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HIGH COURT
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 58-year-old man charged with unlawful possession of methamphetamine after he was caught smoking ice in the LBJ Hospital parking lot appeared in High Court yesterday for a Change of Plea (COP) hearing.
Onosa’i Navelika, who has been in custody since his arrest last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 56-year-old man accused of unlawful possession of marijuana is asking the court to set his case for trial.
Stuart Hudson, who has been in custody since he was arrested last October, appeared in court yesterday morning for a pretrial conference. Assistant Public...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old man from Nuuuli who was accused of driving a motor vehicle while his license has been permanently suspended by the court has pled guilty to felony driving, a class D felony.
Paea Fifita, who has remained in custody since his arrest on Aug. 9, 2018 appeared...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government's case against Sione Onelei Setu was dismissed this week after the jury found him not guilty of 1st degree sexual abuse.
It took a little over an hour for the jury to deliberate before they announced their not guilty verdict late Wednesday afternoon.
Setu...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was during the second day of the trial of a school teacher who is accused of sexual abuse of a student that the government called the victim to the witness stand as their first witness.
After the victim’s testimony, the government then called 3 other witnesses to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The jury trial in the case of a school teacher who is accused of sexual abuse involving a 15-year old female began yesterday in High Court.
Sione Onelei Setu was charged by the government with a single count of 1st degree sexual abuse, a class D felony, punishable by a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man who failed to keep his promise that he would never use drugs anymore was back in High Court yesterday morning, after he was arrested this past Monday on a bench warrant issued by the court last month after he failed to appear twice.
Fa’aili Mata'u, a.k.a ‘Whistle...
![Tao Liu departing the court house after sentencing. [photo: AF]](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/liu_tao_0273.jpg?itok=d9nHF3Vk "Tao Liu departing the court house after sentencing. [photo: AF]")
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The 38-year-old Chinese national who was arrested in 2016 on drugs and weapons charges has been ordered by the High Court to serve 40 months at the TCF and thereafter, he must leave American Samoa and remain outside its borders for a period of 5 years.
Also, despite the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young woman who stole money from her former employer last year by forging her boss’s signature on three checks is going to jail, but will be released to attend an off island drug treatment program if it’s arranged by her family, who would also pay for it.
Twenty-three-...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The High Court is satisfied there is probable cause that Tolupo Hodges violated several conditions of a probation sentence that was ordered by the court in 2010.
The decision by Chief Justice Michael Kruse was based on the testimony from one government witness, who was...