By Curtis Galbraith

Sentences handed out in three Peace Region court cases

Mar 16, 2018 | 3:42 PM

A wanted man nabbed by some residents of Clear Hills County in November of 2016 has been handed a jail sentence by a Peace River court.
 
Alberta Justice says Malcolm Testawits has been given a three-and-a-half year sentence after pleading guilty to several charges, including Robbery, Theft of a Motor Vehicle, and Impersonating a Peace Officer.
 
He was wanted after an incident in October 2016 where a Fairview RCMP vehicle was stolen and an officer fired their gun. He was wanted on 30 outstanding warrants at the time of his arrest.
 
Testawits has been given a year-and-a-half credit for time already spent in custody, leaving a little over two years left to serve.
 
 
Jail time for Hythe man
 
A Hythe man charged after several thefts in the Beaverlodge area in February of 2017 has been given jail time by a Grande Prairie court.
 
Alberta Justice says Chad Wiwchar was handed a three-year, two-and-a-half month sentence Monday. He will be given credit for 290 days credit for time spent in custody.
 
He pleaded guilty to 15 charges last August after originally facing more than 40 counts.
 
The charges Wiwchar admitted to include Theft, Possession of Stolen Property, Break and Enter, six counts of Mischief to Property, and Trespassing at Night.  
 
He was arrested after several incidents on February 8 and 9 of last year. That included demanding keys from one rural residence, a break-in at another, a third failed break-in, and a police car being hit while answering one of the calls.
 
 
Fleeing police leads to jail sentence for Grande Prairie man
 
Alberta Justice says a Grande Prairie man has been given a 32-month jail sentence after an incident last July where a vehicle sped away from police.
 
Tyler Meagher pleaded guilty to Evading a Police Officer, Failure to Stop a Vehicle and Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking charges Monday in Grande Prairie court. He will be given 12 months credit for time already spent in jail.
 
On July 7 last year, RCMP tried to stop a vehicle that sped away instead of pulling over.
 
Police did not give chase out of concerns for public safety, but were able to locate the vehicle later.

Meagher had originally been facing nine charges.