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BENCH WARRANT

Chief Justice Michael Kruse
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has issued a bench warrant — without bail — to arrest Tautua Letasi, after he failed to appear in High Court last Friday for an Order to Show Cause (OSC) hearing. Letasi, who has several outstanding warrants in his name, was scheduled to...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has issued a bench warrant to arrest a young man who failed to appear in High Court for arraignment last week. After waiving his rights to a preliminary examination (PX) before District Court Judge, Fiti Sunia last Wednesday, Fidelis Taumalua...
District Court Judge, Fiti Sunia
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young woman told the court last week that the reason why she missed two court hearings was because she traveled to Tonga to visit her sick mother. In return, District Court Judge Fiti Sunia informed the young woman that she’s not allowed to leave the territory while...
District Court Judge Fiti Sunia
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa is not a Flea Market was the message from District Court Judge Fiti Sunia in dealing with the case of a man who has had a 4-year-old bench warrant since 2014, for failure to comply with conditions of his probation. Fa’amanatu Tugaga showed up in District...
Lafaele Sefo
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —  A man from Le Aute who was released from custody pursuant to an order from District Court Judge Fiti Sunia after his case was dismissed yesterday, was re-arrested while waiting for a bus to go home. Lafaele Sefo — who also had a warrant in the High Court — appeared in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Fa’aili Mata’u, who failed to appear in court for a hearing last Friday. Mata’u, who was convicted of unlawful possession of crystal methamphetamine was ordered to appear in court last Friday for a...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An elderly woman from Pago Pago has being charged with one count of tampering with a witness, a class D felony, punishable by imprisonment of up to 5 years, and a fine up to $5,000, or both. Mao Uele, who is out on a $5,000 surety bond made her initial appearance before...

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