Kansas City superfan ‘Chiefsaholic’ sentenced to 17-and-a-half years in prison over bank robbery rampage… just hours before Super Bowl champions kick off 2024 season
Xaviar Babudar, often seen as the wolf-suit-clad Kansas City Chiefs superfan better known as “Chiefsaholic,” has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison without the possibility of parole and three years of probation in connection with a series of bank robberies in the Midwest.
Babudar pleaded guilty in February to money laundering, transporting stolen property across state lines and bank robbery.
The 29-year-old man could face up to 50 years in prison for what U.S. Attorney Teresa Moore called a “violent crime wave in the Midwest.”
“The suspect attempted to hide hundreds of thousands of dollars in stolen money by gambling on the Internet and in casinos, but the odds were too great,” Moore said in a February news release.
“Today’s sentencing will hold him accountable for the full extent of his criminal conduct, including his attempt to evade justice.”
Xaviar Babudar sentenced to 17.5 years in prison for bank robberies in the Midwest
Babuar was known as the ‘ChiefsAholic’ – a Kansas City superfan in a wolf suit
Babuar was immediately linked to multiple robberies in Nebraska, Iowa, Tennessee and Oklahoma
As part of his settlement, Babudar must pay more than $530,000 in damages to the victims’ financial institution.
And to make matters worse, he also has to turn over a signed painting of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
In November, Babudar pleaded not guilty to robbing a Tulsa Teachers Credit Union branch in Bixby, Oklahoma. He was accused of pointing a gun at a teller and making off with $150,000 in December 2022.
He was arrested that month and held until February 2023, when he was released on bail.
Babudar then cut off his ankle monitor and was on the run for four months before being captured by the FBI in California.
Officials were able to link him to several other unsolved robberies in Nebraska, Iowa, Tennessee and Oklahoma.
In Iowa, Babudar was accused of stealing $70,000 from the Great Western Bank in Clive.
The decision was announced just hours before the Chiefs were set to open their season against the Baltimore Ravens.