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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old man accused of assaulting another man in Tafuna by striking the victim’s head with a metal pipe made his initial appearance in Court last month. Filipo Amosa is charged with one count of second-degree assault, a class D felony, carrying a prison sentence of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested by police in Ottoville after he went into his wife’s and children’s house with a machete in his hand. The defendant made his initial appearance in court last month. He’s charged with private peace disturbance and 3rd-degree assault. Bail is set at $1,...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 43-year-old man accused of assaulting his 14-year-old nephew was arrested and he’s now being charged. When questioned by police, the defendant, Ieremia Salesa stated that he did this to teach his nephew a lesson. Salesa appeared in Court last month for his initial...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a pickup truck, in which investigators allegedly found four small stamp sized baggies containing a white crystalline substance and drug paraphernalia, has been arrested and charged with unlawful possession of drugs. Anesi Taualai, made his initial...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 35-year old man who was accused of assaulting his wife inside their house in Ottoville village while he was heavily intoxicated told police that the reason he did this was because he wanted to discipline his wife for disrespecting him. The defendant spent one night...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man and his wife accused of beating up his 17-year-old sister were arrested and charged. The couple made their initial appearances in District Court last week. The man, Stan Purcell is charged with one count of abuse of a child, a class D felony, punishable by a term...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested two months ago after he allegedly stabbed a man with a kitchen knife he had hidden in his pocket. Tamati Makesi made his initial appearance in court two months ago. He is charged with one count of 2nd-degree assault, a class D felony and 3rd-degree...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting his niece with a shovel was ordered by the court to depart the territory and remain outside of its border as a condition of his 5 years probation. Manase Sautila, who has been in custody since his arrest in January of last year unable to...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A father was arrested at the LBJ Medical Center Emergency Room (ER) on the allegation that he struck his 8-year-old daughter with a broom handle and injured her right eye. When questioned by investigators, the father claimed he disciplined his daughter after he...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting a man with a knife has entered into a plea agreement with the government.  Ioapo Lafaele, who has been in custody since his arrest in 2020 appeared in court last month for his Change of Plea (COP) hearing.  Lafaele, 40, was initially charged...

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