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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Uifa’atali Amata is highlighting notice of $500,000 in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Justice for the American Samoa Coalition Against Domestic and Sex Violence for important services.
The grant is from the DOJ’s Office of Violence Against Women (OVW) for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 26, 2025, a victim of a domestic dispute called the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) and reported that her husband allegedly assaulted her in front of their children.
The suspect fled the scene but was later charged with:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance (DV...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On November 5, 2024, a concerned neighbor contacted the police station to report an alleged domestic violence incident.
The suspect, a 29-year-old female, was arrested for assaulting her boyfriend and later charged with:
Count 1: Assault in the Second Degree, a class D...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — There is concern over Bible verses being misinterpreted by some Pacific men to justify domestic violence, a Samoan-Chinese social worker says.
Genevieve Sang-Yum, a lecturer in social work at Unitec's Waitakere campus, runs programs focused on helping Māori and Pacific...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On December 3, 2023, a woman called the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report her husband for assaulting her after a date at one of the Territory’s nightclubs on the West side of Tutuila island.
The husband was arrested and charged with the following:
Count 1 & 2...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On November 28, 2023, a man was arrested for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend while she was holding her baby.
He was charged with the following criminal counts:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance, a class C misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to fifteen (15...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man contacted the Tafuna Police Substation on October 29, 2023 at 12:32 PM alleging that his 11-year old niece had been assaulted by her mother. When officers arrived, the uncle who made the report, handed officers a metal electrical pipe that was allegedly used to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The sudden loss of a mother and then followed by a father the following day is the most devastating experience for the five children left behind,” said an emotional mother who goes to the same church with the late couple, at Mapusaga Fou.
The church member said she was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On August 10, 2023 at 7:05 AM, a woman contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report that her boyfriend, Reuben Seilala, was threatening to kill her and burn their house down in Faleniu.
Officers arrived at the residence of the call, early morning, and were...
Apia, SAMOA — Over 51 per cent of women in Samoa aged 15-49 years old reported experiencing physical violence perpetrated by their husbands or someone else since the age of 15.
This is according to the Samoa Demographic and Health Survey-Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-2020. The statistics...