EXCAPE
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An inmate who escaped from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) yesterday morning is now back in custody after police apprehended him at his home.
A DPS senior official confirmed to Samoa News yesterday afternoon that Eddieboy Vaavale allegedly escaped from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Jury instructions and opening statements for the jury trial of a former Police Watch Commander at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) charged in connection with the shooting that occurred in Leone last year involving an inmate who allegedly escaped from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Halfway through his Change of Plea hearing last Friday, Joe Togitogi seemed confused and therefore, Chief Justice Michael Kruse continued the matter to Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019.
Togitogi, 25, is a defendant in two separate cases, for which he is facing charges of escape...

![CAPTURED. Inmate, Eddieboy Vaavale, who escaped from the TCF early yesterday morning, is now in back in custody after he was apprehended by police a few hours later. [photo by AF] Eddieboy Vaavale in handcuffs](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vaavale_1291.jpg?itok=CkXV3tBv)
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![Chief Justice Michael Kruse [SN file photo] Chief Justice Michael Kruse](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/kruse_0723_17.jpg?itok=Q-Uz0LR9)