Federal prosecutors allege a Kansas City Chiefs superfan known on social media as “ChiefsAholic” robbed banks throughout the Midwest and used some of the cash he stole to attend games and bet that his favorite team would win the title and quarterback Patrick Mahomes would be Super Bowl LVII Most Valuable Player.
Xaviar Babudar, who went to Chiefs games dressed as a wolf, was already facing charges after a brazen robbery of a credit union in Oklahoma. The suspect allegedly pointed a gun at a teller’s chest and demanded the “100’s” from a vault, or “he’d put a bullet in the employee’s head,” the arrest and booking report obtained by Law&Crime said about the Dec. 16 heist at the Tulsa Teacher Credit union in the Tulsa, Oklahoma, suburb of Bixby.
He took off with cash and was arrested a few blocks away, authorities said.
Babudar, 29, was released on bond in February but cut his ankle monitor off and was on the lam until July when he was arrested in Sacramento, California, according to prosecutors. He’s in jail without bond.
On Wednesday, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Missouri announced in a press release Babudar was charged in a 19-count indictment in Kansas City, Mo. Prosecutors allege he robbed at least seven banks and attempted to rob two more between March 2022 and December that covered more territory than even Mahomes can with his rocket arm. The indictment charges Babudar with three counts of armed bank robbery, one count of bank theft, 11 counts of money laundering, and four counts of transporting stolen property across state lines.
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