Local attorney arrested — charged with felony stealing, embezzlement
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Court has maintained the $20,000 bail set for local attorney Richard deSaulles of RDA Law Firm, who made his initial appearance in District Court yesterday morning,

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