Fairview RCMP lay charges after suspicious vehicle report

On Jan. 6, 2025, Fairview RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle located near 101 Ave in Fairview.

Fairview RCMP located the vehicle and arrested 2 males within the vehicle.

Wesley Gordon Potratz (48), a resident of Fairview, was charged with:

• Warrant (Fairview): Fail to attend court x1
• Warrant (Fairview): Drive while unauthorized
• Warrant (Fairview): Display improper licence plate
• Warrant (Fairview): Operate motor vehicle with out registration
• Warrant (Fairview): Drive uninsured motor vehicle
• Warrant (Fairview): Flight from police
• Warrant (Fairview): Possession of break in instrument
• Warrant (Fairview): Fail to comply with release order x2
• Warrant (Fairview): Possession of property obtained by crime
• Warrant (Fairview): Break and enter
• Warrant (Peace River): Fail to attend court
• Warrant (Peace River): Fail to comply with release order
• Warrant (Grande Prairie): Fail to attend court
• Warrant (Grande Prairie): Flight from police
• Warrant (Grande Prairie): Dangerous operation of a motor vehicle
• Warrant (Grande Prairie): Possession of a controlled substance x2
• Warrant (Grande Prairie): Failure to comply with undertaking x2

Potratz was brought before a Justice of the Peace, where he was remanded with a court date of Jan. 13, 2025, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Fairview.

Luke Jordan Anderson (37), a resident of Hines Creek, was charged with possession of property obtained by crime and was brought before a Justice of the Peace, where he was remanded with a court date of Jan. 13, 2025, at the Alberta Court of Justice in Fairview.