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Maplewood police initially responded to Springfield Avenue after a 2019 Subaru WRX was stolen, officers said. The vehicle was left unlocked with the keys still inside, police said. The vehicle was recovered and police issued a warrant for the arrest of Nika Khatiashvii.
Later that day, police responded to Hillcrest Road and Peachtree Road on a report of a man checking residential door handles, officers said. Police spotted Khatiashvii sitting inside a silver 2016 Volkswagen Passat, which had been reported stolen and had a fictitious registration.
Khatiashvii was subsequently arrested and charged with receiving a stolen motor vehicle and fictitious plates, police said.
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