court report
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On December 16, 2023, at about 4:53am, a woman contacted the Tafuna Police Station (TPS) to report an alleged assault by her boyfriend. The victim claimed that the suspect punched her and hit her face and head multiple times.
The defendant was charged with the following...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On December 15, 2023, at about 1:00pm, a 28-year-old male, Jubilee Ki was reported to have allegedly slapped his girlfriend, Faiai Sulufaleese while on LBJ Hospital grounds, leaving a red handprint on the left side of her face. He then fled the scene.
The defendant was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On December 16, 2023, at about 10:25pm, Jared Liu Kuey contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) regarding a female individual identified as Puapuagaimoana Iolama who was allegedly yelling profanities followed by a loud war cry (faaumu) in front of his (victim) house...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In December 2023, a young man was arrested after allegedly disturbing the peace in his home and resisting arrest after his father called the cops.
Arona Amituanai is charged with the following:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance — a class C misdemeanor, punishable by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man is being charged with assaulting his wife and threatening her with a machete over their new television they had just bought — which according to his wife something about it upset him.
Filemoni Taleni is charged with the following:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man has been arrested and charged for assaulting members of his family while intoxicated. They were allegedly trying to stop him from hanging himself.
Sila Felise is charged with the following:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV) - a class C misdemeanor, punishable...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested for allegedly assaulting a minor with a metal pipe, after the minor’s mother reported the incident.
The man was charged with the following:
Count 1: Public Peace Disturbance — a class B misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment for six (6) months, a fine...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In December 2023, Tuna Salanoa was arrested for allegedly assaulting a man with a metal pipe.
He was charged with the following:
Count 1: Assault in the Second Degree — a class D felony punishable by a term of imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, a fine of up to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On December 12, 2023, a couple walked into the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report a break-in and theft at their apartment in Fogagogo, while they were in Apia, Samoa.
A notification to the husband, received in Apia, alerted him of numerous transactions on his wife’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In December 2023, an adult male was arrested for allegedly assaulting his younger brother (a minor) in Malaeimi while their parents were overseas. The defendant was arrested and charged with the following:
Count 1: Assault- Second Degree (DV), a class D felony punishable...