Woman Suspected of Burglarizing Gym Lockers In SF Gets Arrested, Has Rap Sheet

Andrania Yancy, 40, was taken into custody on suspicion of burglary after a monthslong investigation by the San Francisco Police Department. She was believed to have broken into gym locker rooms in San Francisco and multiple Bay Area locations, including El Cerrito, Berkeley, Santa Clara, Oakley, San Mateo County, Contra Costa County, and Orange County. Prior to the arrest, she had stay-away orders from multiple fitness businesses in San Francisco. Her alleged method involved entering gyms or fitness studios, buying day passes, breaking into lockers, stealing credit cards from victims’ wallets, and using the cards before victims noticed. Fitness studios and members helped identify her. She was arrested in Sacramento on May 18 with help from federal and multi-agency partners and booked on nine warrants. The investigation remains active.

"The SFPD announced Thursday that, following a monthslong investigation, they have arrested 40-year-old Andrania Yancy on suspicion of burglary. Yancy is believed to have committed burglaries in gym locker rooms in San Francisco, as well as in El Cerrito, Berkeley, Santa Clara, Oakley, San Mateo County, Contra Costa County, and Orange County."

"Prior to her arrest, Yancy already had multiple stay-away orders issued from "multiple fitness businesses in San Francisco," according to the SFPD. The SFPD's Financial Crimes Unit investigated the case, and learned that Yancy's primary modus operandi was to walk into a gym or fitness studio, buy a day pass, and then go to work breaking into lockers."

"She would allegedly steal credit cards from gym-goers wallets, and then use them before the victims realized they were missing. Several fitness studios in the Marina District reportedly aided in the investigation, along with their members, helping to identify Ms. Yancy."

"Yancy was located in Sacramento and arrested there on May 18, with help from a multi-agency contingent that included the US Marshals Service Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force. She was subsequently booked into San Francisco County Jail on nine warrants, issued out of SF and the eight other jurisdictions mentioned above, where gym-locker burglaries also occurred. While an arrest has been made, this is still an active investigation."

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