UPDATE: $1 million warrant issued for Welty's arrest in Colorado

A Colorado judge issued a $1 million arrest warrant Tuesday morning after former strip-club manager Ward Ryan Welty failed to appear for his trial date.

Welty, whose father owns Tropical Lei in Upland and two other local strip clubs, was set to stand trial in Fremont County, Colo. on five felony charges for allegedly soliciting sex with a 9-year-old girl.

The Rancho Cucamonga resident failed to appear because he is currently jailed in San Bernardino County, where he pleaded guilty last month to three felonies -- one related to his Colorado case.

He was sentenced to 270 days in jail Monday in West Valley Superior Court, and was taken into custody immediately following the hearing.

Welty, 36, was arrested in Colorado in June 2008 when he traveled to the state to allegedly meet a woman -- actually an undercover police detective -- who said she was willing to involve her young daughter in sex.

Ed. note: This picture is Welty's mugshot from Colorado.

Kathy Eberling, assistant district attorney for 11th Judicial District in Colorado, said that when Welty didn't appear Tuesday, assembled prospective jurors were sent home.

"The court forfeited Mr. Welty's $50,000 cash bond and issued a warrant in the amount of $1 million," Eberling said.

A new trial date was set for June 22, with a status conference set for June 12, Eberling said.

"Our office is preparing the request for a governor's warrant in order to transport Mr. Welty back to Colorado for trial on June 22," Eberling said.

Welty's attorney, Roger Diamond, maintains his client shouldn't face prosecution in Colorado because Welty has already been convicted in California, and a second prosecution violates Colorado's double-jeopardy laws.

Diamond's motion to dismiss the charges on double-jeopardy grounds was dismissed by the trial court in Colorado last week. Diamond has appealed the ruling to the Colorado Supreme Court.

The original version of this post incorrectly reported Welty's age as 38.