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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The High Court issued another bench warrant last Friday for yet another defendant who is accused of disobeying conditions of his probation.
The Order to Show Cause (OSC) hearing for Faaili Mata’u, a.k.a ‘Whistle” was scheduled for last Friday, after the Probation Office...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — DPS police officers and the Court Marshal are going around the island with a copy of the bench warrant signed by Chief Justice Michael Kruse, for the arrest of Titiula Tagaloa after she failed to appear in High Court yesterday.
Tagaloa is out on a $30,000 surety bond,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Chief Immigration Officer Peseta Dennis Fuimaono Lutu has been summoned to the High Court again — this time, it is before Acting Associate Justice Elvis P. Patea to explain how a man who came here as a crew member on a fishing boat remained in the territory for several...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “… the sellers, the manufacturers and many other people should be filling the jail, not sick people.” This was the message from Chief Justice Michael Kruse, who says the executive and legislature branches need to hear that drug abuse is a medical problem. This came as...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 19-year-old girl who was convicted of stealing was released from custody last week, after the High Court decided that the four months she served at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF), to await sentencing, was enough.
Caroline Purcell was initially charged...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the three former employees of Western Union accused of stealing thousands of dollars from their former employer told the court that the accusation against her is true.
Judy Leilua Tautalaga, a 41-year-old mother was initially charged with two counts of...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “Not paying your hospital bills is not an excuse for not renewing your Immigration ID. When your ID expires, you become an illegal immigrant here in the territory. If you become an illegal immigrant then you can’t work; and if you can’t work, you don’t get paid and you...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 29-year-old husband was charged Monday in District Court after he allegedly stabbed his wife, 38, at a friend’s house. The victim sustained wounds on her left arm and was admitted to the surgical ward to await surgery because the knife blade penetrated the joint area...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Karisi Tiaalii has admitted to assaulting his girlfriend.
The 25-year-old was initially charged with first-degree assault, second-degree assault, felonious restraint, and felony stealing. But under a plea agreement with the government Tiaalii pled guilty to second-degree...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 38-year-old man who was convicted of stealing — and later selling — a tool box containing tools belonging to a mechanic has been ordered to pay a $1,000 fine as a condition of his 7-year probation sentence.
Andrew Apelu was convicted of stealing — a felony, punishable...