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WASHINGTON — Beginning today, Thursday, December 21, 2023, the decision to prosecute sexual assault and several other serious crimes has moved from an accused service member's chain of command to new Offices of Special Trial Counsel, which have general or flag officer leaders who report directly to...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On Feb 17, 2023 at 10p.m, a woman walked into the Tafuna Police Substation and alleged that her daughter had been sexually assaulted by a male individual identified as Lafaele Aunoa. Four days later, on Feb 21, 2023, officers interviewed the victim at the police station...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man is now in custody over allegations of sexual assaulting his 16-year-old niece who lives in the same house as the defendant.  Samoa News is withholding names of parties involved in this case to protect the identity of the victim. The defendant, a 37-year-old father...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 69-year-old great uncle from Faleniu convicted of sexually assaulting his 10-year-old great niece has been sentenced to serve 12 straight years at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF). The court told the defendant, who is a citizen of the Independent State of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 27-year-old man from Samoa accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old female for a period of 5 months is now in custody after he was arrested by police last month pursuant to an arrest warrant from the court. During his arrest, police discovered drugs...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 58-year-old man convicted of having a sexual relationship with his own 14-year-old niece has been sentenced to serve 7 straight years behind bars. The sentence was handed down by Associate Justice Fiti Sunia, assisted by Chief Associate Judge Mamea Sala Jr and...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of sexually assaulting his wife’s niece was sentenced by the High Court last week to serve 7 years behind bars. A straight sentence. Ete Aumua, who has been in custody since his arrest last year, unable to post a $10,000 surety bond appeared before...
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  A 25-year-man accused of unlawfully entering a home and attempting to sexually assault a woman after he allegedly had broken into the woman’s home three time was arrested by police last week after he was pulled over during a traffic stop in the Iliili area. Palauni Afasene is charged with one...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A married man from Samoa was arrested by police two months ago after allegations arose that he sexually assaulted his 16-year-old niece who lives in the same house as the defendant. The victim along with a relative made the report to police after the alleged incident...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 30-year-old man accused of unlawfully entering a home and attempting to sexually assault a woman, after he had allegedly broken into the woman’s home three times before he was arrested by police last month after being pulled over during a traffic stop in the Tafuna...

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