Bail Collateral Repo Turns Into 100-MPH Fugitive Chase

It Wasn’t a Typical Repossession Assignment. Neither Were the People Allegedly in the Car.

DeKalb County, GA – September 29, 2026 – A repossession involving a vehicle reportedly used as bail collateral turned into anything but a routine recovery when the people in possession of the car were identified as Tennessee fugitives, setting off a wild police pursuit across metro Atlanta.

According to WSB-TV, DeKalb County police responded at approximately 6:37 p.m. to the 4800 block of Flat Shoals Parkway after a bail agent attempting to repossess a vehicle requested police assistance.

The vehicle, a Chevrolet Malibu, was subsequently located at a nearby Kroger.

But this wasn’t simply a reluctant debtor refusing to surrender collateral.

The bail agent reportedly advised police that someone inside the Malibu had active warrants out of Tennessee. When officers attempted to stop the vehicle, the driver allegedly fled.

And the repossession assignment effectively ended there.

What followed was a high-speed pursuit through metro Atlanta involving multiple law enforcement agencies, speeds reportedly reaching approximately 100 mph and, ultimately, a PIT maneuver that brought the Malibu to a stop.

Police arrested Rickora Walker and Dontavis Greer, both of whom were wanted in Tennessee.

Walker was wanted after allegedly failing to appear in connection with an attempted second-degree murder case stemming from a 2025 shooting outside Nashville’s Justice A.A. Birch Building. Greer was also reportedly wanted on Tennessee charges.

The unusual circumstances behind the Malibu add another layer to the story.

This does not appear to have been a conventional lender-ordered repossession. Available information indicates that the vehicle had apparently been pledged as collateral in connection with bail, a form of secured collateral that can eventually require recovery when the underlying obligations aren’t met.

It isn’t the type of assignment most repossession agents encounter every day.

But the danger it illustrates is very familiar.

You Never Know Who Has the Car

A recovery agent can receive an assignment containing a name, an address, a VIN and perhaps some additional account information. But, what the agent rarely receives a complete picture of the person behind the wheel.

They don’t necessarily know the person’s criminal history. They don’t know whether there are outstanding warrants. They don’t know whether there is a weapon inside the vehicle. They don’t know whether the person is frightened, angry, intoxicated, desperate, or prepared to run.

And frequently the person possessing the collateral isn’t even the debtor.

In this case, what apparently began as the recovery of a Chevrolet Malibu pledged as bail collateral led a bail agent directly into contact with two people police say were wanted fugitives.

Fortunately, the agent called law enforcement rather than attempting to force the issue. Minutes later, the Malibu was flying through metro Atlanta with police in pursuit.

This was obviously not a normal repossession. But it is an extraordinary example of one of the most ordinary risks in collateral recovery:

Until an agent reaches the vehicle, they rarely know exactly who, or what, they are walking into.