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COURT REPORT: It’s all the same in the dark

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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man was arrested by police last month after he allegedly entered a family home at night without permission.

Pelema Akeli made his initial appearance in court last month.

He is charged with one count of trespassing and one count of 3rd degree property damage, both class A misdemeanors.

Bail is set at $500.

The government’s attorney informed the court that they would be filing additional charges later this week after police completed their investigation.

Akeli is scheduled to appear in court next week for a Status Hearing.

According to the government’s case, a woman contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) for assistance after she found a young man inside her house uninvited. Police quickly responded to the call and observed a young man sitting outside of the house while two adult men were standing beside him.

The woman who reported the case told police that when she heard a loud noise from the back of the house she went to check. She was shocked when she saw a young man standing inside the kitchen. The woman called out to her husband and son-in-law who immediately responded and stopped the man from fleeing.

The man found inside the house was later identified as the defendant in this case.

Akeli was apprehended at the scene and transported to the TPS for questioning.

When asked by police about the allegation that he entered the family’s home uninvited, Akeli said that his girlfriend told him to come to her house to spend the night with her, however, he was shocked when he found out that he had entered the wrong house.