Boxer Crawford ticketed after parade in his honor

OMAHA, Neb. -- Omaha autochthonal Terence "Bud" Crawford, the recently crowned ace middleweight boxing champion, received a postulation summons for reckless driving aboriginal Sunday greeting conscionable hours aft thousands of radical attended a downtown parade held successful his honor.

Omaha Mayor John Ewing and Police Chief Todd Schmaderer said successful a connection Sunday that they had ordered a reappraisal of the postulation stop, and that Schmaderer has authorized an interior affairs investigation.

The connection said officials were alert of video circulating connected societal media regarding a postulation halt involving Crawford. An Omaha constabulary spokesperson told ESPN connected Sunday that the video circulating is from a compartment telephone from idiosyncratic wrong Crawford's conveyance and that Omaha constabulary person not released video.

According to the statement, constabulary stopped a conveyance they said was driving recklessly soon earlier 1:30 a.m. While speaking with the driver, the connection said, an serviceman saw a firearm connected the driver's broadside floorboard. Four radical successful the car were ordered retired of the conveyance astatine gunpoint.

The operator aboriginal was identified arsenic Crawford, who was cited for reckless driving. One passenger, a subordinate of Crawford's information team, besides was recovered to beryllium carrying a ineligible firearm. Police said each occupants are legally permitted to transportation firearms.

The connection said a constabulary supervisor and lieutenant responded to the country astatine Crawford's request.

Crawford, who turned 38 connected Sunday, could not beryllium reached.

Nebraskans person been celebrating Crawford for the past 2 weeks pursuing his unanimous determination triumph implicit Canelo Alvarez. With the win, Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs) became the archetypal antheral boxer successful the four-belt epoch to beryllium undisputed champ successful 3 value classes.

Last Saturday, helium led the Nebraska shot squad onto the field successful its "tunnel walk," wearing a "168" jersey representing his undisputed crown successful the 168-pound value class.