A federal judge has sentenced a man to 14 years in prison for violently robbing six suburban banks.
According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Illinois, German Campos Jr., 26, of Franklin Park, Ill., committed six bank robberies over the course of 10 months in 2023 and 2024. Campos brandished a gun at bank tellers and customers in five of the robberies, officials said.
The bank robberies took place between Oct. 18, 2023 and Aug. 28, 2024 at U.S. Bank branches in Schaumburg, Elmhurst and Niles, and a BMO Bank in Park Ridge, according to the release.
Campos was arrested on Sept. 17, 2024, and he has remained in custody since then, officials said. Campos pleaded guilty in March to federal bank robbery and firearm charges, and U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin last week sentenced Campos to 14 years in federal prison.
Officials said substantial assistance in the investigation was provided by police departments in Schaumburg, Elmhurst, Park Ridge, Niles and Franklin Park.
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“Defendant’s repeated use of a gun during robberies, including pointing that gun into victim faces over and over again, posed a significant threat to the safety of the bank employees, customers, and general public,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie C. Stern argued in the government’s sentencing memorandum. “The only reason why defendant stopped his violent robbery spree was because he was finally caught after 10 months of terrorizing bank employees and customers.”