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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 51-year old man is being held on bail of $20,000 over claims that he sexually abused a 16-year old transgender teenager.
Viliamu Filemoni appeared in the District Court yesterday, on charges of rape, sexual abuse-first degree, felonious restraint, assault-third degree...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 27-year-old man from Mapusagafou was arrested last month pursuant to an arrest warrant on the allegation that he sexually abused a 14-year-old girl.
Samoa News has chosen not to name the defendant to protect the privacy of the girl.
The defendant who is known by two...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case against a married man accused of sexually abusing a 16-year-old girl, filed in District Court last month, which led to his arrest, has also led to the discovery of drugs in his possession and inside his vehicle. Faamanu Maeli, 42, made his initial appearance...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Despite the lack of physical evidence including photos or a doctor’s report to prove the government’s case against a man accused of sexually abusing his biological daughter, the testimony of the 16-year-old victim was more than enough to convince the jury to convict the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two men from Samoa appeared in District Court last week after being arrested on sex charges against minors. One is a 58-year-old uncle of the victim, while the second one is a young man who entered American Samoa two months ago under the Guest Worker Program at the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man accused of sexually abusing his 13-year-old niece is now in custody after being arrested by police last week.
[To protect the identity of the victim, Samoa News will not identify parties involved.)
The defendant made his initial appearance before District Court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police arrested a man from Ottoville last month, for the alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl. The man made his initial appearance in District Court last month. He is charged with first degree sexual abuse, a class D felony; and endangering the welfare of a child,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police arrested a 58-year-old man last month, for the alleged sexual abuse of a 16-year-old girl. The government claims that the defendant, Ameko Faavela, forcibly kept the victim inside his house for over an hour while he sexually abused her.
During his arrest, officers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two men are now in custody after being arrested by police last month on the allegation they sexually abused a 15-year-old boy beginning in December of last year. Both men told investigators that it was the victim who came to them and instigated the incidents.
The two men...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested on allegations that he sexually abused his girlfriend’s niece.
Etimani Alofagia made his initial appearance in District Court last month and bond has been set at $15,000.
He is charged with one count of unlawful possession of marijuana (pot), an...