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A 23-year-old Portage County man is facing more than a dozen charges after sheriff's deputies identified him as a person of interest in a string of breaking and entering incidents.

Deputies said there were a number of reported incidents in Rootstown and Suffield and Randolph townships. Austin Nichols, 23, of Suffield Township, was identified as the person taking some of the stolen items and selling then to various pawn shops in Northeast Ohio. The incident began in June and increased in July and August, according to the Portage County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities think Nichols fled the area and is in Florida. Nichols has been charged with 15 counts of breaking and entering. Warrants for his arrest have been issued.