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JURY TRIAL
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Thomas Siaumau was found guilty Wednesday afternoon for shooting at a police vehicle on the night of Dec.14, 2017 after a jury of 4 females and 2 males deliberated for less than an hour before returning with a verdict.
The jury found Siaumau guilty of all 8 counts...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia has dismissed the most serious charge against Thomas Siaumau, which is first-degree attempted murder.
However, he denied the defense's motion to dismiss counts 3 & 5 — first degree property damage and unlawful possession of a prohibited...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The key witness in the government’s case against Thomas Siaumau — accused of shooting at a police vehicle while a police officer was inside — told the jury that it was Siaumau and his nephew who shot the police vehicle at the back of the baseball field in Tafuna on the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia postponed the Thomas Siaumau trial until 9am this morning, because one of the jurors was sick and unable to attend court last Friday.
Before the case was postponed, Sunia reminded jurors not to discuss the case among themselves, nor read any...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Jury instructions and opening statements for the jury trial of a man accused of shooting at a police vehicle while a police officer was inside began yesterday in High Court.
Thomas Siaumau, who has been held in custody without bail since his arrest last year, is charged...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the three defendants arrested when armed detectives of the Department of Public Safety, Vice & Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant on two homes in Pago Pago in May of this year has informed the court that he wants a jury trial.
Sio Junior Godinet appeared...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — An uncle accused of inappropriate touching will fight the allegations against him at trial.
Samoa News is withholding the name of the defendant to protect the identity of the victim.
According to the government’s case, the defendant is accused of inappropriately...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The man who is accused of giving students marijuana to sell for him has asked the High Court to set his case for jury trial. The trial is now set for March 2019.
Tavita Mariota appeared in court last Friday for his pretrial conference. He was represented by Public...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — It was during the second day of the trial of a school teacher who is accused of sexual abuse of a student that the government called the victim to the witness stand as their first witness.
After the victim’s testimony, the government then called 3 other witnesses to the...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The jury trial in the case of a school teacher who is accused of sexual abuse involving a 15-year old female began yesterday in High Court.
Sione Onelei Setu was charged by the government with a single count of 1st degree sexual abuse, a class D felony, punishable by a...
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