ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Thursday, May 9, 1996 TAG: 9605090075
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: MATT CHITTUM STAFF WRITER
Scott Carlton Allman, the Roanoke man charged in the deaths of a Vinton family after he collided with their car during a police chase, was in a Botetourt County courtroom Wednesday on charges related to another chase.
Allman led a state trooper on what Commonwealth's Attorney Joel Branscom called a "halfway chase" in Botetourt County that landed him in court last October on a charge of driving on a suspended license.
District Court Judge Louis K. Campbell found there was enough evidence to convict Allman, but instead put him in a program to get his license back and ordered him to perform 20 hours of community service, Branscom said.
Allman did neither, and found himself back in court Wednesday on the original suspended license charge and a new charge of failing to obey a court order.
Allman said he did not want an attorney, noting that he was already facing 41 years for an accident he'd been in, according to Branscom.
Allman's excuse for not performing the community service was that he had no license and had been in and out of jail too much, Branscom said.
Campbell sentenced him to 90 days in jail for the suspended license and 60 days on the other charge.
On April 21, Allman led police on a 15-mile chase that ended when he collided with the car of a Vinton family at the intersection of Plantation and Williamson Road. All three members of the family were killed.
Allman's preliminary hearing on three involuntary manslaughter charges is set May 29 in Roanoke County.
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