Sentencing for former UHP trooper Rex Olsen has been rescheduled.
On August 8th
, the Utah Attorney General’s Office charged Olsen with one count of Second-Degree Felony Arson as well as a second charge for placing a lighted item on a highway/wildland area, a class B misdemeanor. Olsen pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of third-degree felony Arson while the second charge was dismissed as part of a plea deal. He was scheduled for sentencing with Judge Clark McClellan on Tuesday, February 20th but court minutes for February 20th show that sentencing is now rescheduled for
April 17th.
Olsen also pleaded guilty to a federal charge for setting the Mile Marker 166 Fire
on May 30th
in eastern Uintah County. Sentencing in that case is scheduled for
April 5th.
