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HIGH COURT

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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 24-year old man who received a lot chances from the court was ordered to serve all of his suspended sentences, which total up to 27 years. Timothy Noa appeared before the High Court last Friday for a Deposition Hearing, after he failed to comply with some of the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Associate Justice Elvis P. Patea has accepted a motion by Elliott Siaumau Jr's attorney, Public Defender Douglas Fiaui, to quash a warrant that was issued by the court on Mar. 27 to arrest Siaumau Jr. for failure to appear for a hearing. Siaumau, who is out on a $...
DPS police officer escorting prison escapees Joseph Iosefa Iakopo and Ryan Pite outside the District Court after their initial appearance yesterday morning.  [photo: AF]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The three inmates accused of escaping from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) this year made their initial appearance before District Court Judge Fiti Sunia yesterday morning. They are: Joe Togitogi, Joseph Iosefa Iakopo, and Ryan Pite. Togitogi and Iakopo are...
This is the house at the back of the old DPS building in Fagatogo where Mua’iga Siatiu a.k.a Povi is serving his 5-year straight sentence, after he was convicted by the High Court last year for sodomizing a 5-year-old girl. [photo: AF]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man convicted of sodomizing a 5-year-old girl and was seen by members of the community including family members of the young girl roaming freely with some of the DPS police officers is finally being locked up without release, by orders of Police Commissioner Le’i...
Here is the copy of the Entry Permit that allowed Joita Fa’aaliga to enter the territory on August 2012.  [photo by AF]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Immigration Officer Peseta Dennis Fuimaono and his staff are ready to present to the Trial Division of the American Samoa High Court the file that contains all the accurate information about an over-stayer who is now serving time at the Territorial Correctional...
Angela Langkilde outside of the District Court yesterday morning. She stands accused of defrauding the Workmen's Compensation of a little over $100,000. [photo: AF]
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case of an ASG employee who is accused of engaging in a scheme that defrauded the Workmen’s Compensation Board of a little over $100,000 has been bound over to the High Court, after District Court Judge Fiti Sunia found probable cause to support the charge of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 46-year-old fireman who was convicted of using a sharp weapon to cause head injuries to a 15-year-old boy was sentenced last week to 20 months and to pay restitution of  $5,000 to the victim as one of the conditions of his five-year probation. Ropeti Muao was initially...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 23-year-old father who was convicted of breaking into a room at Siliaga Elementary School in Aoloau and stealing a computer received a second chance from the court this week. Chief Justice Michael Kruse ordered Tuna Talipope Lepou Suitulaga to be released from prison...

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