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HIGH SPEED CHASE

Manu Lefatia restrained and escorted by two police officers
NOT GUILTY: In an unanimous vote, jurors handed down a 'not guilty' verdict yesterday in the government's case against Manu Lefatia, who was alleged to have taken police on a high-speed chase in 2017.  Details in Tuesday’s Samoa News. [photo: AF]
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — While all of the government's witnesses have testified that the driver of the red truck that took police on a high speed chase in late Dec. 2017 was Manu Lefatia, two defense witnesses told jurors that they played pool with Lefatia at his residence in Puapua from 5 pm...
Manu Lefatia in handcuffs escorted by two police officers
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was revealed during Day Two of Manu Lefatia’s jury trial that ‘warning gunshots were fired’ by one police officer during a confrontation with Lefatia in Vaitogi — in an effort to get Lefatia to comply with his command. Moreover, government witnesses identified Lefatia...
Manu Lefatia in handcuffs escorted by two police officers
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Jury instructions and opening statements for the jury trial of a man accused of taking police on a high-speed chase back in Dec. 2017 began yesterday in High Court. Manu Lefatia, who has been in custody without bail since his arrest Jan. 2018 is charged with first-degree...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man with two pending cases in High Court was arrested last week on allegations that he assaulted his 25-year-old cousin and stole his money. Elliott Siaumau Jr. is not new to the court system. He made his initial appearance before Judge Elvis P. Patea last...