FAIRVIEW PARK, Ohio -- Fairview Park police arrested a 30-year-old Florida man accused of thefts in Georgia, Tennessee and three Ohio towns.

Police found purses, gift cards, a tactical bag and other items in his car, followed up with the owners and found they were stolen from Tallmadge, Circleville and Stow, as well as Dalton, Georgia and Tennessee, a police report said.

Gary Fisher is charged with receiving stolen property.

A caller told police about 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27 that he saw a suspicious person using a snow shovel in a yard near the corner of West Valley Drive and Palm Circle, according to the report.

When police arrived, they found a car in the driveway with a door and the hatch open but no one was around.

A woman living in the neighborhood said she saw someone steal her snow shovel earlier that night.

Officers found Fisher walking down a nearby street with the shovel and he claimed he was following a deer.

The stolen items were found in his rental car, police said. A clerk at a Lakewood motel where Fisher stayed told police that workers found discarded purses and credit cards in the room after Fisher checked out.