Thieves Steal Corvettes From Bowling Green Factory, Again

It whitethorn look for illustration we're recycling aged headlines, but erstwhile again, thieves struck nan Bowling Green, Kentucky, mill wherever Chevy makes nan Corvette, driving disconnected pinch 2 of them. They knew what they were looking for, too. This time, nan thieves made disconnected pinch 2 examples of nan 1,064-horsepower ZR1.

According to NewsChannel 5, nan perpetrators gained introduction to nan Bowling Green parking batch by cutting a spread successful nan fence, conscionable for illustration nan erstwhile theft successful March. Rather than thrust nan Corvettes retired done nan aforesaid hole, they drove consecutive retired nan main gross pursuing a transportation truck. They hid retired successful a parking car shed astatine Western Kentucky University, perchance to laic debased until nan power was off. But a brace of ZR1s tends to drawback nan eye, and it yet starring to a constabulary chase. The cops stopped nan achromatic ZR1 quickly pinch spike strips, starring to a ft pursuit and nan apprehension of Daedrin Cook. He reportedly first evaded police, past approached them for thief pinch charging his phone, starring to his arrest.

The 2nd ZR1, successful orangish (a faster colour than white), evaded police. Police later recovered it abandoned in Martin County, Indiana, astir 3 hours distant from Bowling Green, WBKO reports. Its driver has not been identified aliases found. Both Corvettes are reportedly undamaged, isolated from for nan tires connected nan achromatic car that ran complete spike strips.

According to NewsChannel 5, nan Bowling Green constabulary can't beryllium that nan 2 Corvette heists are connected astatine this time, though they are still investigating. The men arrested for some heists are each from Detroit, a agelong measurement from Bowling Green, which whitethorn aliases whitethorn not beryllium a coincidence. The methods utilized some times are similar. Video from NewsChannel 5 shows that nan achromatic ZR1's protective integrative covers for transit were removed, possibly a instruction learned from nan erstwhile theft, wherever nan covers were near on.

One mobility that nary 1 seems to person asked is really thieves person been capable to commencement up and thrust distant 10 Corvettes from nan mill betwixt some heists. We precocious reported that the Chevy Camaro ZL1 is nan astir stolen car successful America, pinch different Camaro variants taking 3rd place, acknowledgment to a known vulnerability successful nan keyless introduction system. Could nan Corvette beryllium taxable to a akin vulnerability? Chevy has already made a package spot disposable to hole nan rumor successful nan Camaro. It would beryllium reasonable to expect brand-new Corvettes to person it installed astatine nan mill if they usage a akin information system.

Speaking of security, what astir nan Bowling Green works itself? How tin thieves regularly trim done a obstruction and fto themselves successful and out, undetected? NewsChannel 5 footage shows a information conveyance operating nan parking lots, truthful it's not for illustration GM hasn't considered this. It could usage a small thing more, though.