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Rittman Police have arrested 42-year-old Freddie Kinder and charged him in a string of car thefts within the city of about 7,000 residents. 

Kinder, from Rittman, is charged with five counts of grand theft auto, possession of criminal tools, receiving stolen property, and possession of drug tools. He's reportedly a heroin user and had needles on him. 

Multiple tips pointed police to Kinder. Rittman Police Chief Ray Arcuri tells us that his own mother said it was likely Kinder. 

He was arrested after his fifth car theft on Thursday.