Alaska
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —American Samoans in Alaska are being criminally targeted based on confusion related to Alaska’s election administration system and because they are labeled so-called “non-citizen” U.S. Nationals by the federal government. On Friday, May 2nd, ten American Samoans will be...
Anchorage, ALASKA — “Charge!” You know it, the bugle call in every old Western movie when the cavalry comes riding in.
These days, in the 907, recent high school graduates know their party is being rescued when they hear a very different kind of horn.
A car horn — or rather, dozens of them....
Popole le loto o matua pe a umi e le o maua se tala mai fanau i Alaska. Ae maua mai le ata, ua le toe faigaluega ua taofia i le fa’asa, ae ua fa’atau le uila vilivae, ua avea ma se tasi o alo o Samoa i Anchorage.[ata: foa’i]
Anchorage, ALASKA — A 25-year-old Samoan man — who was sentenced more than a week ago at the federal court in Anchorage, Alaska in a separate felony gun possession case — is facing kidnapping and murder charges in state court.
Iosia Nelson Fiso, who resides in Anchorage, pled guilty last year to...
Anchorage, ALASKA — A Samoan man residing in Alaska will go on trial early next year at the federal court in Anchorage for robbing a bank of more than $2,000, according to court records.
Totoe Opeti Sakaria, Jr., 22, was first charged in a federal felony complaint filed Dec. 9th but 10 days later...
Anchorage, ALASKA — Samoa News had reported that the two main co-conspirators — Breadoflife ‘Presley’ Faiupu, 36; and Congress Lepou, 31 — were sentenced to jail this year with restitution to pay.
But there has been nothing on Maae, who participated in the scheme that deprived schools at remote...
Anchorage, ALAKSA — A 24-year old defendant of Samoan ancestry — labeled by federal prosecutors as an associate of a street gang — was sentenced last week at federal court in Anchorage, Alaska to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to felony possession of a firearm, according to court records...
Apia, SAMOA — Samoa Supreme Court Justice Leiataualesa Daryl M. Clarke has warned a male defendant from Anchorage, Alaska that if he misses another court appearance, he will be taken into custody.
The defendant, Tafuna Tauialo, is accused of smuggling drugs, namely crystal methamphetamine, into the...
Anchorage, ALASKA — A 31-year old American Samoan man, labeled by federal prosecutors as the “instigator” of a mail theft case in Alaska, was seeking a probative sentence. However, federal prosecutors have concerns with Congress Lepou, being made treasurer of a Samoan church youth ministry “after...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Federal prosecutors are asking for jail time for a Samoan man, described as the “leader” in a mail theft case, which saw over $100,000 worth of products besides Apple computers stolen. The items were destined for schools in remote villages in Alaska.
This is according...