Kansas City Chiefs Superfan ‘ChiefsAholic’ Jailed for 17.5 Years for Armed Bank Robberies

Published on September 6, 2024

Kansas City Chiefs superfan “ChiefsAholic” was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison by a federal judge on Thursday for a string of 11 armed bank robberies or attempted robberies across seven states, in which nearly $850,000 was stolen. On the same day that the Chiefs kicked off their 2024–25 NFL season, Xaviar Michael Babudar, 30, was sentenced in the Western District of Missouri and Northern District of Oklahoma to 17 years and six months in federal prison without parole. Before Babudar’s official sentencing, he pleaded guilty on Feb. 28 to one count of money laundering, one count of transporting stolen property across state lines, and one count of bank robbery across state lines....