Indy driver in more hot water
Walther was driving so recklessly while trying to avoid Beavercreek police July 18 that officers were forced to give up the chase because they feared other motorists could be hurt, said Detective Rodney Curd.
An anonymous tipster who "knew Walther had warrants" notified Beavercreek police July 18 the former race car driver was pumping gas at a BP station on North Fairfield Road about 8:40 p.m., Curd said.
When an officer approached him, Walther fled in a 1992 Mercury Grand Marquis, leading police on a chase on North Fairfield and Interstate 675.
Walther, 59, son of late Dayton industrialist George N. Walther, turned himself into the Warren County Jail at 1:37 p.m. Sunday. Curd said he would present a felony charge of failure to comply with police to a Greene County grand jury today.
Walther is wanted in Warren County for not appearing for sentencing July 11 after admitting in April that he failed to pay more than $20,000 in child support. Dayton Daily News
07/27/07 According to WHIOTV.com Police are asking for the public's help in finding former Indy race car driver Salt Walther. There was already a warrant for Walther's arrest when a Beavercreek police officer spotted him at the BP Station on North Fairfield Road on July 18th.
"The officer told him to stand outside the car," says Beavercreek Detective Rodney Curd. "Mr. Walther got back in the car and fled out onto North Fairfield with the office in pursuit." Police have just released the video of the chase, which led officers through Beavercreek and south onto I-675 where Centerville police picked up the pursuit. "He was dodging in and out of traffic and being very reckless in his driving," Curd told WHIO-TV. "That's why the pursuit was terminated by both agencies."