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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 6, 2023, at about 9:00pm, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a distraught father seeking assistance regarding a fight that broke out at his home in Seetaga between his two sons — Apelu Vilisinimisa and Pati Taaloga.
Both were charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 13, 2024, a man contacted the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) to report that one of his co-workers, Junior Sootaga had allegedly assaulted him at their workplace in Fagatogo at the Harbor Maritime facility.
The defendant was later arrested and charged with the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — At about midnight on January 10, 2024, a woman contacted the FPS regarding an alleged assault on her by her husband at their home in Amouli. The woman who was five months pregnant at the time, claimed to have been hit on the head with an electric fan by the defendant....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 8, 2024, at about 2:10pm as police officers conducted their routine patrol after schools were released, “bystanders waved down the officers and yelled out that the kids were about to fight.”
Police officers then noticed a male individual, who is well-known to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 4, 2024, a woman walked into the Central Station, crying and asked to file a report against her brother, Vagatai Tupa’i, who she claimed had threatened her.
The defendant was apprehended and later charged with Count 1— Peace Disturbance, a class C misdemeanor...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In January, police officers patrolling on the Iliili public highway observed an unknown man, who was later identified after found laying on the ground at the right side of the highway.
He was later arrested and charged with Counts 1& 2 of Sexual Abuse in the First...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 4, 2024, a Department of Public Safety (DPS) police officer contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) regarding a female who allegedly assaulted her boyfriend on the Nuuuli Public Highway, near Family Mart store.
The defendant, Hilda Luki was charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 8, 2024, a woman called the police and reported her husband, who had caused a disturbance at their home in Petesa.
The suspect was apprehended and arrested from his workplace and charged with the following charges:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV), a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 3, 2024, at about 1:00pm, a woman contacted the Tafuna Police Substation regarding an alleged disturbance occurring at their aunt’s residence in Ottoville involving her sister and sister’s fiancé. The defendants were identified as Tereise Sunia and Tanumaleu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 3, 2024, at about 10:48pm, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a woman who alleged that her younger brother was causing trouble at her parents home in Pavaiai. The suspect was later identified as Louis Levi.
The defendant was charged with...