Emanuele Lito
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A bench trial is set for Thursday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m in the District Court for a former police officer charged with misdemeanor third degree assault.
Emanuele Lito appeared in court last Wednesday for a pretrial conference.
The charge against him stems for an incident...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The former DPS police lieutenant accused of sexually harassing a fellow female officer while in uniform earlier this year in April has admitted to the allegation against him.
Siaosi Aiono, who told Samoa News via a telephone interview in April this year that he did not...


![GUILTY. Former DPS police lieutenant, Siaosi Aiono, in a plea agreement with the government, has pled guilty to 3rd degree assault, a misdemeanor, admitting that he touched a female police officer in a sexual manner during working hours. He is scheduled for sentencing on Sept. 6, 2018. [photo: AF] Former DPS police lieutenant Siaosi Aiono](https://samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/siaosi_aiono_8456.jpg?itok=IgHRvFp5)