UPDATE: Man charged after theft of 8 Corvettes in Bowling Green

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – The Bowling Green Police Department is investigating after eight Corvettes were stolen from the GM Assembly Plant.

A report by BGPD states dispatch received a call Saturday from the WCSO regarding a report of a brand new Corvette at an apartment complex at 490 Plano Road, where a male had exited the vehicle and ran.

After responding to the scene, authorities say they located two other stolen Corvettes in the vicinity. Authorities say two other stolen Corvettes were later located at 280 Cumberland Trace.

According to a uniform citation, Bowling Green police were later dispatched around 3:35 p.m. Saturday for a suspicious incident that was potentially connected to the stolen Corvettes.

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 Saturday that they had found all eight vehicles with the help of the Warren County Sheriff’s Office.

Police say they caught one individual as they attempted to move the cars out of town and fled in the parking lot.

Deantae Cortez Walker, 21, Westland, Michigan has been charged with receiving stolen property $10,000 or more, third-degree fleeing or evading police and resisting arrest. According to a report by BGPD, the other subject fled from the parking lot in a Jeep with Ohio tags.

Police say they are attempting to identify the others involved.