Franklin Park man charged with six suburban bank robberies

A Franklin Park man is in custody and has been charged with six suburban bank robberies from the past two years, officials said.

German Campos Jr., 24, was indicted Wednesday by a federal grand jury and accused of the six robberies; during five of them, he brandished a handgun, according to court records.

Campos is accused of robbing the U.S. Bank in Schaumburg on Oct. 18, 2023, and again on March 6, 2024; and the U.S. Bank branch in Elmhurst on Dec. 16, 2023, and again on June 13 of this year.

Prosecutors said he is also responsible for two more bank robberies in August of this year: The BMO Bank in Park Ridge Aug. 9 and the U.S. Bank branch in Niles Aug. 28.

Campos is charged with six counts of bank robbery, which could net him 20 years in prison for each count. He is also charged with five counts of brandishing a firearm during the commission of a violent act, which carries a mandatory minimum of seven years in prison.

His next court date is Oct. 24.