domestic dispute
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A request from defense attorney Marcellus Talaimalo Uiagalelei to reduce bail for his client, Jonathan Fanene, was denied by District Court Judge Elvis P. Patea.
Fanene, the director of the Department of Youth and Women's Affairs (DYWA), made his initial appearance in...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Police from the DPS Tafuna Substation arrested two men during the weekend. Both are alleged to have assaulted their wives.
The first incident happened in Malaeimi while the other was reported from Tafuna, both happened on Sunday night.
The two men made their initial...
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Apia, SAMOA — A 31-year-old man from the village of Falease’ela died as a result of severe injuries he sustained when a domestic argument turned violent.
The man passed away at the Leulumoega hospital on Wednesday last week.
This was according to Police Media Spokesperson, Auapa’au Logoitino...
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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...