Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man in Connection With Robberies of Suburban Chicago Banks

CHICAGO - A federal grand jury has returned an indictment charging a man with robbing six banks in the Chicago suburbs.

GERMAN CAMPOS JR., 24, of Franklin Park, Ill., committed the robberies in 2023 and 2024, according to an indictment returned Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Chicago. The indictment alleges that Campos Jr. brandished a handgun in five of the robberies.

The indictment identifies the six bank robberies 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.

The indictment charges Campos Jr. with six counts of bank robbery, each of which is punishable by up to 20 years in federal prison, and five counts of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, each of which would impose a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years. Campos Jr. is currently detained in law enforcement custody. Arraignment is set for Oct. 24, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., before U.S. Magistrate Judge Maria Valdez.

The indictment was announced by Morris Pasqual, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Douglas S. DePodesta, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Office of the FBI. Substantial assistance in the investigation was provided by the Schaumburg Police Department, Elmhurst Police Department, Park Ridge Police Department, Niles Police Department, and Franklin Park Police Department. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Stephanie C. Stern.

The public is reminded that an indictment is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.