The hunt is over for a man police believe is responsible for swiping credit cards from numerous hospitals and medical facilities and then using them to buy electronics at nearby stores.

James Barton, 23, of Cincinnati, is sitting in a Hamilton County jail Wednesday morning after police arrested him on a Crimestoppers tip Tuesday night. Barton had been traveling up and down the Interstate 75 corridor targeting credit cards from unattended purses in hospitals and doctor’s offices, said Warren County Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Brandon Lacy.

Investigators believe Barton is responsible for thefts in Oxford, West Chester Twp., Mason, Wilmington and Kettering. Shortly after stealing the cards, Barton has made purchases at big-box stores, including Walmart and Meijer, near the sites of the thefts, police said.

Information about which medical facilities in Hamilton, Butler, Warren, Clermont and Montgomery counties Barton targeted was not available Tuesday.

Lacy said purchases made with the stolen cards are for iPads and GPS units that investigators believe are being sold for drugs or cash to buy drugs.

Barton will be charged with receiving stolen property, forgery and misuse of a credit card. Last week, detectives arrested Travis Johnson, 32, of Cincinnati, for two counts of complicity. Investigators believe he was driving Barton in a recent Mason area theft.

Warren County detectives recognized a photo taken from a surveillance video on a Dayton television website and realized Barton was the suspect in a Kettering theft.

“He has been making a business out of it,” said Kettering Detective William Aldrich. Barton is the man believed to have stolen a credit card from a purse at a nursing station at Kettering Medical Center on Southern Boulevard then using it minutes later to purchase an iPad at Meijer.

“The surveillance photo from the store, it’s the key,” Aldrich said, noting Barton has a distinctive tattoo on his neck.

Detectives believe Barton was selling the items in Hamilton County. Police in Hamilton County are working to track down any of Barton’s accomplices.