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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man convicted of assaulting his wife in front of their children is going to jail. He was ordered by the Court to serve 28 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) as a condition of 7 years probation.
The defendant, who has been in custody since his arrest...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The two men convicted for assaulting their wives were sentenced in High Court last week and yesterday morning to terms of probation.
(Samoa News usually does not publish a defendant’s name in domestic cases to protect the victim.)
One of the defendants is a man from...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Aniseko Seigafo was released from custody this week after the court decided that the 404 days he spent in jail while awaiting the outcome of the case was enough for his period of detention.
Seigafo, appeared before Acting Associate Justice Elvis P. Patea for sentencing,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A father of four accused of assaulting a 15-year-old boy with a tree limb is now in custody after he was arrested by police last month.
The defendant, Faavesi Saipeti, who appeared in Court last month for his initial appearance has a pending case in High Court on drug...
Pago Pago, American Samoa —Lemi Siolo was arrested last month after police allegedly discovered drugs in his possession and in his vehicle during a traffic violation stop.
Sio, who is on probation for a drug conviction 3 years ago, made his initial appearance in Court last month.
He is charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Savelio Lautala, accused of assaulting a man by striking his head is now in custody after he was arrested last month.
Lautala, who made his initial appearance in Court last month is charged with one count of 2nd- degree assault, a class D felony, punishable by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Solomua Vitale was arrested by police last month and taken into custody after he assaulted a man in Mesepa using a rock.
Vitale, who has a previous assault conviction where he assaulted a taxi driver in front of a store in Leone, appeared in Court last month for his...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man accused of assaulting his aunt’s boyfriend was arrested by police last month, where he made his initial appearance in Court.
Faavae Vaega is charged with 2nd-degree assault and 1st-degree property damage, both class D felony, punishable by imprisonment...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the four man involved in a fight outside of a restaurant in Tafuna last month was arrested and charged with felony assault. During his arrest, cops found drugs in his pocket.
Kolia Afemata made his initial appearance in Court last month. He is charged with...
Pago Pago, AMEICAN SAMOA — A man who has a pending matter in the Family, Drug and Alcohol (FDA) court was arrested by police last month and charged with criminal contempt. However, during a body search, cops discovered a glass pipe containing a white crystalline substance inside his pocket along...