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court report
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...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 42-year old man from Nu’uuli who has a criminal history in the court system was sentenced by District Court Judge Fiti Sunia to serve a period of detention of 120 days at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), as a condition of his 24-month probation. He will be...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 26-year old man from Leone was arrested by police on the weekend on allegations that he assaulted a Filipino man and stole his money and mobile cell phone.
Bernard Himphill made his initial appearance in District Court this week where he entered a not guilty plea to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 22-year-old man from Tafuna, along with several juveniles, broke into the SAAB Pago Store in Tafuna and stole about $,5000 worth of goods, none of which were recovered was ordered by the High Court to pay a restitution in the amount of $5,000, after he serves a period...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Three overstayers — all young men who came into American Samoa on 30-day permits — appeared in District Court on allegations of disturbing the public peace by engaging in fights and making unreasonable noises while they were under the influence of alcohol. Moreover, two...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government case against 87-year-old Joseph Yandall was dismissed this week, after the jury found him not guilty for all the charges against him. The jury believed that the government failed to prove their case against Yandall.
It took just over 3 hours for the jury...