Woman Arrested for Gym Locker Theft Spree

San Francisco police said on May 20 that officers arrested a 40-year-old woman accused of a months-long string of gym locker burglaries in San Francisco and other Bay Area communities. The department identified the suspect as Andrania Yancy and said its Financial Crimes Unit linked her to thefts reported between November 2025 and March 2026. Police said Yancy was taken into custody in Sacramento on May 18 with help from the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force. She was later booked into the San Francisco County Jail on nine burglary warrants, according to the department. ### How did investigators say the thefts worked? San Francisco police said Yancy used the same method across several cases. According to the department, she visited gyms and fitness studios, obtained day passes under false names, then broke into lockers and took credit cards before victims realized their property was missing. The Marina District figured prominently in the investigation. (sanfranciscopolice.org) Police said investigators worked with fitness studios there and with members to identify Yancy as the suspect. KRON reported that police described her as having a long history of targeting Bay Area fitness studios. ### Where do the nine warrants come from? The San Francisco Police Department said the nine warrants covered burglary cases in San Francisco, El Cerrito, Berkeley, Santa Clara, Oakley, San Mateo County, Contra Costa County and Orange County. (sanfranciscopolice.org) The department did not, in its public release, list individual case dates for each outside jurisdiction. KRON, citing San Francisco police, reported that Yancy had been arrested again after what the station described as a months-long investigation. (sanfranciscopolice.org) That account matched the department’s statement that the case involved multiple incidents over several months and multiple jurisdictions. ### Why was Sacramento the arrest site? May 18 was the date San Francisco police said a multi-agency team located Yancy in Sacramento. (sanfranciscopolice.org) The department said the operation was led by SFPD and included the U.S. Marshals Service Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force. Police also said Yancy had ties to the Bay Area and stay-away orders from multiple fitness businesses in San Francisco. (kron4.com) The department did not say in the release why she was in Sacramento when officers found her. ### What do police say they still need from the public? The San Francisco Police Department said the case remains open and active despite the arrest. (sanfranciscopolice.org) That means investigators may still be tracing stolen property, identifying additional victims or coordinating with agencies tied to the outstanding warrants, though police did not publicly detail those next steps in the release. Anyone with information can contact SFPD at 415-575-4444 or send a text tip to TIP411 beginning with “SFPD,” the department said. Police said tipsters may remain anonymous. ### What is the next concrete step in the case? San Francisco County Jail booking on the nine warrants is the immediate procedural step police confirmed. The next public developments are likely to come through court filings or additional statements from San Francisco police and the other jurisdictions named in the warrants. (sanfranciscopolice.org) SFPD listed the matter under case numbers 250-624-860, 266-004-129 and 260-166-658, and said on May 20 that the investigation was still active. (sanfranciscopolice.org) Anyone following the case will likely see the next updates through those agencies or through court records tied to the named jurisdictions.