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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 3, 2024, a man contacted the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) to report a male individual threatening him at his workplace.
The suspect, Jerry Malaga, was apprehended and charged with the following:
Count 1: Public Peace Disturbance — class B misdemeanor...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 67-year-old man pulled over for a traffic violation was later found to be driving with a suspended driving license.
Kalaniua Fia, a.k.a. John Fia was arrested and later charged with Count 1: Felony Driving — a class D felony punishable by imprisonment of at least 90...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 1, 2024, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call regarding a hit and run accident in Mesepa, involving a vehicle and a motorcycle.
The suspect — Pati Lafaele, the alleged driver of the vehicle — was arrested and charged with the following:
Count 1:...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 29, 2024, Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received several calls from concerned neighbors regarding a peace disturbance near their apartment complex in Ottoville. A woman was apprehended when police officers discovered an intoxicated minor vomiting in her house...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 27, 2024, a woman reported a man for sleeping at her house without her consent who then threatened her with a golf club for not feeding him.
Fa’atau Kome was arrested and charged with the following:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance — a class C misdemeanor...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 28, 2024, a woman contacted Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) to report a man who allegedly broke their sliding glass door in the front of their home in Fagaalu.
Tino Tapua’ialupe was arrested and later charged with the following:
Count 1: Property Damage in the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 12, 2024, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received multiple calls from individuals at Faleniu reporting a fight that had broken out over a land dispute. It was revealed that gunshots were fired.
When police officers arrived at the scene in Faleniu, it was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 13, 2024, Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a female reporting her uncle had allegedly assaulted her.
The defendant was arrested and later charged with the following:
Count 1: Private Peace Disturbance — a class C misdemeanor punishable by...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 6, 2023, at about 9:00pm, the Tafuna Police Substation (TPS) received a call from a distraught father seeking assistance regarding a fight that broke out at his home in Seetaga between his two sons — Apelu Vilisinimisa and Pati Taaloga.
Both were charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — On January 13, 2024, a man contacted the Fagatogo Police Station (FPS) to report that one of his co-workers, Junior Sootaga had allegedly assaulted him at their workplace in Fagatogo at the Harbor Maritime facility.
The defendant was later arrested and charged with the...