The notorious Chiefs superfan who allegedly robbed a Tulsa financial institution after which went on the lam after skipping his courtroom date is again behind bars.
“Chiefsaholic,” recognized to authorities by his actual title of Xavier Michael Babudar, was charged in federal courtroom with financial institution theft “for one in all a string of robberies he’s suspected of committing,” the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace, Western District of Missouri introduced on Monday.
Babudar was taken into custody on Friday in Lincoln, Calif. after spending 4 months on the run.
The well-known Chiefs fan, who wearing a wolf masks at video games was a fixture within the stands, was typically seen on broadcasts and took a selfie with Kansas Metropolis’s basic supervisor after they gained the Tremendous Bowl in 2020, in accordance with the New York Instances.
Nonetheless, Babudar’s persona got here crashing down after his arrest in Tulsa County, Okla. for allegedly robbing a Tulsa Academics Federal Credit score Union on Dec. 16, 2022.
He sat in jail till February when he was launched on bond, however Babudar eliminated his ankle monitor in March and fled.
Now again in custody, the U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace introduced in a launch that Babudar’s malfeasance prolonged past the incident in Tulsa.
He now faces federal expenses of 1 rely of financial institution theft and one rely of transporting stolen property throughout state strains.
In an affidavit filed in federal felony courtroom, federal investigators allege that Babudar went by means of the Midwest committing robberies at varied banks and credit score unions and laundered the cash he stole at native casinos and in financial institution accounts.
Investigators found that Babudar’s cellular phone was additionally positioned in the identical cities and places as beforehand unsolved robberies, particularly mentioning Nebraska, Iowa, Tennessee and Oklahoma, and tried robberies at two credit score unions in Minnesota.
The brand new expenses stem from a financial institution theft that occurred at Nice Western Financial institution in Clive, Iowa, on March 2, 2022.
The grievance mentioned that Babudar stole $70,000 after getting into the financial institution sporting a ski masks and handing the teller a word to provide him the cash, and indicating he had a firearm.
“Regulation enforcement officers later discovered $1,460 in $20 payments within the close by woods together with a glove worn by Babudar in the course of the financial institution theft,” the press launch acknowledged.
Babudar later put the cash into his cash market financial savings account over six weeks and accomplished “a number of on line casino chip purchases and redemptions on the Argosy On line casino in Riverside, Mo,” U.S. Lawyer’s Workplace’s mentioned.
Babudar was scheduled to seem in courtroom on Monday afternoon within the U.S. District Court docket for the Japanese District of California in Sacramento, Calif.urt for the Japanese District of California in Sacramento, Calif.