Suspect Charged In Connection With 10 Hot Prowl Burglaries In Noe Valley and Pac Heights

A 38-year-old San Francisco man with a prior history of home burglaries has been arrested and charged in a series of ten so-called hot prowl burglaries targeting wealthy neighborhoods in the city over the last month.Levi Michael Banks has been in police custody since last week in connection with ten hot prowl burglaries burglaries that occur while occupants of a home are present that occurred between September 26 and October 23, 2026. As the SF District Attorney s Office announced, Banks has been charged with ten counts of residential burglary, in addition to charges of vandalism, possession of stolen goods, and theft of access cards and card information.Victims in Noe Valley first reported a series of hot prowl burglaries on the morning of September 26, in which it seems wallets and/or credit cards were taken out of homes during overnight hours on several blocks of Noe, Elizabeth, and 24th streets. San Francisco police, by tracking purchases that were subsequently made using the v