OKLAHOMA CITY - Oklahoma City police bust two men for a string of thefts at a local gym. The accused locker room bandits are Craig Ralls and Dakotah Henderson. Police say Ralls repeatedly went into the locker room of the Earlywine YMCA on the city's southwest side. Ralls would allegedly search locker to locker. If any lockers that were unlocked, Ralls would steal the wallets and keys inside.
"That's crazy. It's the Y. You don't think people are gonna break in and steal stuff," said Keaton Mize.
"I mean that's kind of upsetting. You can't come to work out and not worry about your stuff being stolen," said Wendy Gasaway.
The pair would then supposedly use stolen credit cards to purchase thousands of dollars of text books at OCCC. Those books would then be resold for cash at local used book stores. Fortunately for police, during one theft, the pair allegedly stole a Blackberry cell phone belonging to an Oklahoma City police officer.
"Our investigators were able to use that to their advantage. They were able to ping the cell phone and it led them to an address in south Oklahoma City," said Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow.
Investigators arrested Ralls in his neighborhood. Henderson got caught just days later. Police say the thefts were not just a one time thing.
"Obviously we know the two were involved in two specific incidents. We believe there may have been more they were involved in," said Wardlow.
Officials at the YMCA hope there's a lesson to be learned from the thefts.
"You know we'd encourage any members coming to our facility to bring a paddlelock and lock their stuff away," said Paul Urquhart.
Police say they have reason to believe there may be even more than two people involved in committing the crimes. Anyone with additional information on the case can contact police.
"That's crazy. It's the Y. You don't think people are gonna break in and steal stuff," said Keaton Mize.
"I mean that's kind of upsetting. You can't come to work out and not worry about your stuff being stolen," said Wendy Gasaway.
The pair would then supposedly use stolen credit cards to purchase thousands of dollars of text books at OCCC. Those books would then be resold for cash at local used book stores. Fortunately for police, during one theft, the pair allegedly stole a Blackberry cell phone belonging to an Oklahoma City police officer.
"Our investigators were able to use that to their advantage. They were able to ping the cell phone and it led them to an address in south Oklahoma City," said Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow.
Investigators arrested Ralls in his neighborhood. Henderson got caught just days later. Police say the thefts were not just a one time thing.
"Obviously we know the two were involved in two specific incidents. We believe there may have been more they were involved in," said Wardlow.
Officials at the YMCA hope there's a lesson to be learned from the thefts.
"You know we'd encourage any members coming to our facility to bring a paddlelock and lock their stuff away," said Paul Urquhart.
Police say they have reason to believe there may be even more than two people involved in committing the crimes. Anyone with additional information on the case can contact police.
