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Cops: Celebrity Chef Knocks Over 3 Banks in a Day
Cops: Celebrity Chef
Knocks Over
3 Banks in a Day
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Sep 20, 2025 1:00 PM CDT

Cops: Celebrity Chef Knocks Over 3 Banks in a Day

Bay Area's Valentino Luchin was also arrested in 2018 for similar crime

(Newser) - A well-known chef from the San Francisco Bay Area is in trouble with the law, seven years after being arrested in connection with a bank robbery. This time, he's accused of robbing three banks, all in one day. Per the Los Angeles Times , 62-year-old Valentino Luchin was taken into...

How Robber Nicknames Helped Colorado Curb Bank Heists

FBI in Colorado is focused on drumming up publicity, especially for serial offenders

(Newser) - Colorado had faced a spike in bank robberies over the last few years, outpacing the rest of the country per capita from 2021 to 2024, according to FBI data. The typical heist involved a masked robber handing a note to a teller and leaving with a small sum, but...

Cops Lure Bank Suspect to His Death With Faygo Red Pop

Police shot Michigan man as he reached for drink delivered by drone during hostage situation

(Newser) - Police in Saginaw Township, Michigan, say that during negotiations with a man who had taken a woman hostage inside a bank, he requested some Faygo Red Pop. A drone dangled a 24-ounce bottle of the drink in front of a window and a police sniper on the roof of a...

The Meticulous 'Vaulter Bandit' Finally Slipped Up

Toronto Life recounts the capture of a notorious bank robber, who is due for release soon

(Newser) - His name is Jeffery Shuman, and he's a California native. But the 62-year-old is now in Canada—nearing the end of a prison term—and better known in that country as the "Vaulter Bandit." A story at Toronto Life explains that Shuman got the nickname for his...

Chiefs Super Fan Gets 32 Years for Bank Robbery

Sentencing for 30-year-old Xaviar Babudar follows guilty plea for crime at Oklahoma credit union

(Newser) - The Kansas City Chiefs super fan who went by "ChiefsAholic" has been sentenced to 32 years in Oklahoma state prison for robbing the Tulsa Teachers Credit Union in December 2022. Xaviar Babudar, 30, appeared in a Tulsa courtroom on Monday, apologized to the court and victims, and admitted...

Crime Novelist Charged With Robbing More Banks

Dorian Trevor Sykes finished latest federal prison sentence last year

(Newser) - A serial bank robber with a sideline as a crime novelist could be back in federal prison before his next book comes out. Dorian Trevor Sykes, who completed his most recent sentence in February last year, is accused of robbing two banks in the Detroit area this month, NBC News...

The 'Little Rascals' Arrested for Bank Robbery

Boys ages 11, 12, and 16 allegedly passed threatening note in Houston

(Newser) - Three boys, ages 11, 12, and 16 and dubbed the "Little Rascals," have been arrested for robbing a bank in Houston, authorities confirmed Wednesday, per the AP . Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said the youngsters are in custody and have been charged with robbery by threat. Gonzalez said...

Chiefs Superfan Accused of Multiple Bank Robberies
Chiefs Superfan Admits
Robbing Banks, Too
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Feb 29, 2024 1:25 PM CST

Chiefs Superfan Admits Robbing Banks, Too

Prosecutors say Xaviar Michael Babudar funded his travels with robberies

(Newser) - The second-most well-known fan of the Kansas City Chiefs has pleaded guilty to robbing banks to fund his fandom. Xaviar Michael Babudar, 29, aka ChiefsAholic, admitted to the multiple robberies as well as money laundering and now faces up to 50 years in federal prison when he's sentenced this...

'Sticky Note Bandit' Strikes a 4th Time in 2 Weeks

Houston suspect left latest bank robbery without cash, police say

(Newser) - The FBI says the "Sticky Note Bandit" attempted his fourth bank robbery Tuesday, but he didn't get away with any cash. Police say the suspect walked into a Bank of America branch in Houston and, as in other robberies, handed a teller a sticky note with a threatening...

Woman, 78, With 2 Past Robbery Convictions in Trouble Again

Authorities: Bonnie Gooch's note to teller at bank she robbed said, 'I didn't mean to scare you'

(Newser) - A 78-year-old woman with two past bank robbery convictions faces new charges after authorities allege she handed a teller a note that said, "I didn't mean to scare you" during a recent Missouri heist, per the AP . Bonnie Gooch is jailed on $25,000 bond after she was...

Utah Bank Robber Requested Unusual Amount of Cash

Donald Santacroce allegedly demanded a single dollar

(Newser) - A Utah man who desired to be sent to federal prison carried out a polite bank robbery in pursuit of that goal, police say. Per a police booking affidavit, Donald Santacroce, 65, was arrested Monday morning after allegedly handing a teller at a Wells Fargo in downtown Salt Lake City...

Red Bull Straw Does In Alleged 'Route 91 Bandit'

Police say DNA leads to arrest of prolific bank robber in the Northeast

(Newser) - A man suspected of no fewer than 14 bank robberies in the Northeast may have been foiled by a straw he used to drink a can of Red Bull. The FBI arrested a 30-year-old Massachusetts man suspected of being the "Route 91 bandit"—so named because of a...

FBI Is Seeking the 'Empty Promise Bandit'

Suspect made 'assertions that he will never be able to follow up on' in Denver-area bank robberies

(Newser) - He's been dubbed the "Empty Promise Bandit"—and if he doesn't like the nickname, the FBI would be happy to meet him in person to discuss it. The FBI Rocky Mountain Safe Streets Task Force says the suspect has robbed at least three banks in the...

Cops: 'Old Man Bandit' Got Out of Jail, Began Robbing Banks Again

Steven Gregory Gass didn't learn his lesson in prison the first time around, say Maryland police

(Newser) - The "Old Man Bandit" has been arrested after trying to rob a Maryland bank—one of dozens he's targeted over a criminal career spanning 45 years, according to police. Montgomery County Police say Steven Gregory Gass, 67—who served more than eight years in prison in Florida after...

The LA Shootout Was Like Something Straight Out of Heat

Mel Magazine goes inside an infamous 1997 bank robbery

(Newser) - When it comes to Los Angeles bank robbers, Larry Phillips and Emil Matasareanu were like no others. In a lengthy piece for Mel Magazine , Zaron Burnett III takes a look into the havoc wrought by the two weightlifters, friends who teamed up to start robbing banks in the mid-'90s....

FBI Warns of 'Route 91 Bandit': 'We Need to Put a Stop to This'

$10K reward for perp who's hit nearly a dozen banks along New England interstate

(Newser) - His disguise is no more elaborate than a coronavirus-preventing face mask (usually not worn properly, hanging underneath his nose), but the man dubbed the "Route 91 Bandit" has still managed to pull off nearly a dozen bank robberies throughout New England over the past several months. Now, the FBI...

FBI Hunts Bank Robber Dubbed 'Green Gaiter Bandit'

FBI says he's responsible for 14 robberies or attempts in California since October

(Newser) - The FBI is seeking help in identifying a bank robber in Southern California dubbed the " Green Gaiter Bandit ." Wearing a neck gaiter or face covering, often in the color green, the 6-foot-tall middle-aged white male has committed more than a dozen robberies or attempted robberies at banks in...

Cops: Bank Robber Made Deposit in ATM Outside

He was a Wells Fargo robber, and also a customer

(Newser) - Police in Delaware say a man who robbed a Wilmington bank on Saturday didn't keep the cash for long—after fleeing the Wells Fargo branch, he paused to make a deposit in the ATM outside. Police say McRoberts Williams, a 44-year-old California resident, handed a note to a teller...

Prosecutors: Fraudster Even Conned Fellow Inmates

Michael Moller also sentenced to almost 7 years over fraudulent PPP loans

(Newser) - A convicted bank robber is headed back to federal prison—this time for fraudulently seeking more than $4.7 million in Paycheck Protection Program loans. Michael Moller, 42, of Middletown, Rhode Island, was under federal supervised release following four armed bank robbery convictions when he filed 11 loan applications under...

The 'Too Tall Bandit' Strikes Again

FBI says tall serial bank robber hit 2 NC banks in November

(Newser) - A prolific bank robber known as the "Too Tall Bandit" is reportedly back in action after a two-year hiatus, and the FBI is desperate for tips. A man believed to have robbed 16 banks in Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina since 2009 hit the United Community Bank in...

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