Federal Judge Sentences Man to 14 Years in Prison for Violently Robbing Six Banks in Chicago Suburbs

CHICAGO — A federal judge has sentenced a man to 14 years in prison for violently robbing six banks in the Chicago suburbs. GERMAN CAMPOS JR., 26, of Franklin Park, Ill., committed six bank robberies over the course of ten months in 2023 and 2024. Campos brandished a gun at bank tellers and customers in five of the robberies. The robberies were as follows: Oct. 18, 2023: U.S. Bank in Schaumburg, Ill. Dec. 16, 2023: U.S. Bank in Elmhurst, Ill. March 6, 2024: U.S. Bank in Schaumburg, Ill. June 13, 2024: U.S. Bank in Elmhurst, Ill. Aug. 9, 2024: BMO Bank in Park Ridge, Ill. Aug. 28, 2024: U.S. Bank in Niles, Ill. Campos was arrested on Sept. 17, 2024, and he has remained in law enforcement custody since then. Campos pleaded guilty in March 2026 to federal bank robbery and firearm charges. On Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Thomas M. Durkin sentenced Campos to 14 years in federal prison. The sentence was announced by Andrew S. Boutros, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Ryan Whalen, Acting Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI. Substantial assistance in the investigation was provided by the Schaumburg, Ill. Police Department, Elmhurst, Ill. Police Department, Park Ridge, Ill. Police Department, Niles, Ill. Police Department, and Franklin Park, Ill. Police Department. “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.”