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ST. GEORGE — A Kanab man has been released to home-confinement pending trial after being charged with first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman in Salt Lake City in November.
The defendant, 37-year-old Dustin James Pedersen, who was being held without bail in Salt Lake County, was released following a bond hearing held in 3rd District Court in Salt Lake City on Feb. 27, when District Judge Richard McElvie reduced Pedersen's bail from no-bail-eligibility to $100,000 bail.
Pedersen was released the following day after posting bond, and on March 6, he was outfitted with an ankle monitor as a condition of home-confinement.
Pedersen is accused of fatally shooting 29-year-old Nichole Olsen after an altercation in a downtown Salt Lake City nightclub on Nov. 20 shortly after 2 a.m. Olsen was taken to a hospital in Salt Lake City where she later died from her injuries. Shortly thereafter, her body was transported to the Medical Examiner's Office in Taylorsville for an autopsy.
