD, the other subject fled from the parking lot in a Jeep with Ohio tags.