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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea wants Assistant Attorney General Jason Mitchell to get a 'concrete idea' of the process involved in getting police reports ready and submitted in a timely manner.
Judge Patea alluded that the information is stuck in a kind of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Department of Public Safety (DPS) is investigating a case involving a substantial amount of cash that was uncovered during a routine inspection of a vessel that is based in American Samoa but was returning from a quick run to independent Samoa last week Wednesday....
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The recent cases involving the alleged sexual harassment of two female cops by a pair of senior DPS officers is moving up to the next level, as the matter has now reached the Office of the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in Honolulu.
Samoa News...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Inquiries into the two alleged sexual harassment cases at the Dept. of Public Safety are now underway, with investigators from the Attorney General's Office now looking into the allegations.
Samoa News understands charges may be filed against two senior police officers,...