TULSA, Okla.—A famous turned infamous “super-fan” of the Kansas City Chiefs has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for a string of bank and credit union robberies.
Xavier Babudar, well known as “ChiefsAholic,” is already serving a 17½-year federal sentence for robbing financial institutions in seven states from 2022 to 2023, but the Tulsa County district attorney’s office was seeking a life sentence for the 30-year-old. His sentence is concurrent, meaning he’ll serve an additional 14½ years in an Oklahoma penitentiary after his federal term ends.
“It was offensive to me,” Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said in a statement, “that a serial robber could victimize as many hardworking Americans as this guy did all across the country and only receive 17½ years from the federal government. My preference was for him to serve the rest of his life in prison. He caught another break today, but at least he’s going to be serving some additional time, and my thoughts are with the victims who continue to be tormented by his violence.”
Frequent TV Appearances
In March of this year, Babudar, who dressed in a wolf costume and who frequently appeared on TV and in social media, pleaded guilty in Oklahoma to robbery with a firearm, assault while masked or disguised and removing an electronic monitoring device in connection with a Dec. 16, 2022 armed robbery of Tulsa Teachers Credit Union.
According to prosecutors, in December 2022, while traveling to a Chiefs game against the Houston Texans, Babudar stopped in Bixby, Okla., and pointed a black CO2 pistol at a teller at the credit union before fleeing with $150,000. He was caught shortly afterward and in February 2023 was released on bond. A month later — after receiving $100,000 in winnings from two bets on the Chiefs — he removed his GPS device and went on the run, prosecutors said.
After robbing banks in Sparks, Nevada, and El Dorado Hills, California, Babudar was caught by the FBI in California in July 2023. Babudar was also accused of a string of previously unsolved robberies throughout the Midwest and in Tennessee.
Plea Deal
In 2024, Babudar entered a plea deal in the Western District of Missouri federal court and admitted to stealing more than $800,000 in 11 robberies across seven states and laundering the proceeds through casinos. He was sent to a super-maximum security prison in Colorado known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies.” Babudar’s attorneys said the robbery spree was fueled by a gambling addiction and a troubled childhood that left him homeless, according to ESPN.
