Salt Walther in trouble with the law…again
The court sentenced Walther, 59, of Dayton to serve 16 months in prison on the new case and 10 months in prison on the 2005 case, with 240 days of credit for time already served in jail, according to Warren County Prosecutor Rachel Hutzel. The prison terms are to run consecutively.
In 2005, Walther was sentenced to five years of community control for nonsupport of dependents, a fifth-degree felony. In April, Walther plead guilty to the new charge and admitted to violating his community control. Walther owes more than $21,000 in child support arrearages.
07/11/07 A reader writes, Look at the Salt Walther Photo. It appears this is a qualifying day and look how packed the stands are! I sure miss those days. David Koeberlein
Dear David, We all do, but Tony George had a "vision" as to what Indy Car racing should be and now it is what it is…..a mere shadow of its former self. Mark C.
07/11/07 LEBANON – A Warren County judge on Tuesday issued an arrest warrant for former Indianapolis 500 driver David "Salt" Walther.
Walther, who pleaded guilty in April to nonsupport charges in two separate cases, failed to appear in court Tuesday for sentencing.
In court April 10, Walther promised to come up with more than $20,000 in back support in the next 90 days. If he didn't, Judge James Flannery said the 59-year-old Centerville resident would spend 16 months in jail.
Walther was sentenced in 2000 in Warren County Common Pleas Court to 180 days in jail for child endangering and 10 months in prison for violating terms of his probation in a 1998 drug case.
In 1998, Walther was convicted of illegal conveyance of painkillers into the jail and served six months in a minimum security jail outside Lebanon. He was placed on three years probation and completed a drug-treatment program.
Walther, son of late Dayton industrialist George N. Walther, has said his troubles are due to a drug addiction that began after he was treated for severe burns from a fiery, nine-car pile-up in a race in 1973. Dayton Daily News