Ozarks pastor who shot wife's lover after tracking them down to restaurant is thrown a bail lifeline

A Missouri pastor has been granted bail 2 years aft helium allegedly changeable his wife's person aft helium caught them astatine a edifice together.

Matthew Dedmon, 49, has been charged with archetypal grade execution and equipped transgression enactment for the May 28, 2022, shooting of Joe Newburn.

Police said Dedmon - a pastor astatine Heritage Baptist Church- drove to Ozark Square and observed his woman with Newburn astatine the Iguana Roja Restaurante erstwhile helium confronted them, reported Ozarks First.

He had been sitting successful the Christian County Jail without bail oregon a proceedings until October 1 erstwhile a justice granted him $30,000 bond. 

Dedmon's lawsuit has been caught successful a ineligible combat implicit a 'motion to endorse' witnesses to attest astatine proceedings and discovery.

In a erstwhile question denying Dedmon bail, Judge Laura Johnson said determination was a hazard the erstwhile pastor would fly and helium could airs a hazard to the public.

'The grounds is that Defendant possessed a loaded weapon connected the quadrate successful Ozark extracurricular a engaged restaurant, and that weapon was discharged 3 to 4 times, resulting successful the victim's death. This enactment everyone connected the quadrate successful sedate danger,' Johnson said.

'There was grounds that this behaviour was retired of quality for Defendant, which causes interest astir Defendant's decision-making and judgment. The seriousness of the complaint increases the hazard that Defendant volition not appear. For these reasons, the Court volition detain Defendant without bond.'

He was yet granted enslaved with the conditions that helium indispensable deterioration a GPS show and volition stay connected location apprehension - lone being capable to permission for tribunal appearances and exigency aesculapian attention.

Jail records amusement that arsenic of Tuesday greeting Dedmon has not been released.

Investigators said Dedmon drove to the quadrate to speech to his woman erstwhile helium saw her successful a car with Newburn.

Dedmon got retired of his motortruck holding a pistol and went to face Newburn astir the affair.

He is accused of shooting Newburn 3 times successful the thorax and constabulary said they recovered the weapon successful Dedmon's truck. 

The Ozark Police Department said erstwhile they arrived connected country they recovered the unfortunate located successful the roadway with aggregate gunshot wounds and helium was pronounced deceased upon accomplishment astatine Cox South Hospital successful Springfield.

Newburn's obituary described him arsenic 'the feline adjacent doorway that everyone wanted to know.'  

Dedmon's execution proceedings has been scheduled to statesman connected March 3.