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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from an individual on July 22, 2023 at 2:16 AM, claiming that his uncle was physically assaulting his aunt at home.
Officers arrived and met with the man who was waiting in front of the public road to wave officers down...
DEFENDANT ESCAPES FROM DISTRICT COURT BUILDING
A man recently apprehended after allegedly making threatening remarks to his wife made an escape on July 12, 2023 during his initial court appearance. According to the on duty Court Marshall, the defendant was inside a temporary holding cell at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man, identified as Eti Sioeli, allegedly went to his neighbor’s house in Nu’uuli on July 14, 2023, with a stick in his hand, and knocked on his neighbor’s door and asked her if “there was a problem.” The confused neighbor decided to ignore him, but the man turned...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A woman in Kokoland called the police station on July 13, 2023 at 12:23 PM claiming that Tavita Robertson had assaulted her and she had sustained injuries after being punched three times by the defendant.
Responding officers arrived on the scene and met with the victim...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — During a time period from May 21, 2023 to June 2, 2023, the Department of Public Safety’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) received reports of multiple burglaries into businesses and a government building in the Fagatogo area, and preliminary investigations into...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An underage individual was arrested on June 29, 2023 when the Fagatogo police station received a call about a male who allegedly assaulted his girlfriend in Alao by punching her in the mouth with a closed fist.
Responding officers arrived on the scene and were...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Nu’uuli faipule was allegedly threatened by a neighbor the day before July 4th.
Court documents disclosed that in Mapusaga, John Schuster allegedly threatened Tautoloitua Sauasetoa Ho Ching by saying he was going to burn his house down and was going to take a gun and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Falaniko Fetoa’i, who is an inmate at the Tafuna Correctional Facility (TCF) serving a sentence from a previous felony conviction, has been charged with one count of Escape from Confinement.
According to court documents, police were tipped off by an anonymous caller on...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Ili’ili and Pava’ia’i Laundromat owners called police on May 31st, after discovering the south-side sliding window of their establishment was pried open and in addition, $370 cash that was left inside the cash register, was missing.
On the same day at 6:30a.m., officers...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A break in was discovered at TSM store Tafuna at 10:33p.m. on May 2, 2023, and when officers arrived at the scene, they met with the owner who gave a brief account of the situation and provided security camera footage.
On the same day at 11:33p.m., officers interviewed a...