Former Trooper Scheduled for Sentencing Next Week in Arson Case

by | Feb 20, 2018 | News | 0 comments

The former Utah Highway Patrol trooper who pleaded guilty to Arson last November is set to be in 8th District Court next week for sentencing. Rex Richard Olsen pleaded Guilty
on November 14th
to Arson in the case of the Maeser Highway Fire
on June 9th
in Uintah County.
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 is scheduled for sentencing with Judge Clark McClellan
on Tuesday, February 20th.
Olsen is also facing a federal charge for setting the Mile Marker 166 Fire
on May 30th
in eastern Uintah County.

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