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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who allegedly was walking around the Amouli area heading to Aoa with a machete on June 13, around 1:50 p.m. has been arrested by police and charged with 3rd degree assault and disturbing the public peace (PPD).
Rintel Iatala made his initial appearance in District...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man with a pair of outstanding bench warrants in the High Court was arrested by police for allegedly trying to break into a vehicle that was parked at the LBJ parking lot Tuesday afternoon.
Lauolefiso Naea made his initial appearance in District Court Wednesday...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 22-year-old male accused of disturbing the peace at the Bowling Alley parking lot Sunday afternoon made his initial in District Court yesterday morning, where he entered a not guilty plea to the single charge of public peace disturbance.
Isaiah Rea is being represented...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman accused of threatening her ex-husband and another female was arrested and held at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) to await her first court appearance.
Mariaiva Ma’alona made her initial appearance before District Court Judge Pro Temp, Gwen Tauiliili-...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was found guilty of misdemeanor burglary has been sentenced to 12 months probation, under several conditions that include being a law-abiding citizen and not returning to the crime scene.
The government’s case against Richard Felise surfaced two months ago,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Existence of and validity of police procedures dealing with the community during traffic stops was once again before District Court Judge Fiti Sunia last week, when two men who were pulled over by police officers on traffic matters last month, ended up spending a night...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 39-year-old man from Aua who was arrested last week for allegedly assaulting his wife told police that a secret affair between his wife and a neighbor caused him to beat up the mother of his 3 young children.
The matter was reported to police by a neighbor who heard...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who unlawfully entered a house at night and attempted to rape a 15-year-old girl last year was sentenced to 28 months in prison, as a condition of a 7-year probation sentence.
William Otto, 24, was initially charged with second-degree burglary and first-degree...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Justice Michael Kruse told the government attorney during Tolupo Hodges Jr. hearing last week that maybe this is the right time to ask the Fono to tidy up the statute concerning probation revocations.
Hodges Jr. was scheduled to appear in court last week for his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the co-defendants in the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) case has pled guilty. Aviu Asofa Titio, 20, admits that on June 8, 2016 while detained at the JDC, he threatened one of the government’s key witnesses who was also detained at the JDC — to stop her from...