WBO an WBC Junior Welterweight champion, Terence “Bud” Crawford, who is fresh off a dominant performance over John Molina this past Saturday in Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Thursday.
Crawford was also handed down two years’ probation for two misdemeanors in connection with an April disturbance at an Omaha body shop.
The undefeated pound-for-pound star’s attorney, Matthew Kahler, is appealing the sentence and conviction.
According to ESPN.com, Kahler said the boxer posted a $10,000 appeal bond late in the afternoon and was to be released.
Douglas County Judge Marcena Hendrix had harsh words for Crawford regarding the body shop incident that was caught on a surveillance tape.
“You’ve continued to act as if you are above the law, and you are not,” said Hendrix to Crawford, according to the newspaper Omaha World-Herald.
Also according to the Omaha World-Herald, Makayla Maclin, an assistant Omaha city prosecutor, told Hendrix that Crawford was “not truthful” during a pre-sentence investigation.
Judge Hendrix also ordered Crawford to complete 120 hours of community service, pay $6,000 in restitution to the body shop owner and undergo random drug and alcohol tests.
Crawford was found guilty of disorderly conduct and damage to property for his actions at the body shop where his 1984 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was painted.
City Prosecutor Matt Kuhse said Thursday that prosecutors’ primary concern was that Nelson be paid for the damage done at the shop. Prosecutors didn’t recommend jail time, he said, only probation.
“I think (the sentence) is fair, given the circumstances of the case,” Kuhse said, noting that Crawford hasn’t paid the owner restitution since the conviction. “It shows that someone’s celebrity status isn’t taken into consideration. He was treated no differently than any defendant in that courtroom or in the courthouse today.”
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