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HomeSportKansas City Chiefs Superfan Receives 17.5-Year Prison Sentence for Armed Bank Heists

Kansas City Chiefs Superfan Receives 17.5-Year Prison Sentence for Armed Bank Heists

 

Kansas City Chiefs superfan sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for armed bank robberies


A superfan of the Kansas City Chiefs has been sentenced to 17½ years in prison without the possibility of parole for a series of armed bank robberies, as announced by the Department of Justice on Thursday.

 

Xaviar Babudar, 30, also known by his nickname “ChiefsAholic,” has also been instructed to pay back $532,675 in restitution to the banks he victimized, and he must surrender an autographed painting of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, which has been retrieved by the FBI.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri reported that Babudar led a transient lifestyle around the Kansas City area, often attending Chiefs games—both at home and away—wearing a gray wolf costume.

Federal investigators revealed that Babudar’s criminal activities spanned 16 months, starting in March 2022, during which he robbed 11 banks. He managed to steal $847,725, and officials indicate that most of the stolen funds remain unrecovered.

 

 

In February, he pled guilty to one count each of bank robbery, money laundering, and transporting stolen goods across state lines. He also admitted to another bank robbery charge in a separate case filed in the Northern District of Oklahoma. His sentences for these offenses will be served concurrently, totaling 17½ years.

 

Babudar’s criminal saga came to an end on July 7, 2023, when he was apprehended in Lincoln, California.

He was previously pursued by police in Bixby, Oklahoma, after fleeing from an armed robbery on December 16, 2022, during which he stole $139,500 from the Tulsa Teachers Federal Credit Union. After being released on bond two months later, he removed his GPS tracking device following a $100,000 win from gambling on the Chiefs.

 

While authorities were actively searching for him, Babudar went on to rob two additional banks in Sparks, Nevada, and El Dorado Hills, California.