A Kansas City Chiefs superfan has finally been taken into custody after months of being on the run.
Xavier Babudar, known online as “Chiefsaholic,” was arrested this past Friday in California and will be charged with one count each of bank theft and transporting stolen property across state lines, according to the Department of Justice.
He was previously charged with robbing one credit union in Oklahoma, but federal prosecutors are now linking him to a string of unsolved bank robberies across the Midwest. Babudar is accused of committing multiple bank robberies and laundering the proceeds across area casinos and bank accounts.
Babudar was released on bond in February 2023. In late March 2023, he removed his ankle monitor and fled prosecution.
Officials said “Babudar purchased and redeemed more than $1 million in chips from various casinos in Missouri, Kansas, and Illinois between April and December 2022,” according to the affidavit.
“Investigators also reviewed unsolved bank robberies throughout the Midwest during that time frame. Babudar’s cell phone was placed in the same cities and locations for these previously unsolved bank robberies and attempted robberies, the affidavit says,” the news release says. “In addition to the bank theft with which Babudar is charged in this complaint and the bank robbery charged in Oklahoma, the affidavit specifically refers to four bank robberies in Nebraska, Iowa, Tennessee, and Oklahoma, and to the attempted robberies of two credit unions in Minnesota.”
His case will be presented to a federal grand jury to determine whether to return an indictment on these or any additional charges.
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The Twitter user @ChiefsAholic traveled to every Chiefs game, where he wore a full-body wolf costume. After he didn’t attend the Chiefs’ 2022 game against the Houston Texans, fans discovered how he had been funding his travel and why he had stopped posting on social media.
The 28-year-old Overland Park, Kansas man is set to appear in court Monday afternoon in Sacramento.
