Junior Utuga
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — District Court Judge, Fiti Sunia gave one final piece of advice to a former DPS police officer, who was last assigned to the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) — “If you miss any of your court appearances one more time, you will find yourself inside the Territorial...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Detectives of the DPS Vice & Narcotics Unit are investigating a matter regarding a package containing a huge quantity of crystalline substance which someone supposedly tried to smuggle into the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) early Wednesday morning, last...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the co-defendants in the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) case who was convicted for threatening one of the government’s key witnesses and was also detained at the JDC was released from the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) last week, after the court...

![Former DPS officer Junior Utuga when he was first arrested in March of last year on allegations that he was involved in illegal activities at the Juvenile Detention Center. He’s now released on a $1,000 surety bond to await the conclusion of his case. [photo: AF] Former DPS officer Junior Utuga when he was first arrested in March of last year](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/junior_utuga_0478.jpg?itok=EnXqbNoY)
![DPS police officers securing the TCF main gate during Gov. Lolo M. Moliga's visit last December. [SN file photo] DPS police officers securing the TCF main gate](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tcf_gate.jpg?itok=STstard4)
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