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A Kansas City Chiefs superfan known arsenic "ChiefsAholic" was sentenced Monday successful an Oklahoma courtroom to service 32 years successful authorities situation for robbing a Tulsa-area bank, a condemnation that volition beryllium carried retired aft helium finishes serving clip successful national prison.
Xaviar Babudar, 30, appeared successful a Tulsa courtroom and apologized to the tribunal and victims of the December 2022 robbery of the Tulsa Teachers Credit Union successful Bixby, Oklahoma, said Babudar's attorney, Jay-Michael Swab.
"He expressed sincere remorse and took afloat work for his actions," Swab said.
Babudar was already serving much than 17 years successful national situation for a drawstring of 11 slope robberies crossed 7 states wherever helium stole astir $850,000 to concern his societal media stardom. Swab said the robberies were besides the effect of a gambling addiction.
Tulsa County District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler had sought beingness successful situation for Babudar.
"The unit that Babudar exhibited to the employees of the Tulsa Teacher Credit Union was abhorrent," Kunzweiler said successful a statement. "He is simply a serial robber who traumatized these victims and galore different victims crossed this country."
A Kansas City Chiefs fan, ChiefsAholic, poses for photos portion walking toward Empower Field astatine Mile High earlier an NFL shot crippled betwixt the Denver Broncos and the Chiefs, Jan. 8, 2022, successful Denver.
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Tulsa County District Judge Michelle Keely ordered Babudar's 32-year condemnation to tally concurrently to his national sentence, which means aft helium is released from national situation helium volition beryllium transferred to authorities custody to service his remaining 14 years.
Babudar developed a pursuing connected his ChiefsAholic relationship connected the societal level X aft attending games dressed arsenic a wolf successful Chiefs gear. His avid enactment of the Chiefs became good known connected societal media.
Badubar was archetypal charged successful December 2022 pursuing a bid of palmy and attempted robberies and was released connected enslaved successful February 2023. Babudar chopped his ankle show and fled the authorities successful March 2023, according to the U.S. Attorney's office. That was days aft helium had received a cheque with winnings from successfully betting connected the Chiefs to triumph Super Bowl LVII and Mahomes to triumph Super Bowl MVP successful 2023, the attorney's bureau said.
He was again arrested successful Sacramento successful July of 2023 and charged with slope theft and transporting stolen spot crossed authorities lines successful national court.
In November, Prime Video released a true-crime documentary detailing Babudar's communicative arsenic a Kansas City Chiefs superfan and serial slope robber.
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