Crooks Steal 8 C8s from BGP

[teamzr1]

A 21-year-old Michigan man is in custody after he and others apparently cut through the fence of the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green and stole eight Corvettes from the lot. One of those cars was a new 2025 Corvette ZR1.

WNKY reports that all eight Corvettes have been located.

Our friend Mark Thomas shared a read-out of the theft report from the Warren County Sheriff’s Department on Facebook and the story is even more bizarre as the officials at the plant at first didn’t realize the cars were missing.

At 10:00 am, the Warren County Sheriffs Department found a “new maroon Corvette” with all its stickers and coverings at Laurel Ridge Apartment at 490 Plano Road, which is more than eight miles from the Assembly Plant.
Believing the car to be stolen off the lot, the Bowling Green Police Department was contacted to see if the assembly plant had reported a theft. If not, let them know, “they were missing a $160,000 Corvette.”

Security at the Assembly Plant was able to find a hole that thieves had cut in a fence to remove the cars.
After doing an inventory check, the assembly plant determined there were eight cars missing.
Warren County Sheriffs Officers found a second Corvette at the 500 Plano Road, and a third was located at 769 Plano Road.
Several others were located at Cumberland Trace Village Apartments, which are across from the Bowling Green Harley Davidson dealership.

In photos posted to a Bowling Green Facebook page, you can see a Red Corvette ZR1 with the High Wing and there is a police car in the background. In the second photo, the two other Corvettes with this ZR1 are both Z06s, so the thieves were going for the high performance models.

Deantae Walker (21) of Westland, Michigan was arrested and is charged with receiving stolen property of $10,000 or more, fleeing or evading police, and resisting arrest.

 

[Mr. Cricket]

I wonder if they kept them to 2,000 RPM as per the break in procedure

 

[Roscobbc]

I wonder if they kept them to 2,000 RPM as per the break in procedure

'Break-In' procedure has a whole new meaning now! - How can GM's security be so lax that this can happen - surely the premises would have 'manned' 24/7 security and a comprehensive CCTV coverage?

 

[teamzr1]

'Break-In' procedure has a whole new meaning now! - How can GM's security be so lax that this can happen - surely the premises would have 'manned' 24/7 security and a comprehensive CCTV coverage?

Maybe GM security was in on this heist ?
GM loves hiring DEIs
Looks like the crooks had a shopping list and notice they stole a 2025 ZR1 that is not out on the streets

I reported 2 years ago, a $160 electronics toy was found to be able to hack C8s security electronics to enter and drive away the C8
and to this day, GM did not change anything at all to prevent that toy being used

All of us would have to pay $170,000 plus for a ZR1 and obama gangbangers pay nothing

 

[teamzr1]

Update and NEWs report

More details about the attempted theft have also come to light. WBKO reports that the Sheriff’s office received a 911 call that a young black man in black clothing parked a new Corvette with the window sticker at the apartment complex located at 490 Plano Road, which is two exits south on I65 and eight miles from the assembly plant.

After several more Corvettes were discovered in the vicinity, police were able to get their hands on security footage from the apartment complex showing a white man getting out of a Sea Wolf Gray Corvette wearing a green hoodie, red shirt and gray sweatpants.

Meanwhile, on the Northside of Scottsville Road, police found two more Corvettes at 280 Cumberland Trace.
Here’s where is gets interesting as the cops then get a call about a sketchy auto transport request:

Dispatch got another call from a transport driver for ELDO KY, who said he saw two males at 150 American Avenue who had scheduled him to transport a 2017 Corvette to Michigan.
According to the report, when the driver arrived to pick up the car, 21-year-old Deantae Walker of Westland, Michigan, had three brand new 2025 Corvettes waiting for him to transport.

The driver said Walker started to rush him while loading the vehicles and noticed the cars had damage to the bottom of them. The driver also told dispatch the transaction seemed “weird.”

Walker was arrested after a pursuit through the parking lot. The other subject fled the scene in a Jeep with Ohio tags.
After he was detained, Walker was read his Miranda rights and refused to speak with police. He was taken to the Warren County Regional Jail.
While getting processed, Walker made a statement saying,
“If I had made it back to Michigan, I would have been paid big.”

WBKO says the estimated value for the eight vehicles stolen was $1.2 million.
Unfortunately, there was damage reported to several C8s as the tow truck driver said.

The Corvettes were returned to the plant. WBKO asked the Assembly Plant about the thefts and were told they were taking appropriate measures to address it. No further comment was available.

 

[teamzr1]

Here is another C8 Stolen and I'd bet he was a wetback

California law enforcement officers have apprehended a suspect whose trademark is stealing high-end cars like this Sea Wolf Gray C8 Corvette coupe.
The Regional Auto Theft Task Force of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office tracked the suspect, Adelino Araujo Jr., while driving a stolen Stingray and eventually arrested him in the parking lot of a mall after a foot chase.

Authorities discovered Araujo was in possession of an unregistered handgun, $20,000 in cash, and key fobs for other potentially stolen vehicles.

He’s been charged with vehicle theft, possession of stolen property, carrying a concealed firearm, and resisting arrest.
Once he’s been taken care of in California, he’ll be extradited to Georgia, where he’s wanted in connection with several violent crimes.

In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office said:
“Thanks to our relentless pursuit and the support of our task force partners, including the San Jose Police Department, justice is on the road to victory!”

HIGH-END HEIST, HIGH-SPEED JUSTICE!

A suspect known for stealing high-end cars has been stopped in his tracks!

Adelino Araujo Jr., wanted in several counties, was tracked by the Regional Auto Theft Task Force as he made multiple maneuvers in a stolen Chevrolet Corvette. His drive led detectives to a mall parking lot, where, after a foot chase, he was captured.
He was found with an unregistered handgun, $20,000 in cash, and key fobs for other potentially stolen vehicles.

Araujo Jr. is now facing charges for vehicle theft, possession of stolen property, carrying a concealed firearm, and resisting arrest.
But his ride won’t stop at the Santa Clara County Main Jail—he’ll soon be extradited to the state of Georgia, where he’s wanted in connection to several violent crimes.

Thanks to our relentless pursuit and the support of our task force partners, including the San Jose Police Department, justice is on the road to victory!

 

[Mr. Cricket]

A real piece of work scumbag

 

[teamzr1]

A Michigan resident arrested in Bowling Green on suspicion of involvement in the theft of eight Corvettes worth $1.2 million from the General Motors Bowling Green Assembly Plant was hit with an additional criminal charge connected to the investigation.

Deantae Cortez Walker, 21, of Westland, Michigan, was arraigned Tuesday in Warren District Court on a charge of engaging in organized crime. This charge follows his first appearance in court the previous day on three counts of receiving stolen property (valued at $10,000 or more) and one count each of first-degree criminal mischief, third-degree fleeing or evading police and resisting arrest.

Walker has pleaded not guilty to all charges even though they were caught red-handed and is due back in court Friday for a preliminary hearing, at which a judge will determine whether probable cause has been established to refer the case to a grand jury.
All eight Corvettes were recovered at various locations in Bowling Green and returned to the Corvette plant.
The Bowling Green Police Department arrested Walker on Saturday.

According to a BGPD incident report, officers were called to a Plano Road apartment complex by a Warren County Sheriff’s Office deputy, who had received a 911 call from a woman at the apartment complex who reported seeing a man in black clothing drive into the parking lot in a brand new red Corvette with the price sticker still on it.

The woman reported that the man got out of the vehicle and ran toward the front of the apartment complex, and that she had not seen the man before on the property. As Corvette plant quality manager Jenni Druen confirmed that the car had come from the plant, WCSO deputies found a second reportedly stolen Corvette at the apartment complex, according to a city police report.

Druen and other employees went through the plant’s inventory and learned that eight Corvettes were missing from the back lot. A third stolen Corvette was found parked at an Anise Lane address near the apartment complex on Plano Road, and two more missing Corvettes were recovered at an address on Cumberland Trace.
While attempting to locate the final three missing Corvettes, police received a call from a man who said he was a transport driver who had met two men in Bowling Green who had scheduled for him to take two 2017 Corvettes to Michigan.

When the transport driver arrived at the location at Lowe’s on American Avenue for the pickup, however, he met two men who had three brand-new 2025 Corvettes waiting for him to transport, the report said. “(The transport driver) advised (the two men) started to rush him while he was loading the vehicles, and he saw that they had damage on the bottom of them,” the BGPD report said.

“(The driver) told dispatch that this transaction was starting to seem ‘weird.’ ” Police arriving at the location saw two men, one who was later identified as Walker, walking away from the vehicles.
City police ordered the men to stop, but they began running, according to an arrest citation. Walker is said in an arrest citation to have yelled for a Jeep driving nearby to pick him up, but he tripped and fell to the ground and a BGPD officer caught up to him, leading to a struggle between the two. According to the citation, bystanders who witnessed the chase helped the BGPD officer get Walker to the ground, and he was handcuffed.

The city police report said the other subject fled in a Jeep with Ohio tags.
Walker declined to provide a statement to police, but appeared to remark on the incident while being booked into Warren County Regional Jail. While jail staff was starting the process of getting Walker lodged, he made the statement

‘If had made it back to Michigan, I would have been paid big,’ ” the BGPD report said.

 

[teamzr1]

And another C8 via electronics simply broken in and stolen

SUNRISE, FLA. (WSVN) - A bold thief stole a Corvette straight from the driveway of a home in a Sunrise neighborhood, leaving the owner stunned.

“And he’s gone. Literally like the movie. Gone in 60 seconds,” said Jonathan Stern.

Jonathan Stern woke to quite the surprise Wednesday morning when discovered his 2020 Corvette was missing from the driveway of his home located in the 10000 block of Northwest 20th Court.

“I woke up to go fishing and noticed my car was gone,” said Stern.
That’s when Stern said he checked his ring camera, only to see that a masked man approached his vehicle in the wee hours of the morning.
“I saw a guy, fully dressed, masked hoodie. He was quick. He just walked up to the door handle, opened it and drove off,” he said.

But it wouldn’t end there.

According to Stern, the suspect first visited the home around 3:45a.m. to reprogram the car, they would then return an hour later and drive off with the pricey ride.
“So they took the car at 4:45 a.m., but at 3:45 a.m., they pulled up, stopped in front of the driveway, and you could just hear the car beep so they must’ve reprogrammed the car itself,” he said.

Video captured on a ring camera confirmed Stern’s statements. At 3:45 a.m., when the alleged reprogramming happened, a car came by the house, but the driver never steps outside their car, a few minutes later they drove off. Then at 4:45 a.m., the masked suspect returned and is seen tugging on the door handle.

Hours later, Sunrise Police located the vehicle abandoned off I-95 and Griffin and the suspect in the ring camera video, nowhere to be found.
The car was towed and taken to the dealership to be reprogrammed.

Stern is now offering this advice to other drivers.
“Install a tracker in your car and put your car in a garage,” he said.
The Broward Sheriff’s Office said they have not been able to find the person behind the crime, therefore no arrest have been made.

If you have any information on this crime, call Broward County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS. Remember, you can always remain anonymous, and you may be eligible for a reward of up to $5,000.

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Tracker being fitted to mine today. Requested an afternoon appointment at my office only to be told it would be early morning so having got up at 5am for the 90 minute commute they still haven't arrived.....

Tossers

 

[Nassau65]

Wow, that’s bad service. When they eventually turn up, I’ll tell them to bugger off, and look for another company.

 

[teamzr1]

Tracker being fitted to mine today. Requested an afternoon appointment at my office only to be told it would be early morning so having got up at 5am for the 90 minute commute they still haven't arrived.....

Tossers

Maybe their service truck got stolen !

 

[Mr. Cricket]

Wow, that’s bad service. When they eventually turn up, I’ll tell them to bugger off, and look for another company.

I was very tempted to let him arrive only to tell him to beat it...

But it's done now and I don't have to go through the ordeal again

 

[teamzr1]

The below video shows the arrest of Deantae Cortez Walker, a 21-year-old Michigan man who has been charged with the theft of eight new Corvettes from the Corvette Assembly Plant in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Walker can be seen running haphazardly around the parking lot of a Lowe’s store as a Bowling Green officer gives chase and repeatedly warns him to stop running, or he’ll have to tase him. As the suspect rounds a trailer full of pine straw, he stumbles to the ground.
That’s when the officer, a yellow taser earlier visible in his hand, is able to catch up with him, though Walker continues to try to get up and escape as the officer struggles to handcuff him before eventually being able to radio headquarters that he has “one in custody.”

The Warren County Sheriff’s Department asked the police department March 22 to investigate the report of a new Corvette at an apartment complex at 490 Plano Road, where a male had left the car and ran.

Once officers arrived, the scope of the alleged crime began to come into focus, with two more stolen Corvettes found nearby.
Two more hot ‘Vettes were later found at 280 Cumberland Trace, and eventually a total of eight stolen Corvettes were located by the police and sheriff’s department.

Later that day, police got a tip from a driver for a transport company, who said two individuals asked him to transport three 2025 Corvettes. He grew suspicious when they began to rush him during the loading of the cars, and he also noticed damage to the bottom of one car.

Walker now faces charges of receiving stolen property of $10,000 or more, third-degree fleeing or evading police, and resisting arrest. An accomplice is believed to have fled from the parking lot in a Jeep with Ohio tags.

You can watch the full body-cam video at WNKY.com.

 

[Nassau65]

It’s now pretty safe to assume the bowling green plant will UP security. Especially with the money these cars now cost.