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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse has granted the defense’s motion to continue Sio Godinet Jr’s case for another 2 weeks, to give more time for the defense to review the discovery and the police report the government has already turned over.
Godinet Jr appeared in High Court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An overstayer from Samoa who told the court last week that his wife has already filed papers with the Immigration Office to renew his immigration status has been remanded to custody without bail until his next hearing, set for next Friday, Oct. 5th.
Tulituli Siliga...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man taken into police custody last week for allegedly using a sharp weapon to stab another man has been released on his own recognizance, by order of the court, because the government was unable to file additional charges against him.
According to court information,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Acting Associate Justice, Elvis P. Patea has quashed the Order To Show Cause (OSC) hearing against the sponsor of a Fijian fisherman who is serving time at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), after the court was satisfied that the sponsor has already paid the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police from the Tafuna and Fagatogo Substations arrested three men at three different occasions last week on allegations that they each assaulted their wives.
The first incident happened in Pago Pago while the other two incidents were reported from Tafuna and Malaeimi....
by Ausage Fausia
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The preliminary examination (PX) for the second defendant in the Petesa drug raid last June where cops allegedly found a glass pipe containing a small quantity of methamphetamine took place yesterday afternoon, with District Court Judge Fiti Sunia...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 45-year-old man from Fagasa was arrested Monday night on the allegation that he assaulted his wife while he was under the influence of alcohol.
The wife was present with noticeable bruises on her right eye when her husband made his initial appearance in District Court...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The inmate who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility is now back in custody. Samoa News understands the inmate escaped from confinement Monday but was recaptured yesterday.
According to a Samoa News source, the inmate had made a request to the Warden, to be...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 34-year-old man who was arrested by police last week and held at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) for one night for allegedly assaulting his wife, made his initial appearance in District Court last Wednesday morning where Judge Fiti Sunia ordered that he...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A DPS senior police officer who failed to turn over to the court the ticket she issued to a driver has been ordered by District Court Judge Fiti Sunia to pay the $75 fine the driver was supposed to pay.
An Order to Show Cause hearing (OSC) for the matter was held last...