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Anchorage Federal District Court
Anchorage, ALASKA – An Anchorage man was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Sharon Gleason to 50 years in prison for kidnapping and drug trafficking. According to court documents, Macauther Christmas Vaifanua, 35, aka “Mac” and his brother, Faamanu Vaifanua, 31, aka “Junior” distributed...
In this July 4, 2020, file photo, protesters gather near a fire in downtown Portland, Ore
Portland, OREGON — A 24-year old Samoan, along with six other people, have been arrested and face federal charges for their roles in this past weekend’s riots at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Oregon. Taimane Jame Te’o, 24, of Eugene, Oregon, is charged with assaulting a federal...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A Samoan man who resides in Utah, pled guilty last Thursday at the federal court in Sacramento, California to a conspiracy to commit bank fraud that attempted to defraud financial institutions of more than $1.5 million. As previously reported by Samoa News, Talalima...