CHICAGO (WBBM Newsradio) – A Franklin Park man has been sentenced to 14 years in federal prison for robbing six banks across the Chicago suburbs.
Federal prosecutors said 26-year-old German Campos Jr. targeted U.S. Bank and BMO branches in Schaumburg, Elmhurst, Park Ridge and Niles during a 10-month period in 2023 and 2024.
Campos displayed a gun during five of the robberies, pointing it at bank employees and customers, prosecutors said.
He was arrested in September 2024 and pleaded guilty in March 2026 to federal bank robbery and firearm charges.
U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin imposed the 14-year sentence Wednesday.
“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 ten months of terrorizing bank employees and customers.”
