Wanted man and another arrested outside of Fairview

Sep 28, 2025 | 12:28 PM

The Western Alberta District Crime Reduction Unit have arrested two individuals after investigating a known prolific offender.

On Thursday, September 25, 2025, Mounties were tracking the wanted person driving backroads in the Fairview area when he ditched his vehicle. The suspect and a female passenger fled on foot.

The Fairview RCMP, as well as Police Dog Services, were called in to assist and helped in arresting both.

A search of the ditched vehicle and individuals turned up two firearms and the vehicle was confirmed to have been stolen out of Peace River.

As a result, 41-year-old Malcom Henry Testawits and 39-year-old Amy Lee Lacosse, both of no fixed address, were charged with:

Dangerous driving
Possession of property obtained by crime
Firearm related offences (X7)

Furthermore, Testawits was also charged with:

Assaulting a police officer
Possession of firearm or weapon while prohibited (X3)
Operation of a motor vehicle while unauthorized

The pair were brought before a Justice of the Peace and were both remanded into police custody. They are to appear in the Alberta Court of Justice in Fairview on Monday, September 29, 2025.

by Erika Rolling