Xaviar Babudar, widely known as ChiefsAholic, received a 32-year prison sentence in an Oklahoma courtroom for a series of robberies spanning multiple states. A Chiefs superfan, 29, gets prison time for violent felony convictions. These range from robbery with a firearm to assault using a disguise. His reign of crime included robbing more than $800,000 from 11 different banks in seven states, including Oklahoma, Nevada and California.
On July 28, 2023, Babudar was arrested by the FBI in California. They only acted when an uptick of unsolved robberies in the area started bringing attention to his operation. The court found that he had successfully robbed banks at Sparks, Nevada, and El Dorado Hills, California. He pulled off the unprecedented heist at the Tulsa Teachers Credit Union in December 2022. In that robbery, he displayed a black CO2 pistol and made off with $150,000.
The Tulsa County district attorney’s office had pursued a life sentence for Babudar. They chose to do this because of the scope of his crimes and the long term effects on his victims. He’s now in the middle of a 17½-year federal prison term for a series of bank robberies he carried out between June 2022 and May 2023. Now, with his recent conviction, he’ll serve an added 14½ years in an Oklahoma state penitentiary, served concurrently.
Babudar’s criminal activities involved laundering the stolen proceeds through casinos, complicating law enforcement’s efforts to track him down. He was arrested in July, spent time in pretrial detention, and was released on bond in February 2023. Make no mistake, mischief on this scale has real consequences.
In comments during the sentencing hearing, Frank Frasier said he was most worried about the victims.
“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.” – Frank Frasier
Brett Swab, arguing for Babudar’s character, focused on why that should not be all that Babudar was remembered for.
“No single or multiple series of events defines him as a person.” – Brett Swab
While some defend Babudar’s character outside of his criminal actions, others express outrage at his relatively lenient sentences. Bucks County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler lambasted the justice system for permitting Babudar to get away with a mere 17½ years for such a lengthy criminal spree.
“It was offensive to me, 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.” – Steve Kunzweiler
Babudar has since been moved to a newly opened super-maximum security prison in Colorado. This new facility, popularly referred to as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies,” is where he’ll be incarcerated. That’s when he pleaded guilty to robbery with a firearm. He pleaded guilty to committing a masked robbery and removing an electronic monitoring device.
Jay-Michael Swab commented on the broader implications of Babudar’s case, advocating for equal treatment under the law regardless of fame or public persona.
“Our entire position from the beginning is that we want to live in a world where everybody’s treated equally, not based on notoriety or social media presence.” – Jay-Michael Swab
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