Xavier Babudar, the Kansas Chiefs superfan accused of robbing an Oklahoma financial institution, allegedly eliminated his ankle monitor and no-showed a court docket look, resulting in a $1 million bond warrant, in accordance to a number of studies.
BroBible interviewed Babudar’s bondsman, Michael Lloyd, who informed the web site he’s been “hunting” Babudar for the reason that alleged bandit “cut off his leg monitor at approximately 8:30 P.M. on Saturday, March 25.”
Who would have thought that the weirdest factor a few Chiefs fan previously often called “ChiefsaHolic” wouldn’t be that he repeatedly donned a full-body wolf costume at Chiefs video games? Instead, a person dubbed “The Caring Bondsman” searching the Kansas City Chiefs’ fugitive superfan has grow to be one of many NFL’s oddest offseason storylines.
According to Lloyd, Babadu was believed to be together with his mother and brother in Tulsa. “However, we later found out that they left Tulsa about two hours before Babudar even cut off his leg monitor,” he informed BroBible.
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ESPN reported that the ankle monitor was discovered within the woods close by, citing a court docket affidavit.
Some background
During the Chiefs’ run to the Super Bowl, Babudar, who has appeared at Kansas City video games in a wolf’s costume, allegedly walked right into a Tulsa Teachers Credit Union in Bixby, Okla., and pointed a pistol at financial institution teller Payton Garcia’s chest and threatened to “put a bullet in the employee’s head,” in line with a police report.
Babudar went from reportedly shelling out $10,000 for an autographed portray of Patrick Mahomes at a $1,250-per-head charity occasion in December to claiming to be homeless upon his arrest. Babudar pleaded not responsible and was launched on bond in February.
After allegedly reducing off his leg monitor on Saturday evening, Babudar failed to point out up for a court docket listening to Monday morning and has been on the run since. The DA shortly filed an extra cost of eradicating an digital monitoring machine, but when caught, Babudar will likely be arrested and held on a $1 million bond.
“I have reached out to him and am waiting to hear back from him,” Babudar’s lawyer Tracy Tiernan informed ESPN. “I don’t know the circumstances of why [the ankle monitor] was removed and how it was removed.”
Lloyd additionally shared that Babudar “possibly got pressured” into robbing the financial institution and pleaded for him to show himself in peacefully. He’d even be sensible to maintain an eye fixed out for him at subsequent month’s NFL Draft in Kansas City.
The wolf changing into prey on the lamb is such a cliche, however unhealthy selections from an NFL superfan compounding unhealthy selections is what the NFL scriptwriters have introduced us.
Despite his penchant for high-stakes playing, Babudar’s reasoning for resorting to armed theft has by no means been established. Babudar was allegedly a prolific gambler, who was open about his successful and dropping bets in line with an ESPN investigative piece. For instance, staff on the Hollywood Casino in Kansas City, Kansas informed ESPN’s Elizabeth Merrill and David Purdum that Babudar positioned and gained an $80,000 guess two months previous to his arrest, nevertheless, Tanner Rome, the sportsbook supervisor, refused to touch upon particular particular person bets.
If cash was Babudar’s motive, all of this might have been averted if he’d simply proven some religion within the residence workforce and laid down a heavy guess sooner or later betting market on the Chiefs successful the Super Bowl again in August.