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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 40-year-old man who is on probation for 12 months was arrested last month on the allegation that he assaulted his neighbor while he was intoxicated.
Vaega Toala made his initial appearance last week. He is charged with 3rd degree assault, trespass, resisting arrest,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The driver of a blue truck that was pulled over by police two weeks ago for driving under the influence of alcohol (DUI) is also being charged with unlawful possession of drugs.
David Tone, who has a pending drug case in High Court made his initial appearance in District...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — In an order issued Mar. 3rd, US District Court Judge, Trevor N. McFadden with the federal court in Washington D.C has denied another request by local resident Steven Jay Pincus Hueter’s for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction against federal and...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A young man convicted of burglarizing a home and stealing several items worth more than $2,000 was released from custody last week after the court decided that the 272 days he served while awaiting the outcome of his case was enough detention in this matter.
Tasi So’...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 41-year-old man from Samoa who was convicted for violating the drug laws of the territory was ordered to depart the territory and remain outside of its border, as a condition of his 5-year probation sentence.
Vincent Viiltone, who has been in custody since his arrest...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Close to 24,000 COVID-19 vaccination shots have been administered to date in the territory.
This is about 42 percent of the eligible population according to the Department of Health's Aifili Dr John Tufa.
The latest vaccination site, which opened Monday at the Lee...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — American Samoa returned to some form of normalcy yesterday afternoon following the morning’s tsunami warning issued by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC) in Hawaii around 8:40a.m yesterday with the tsunami wave expected at 10:19a.m.
Meanwhile, ASG was closed for...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of stealing his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle was arrested last month and now faces drug charges for an incident that occurred last month.
To’afa Meripa, 31, made his initial appearance in District Court last month and bond is set at $10,000.
He is charged with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Senate Government Operations Committee plans to hold another hearing soon, for a legal opinion and views from Senate Legal Counsel, Mitzie Jessop-Ta’ase on legislation seeking to amend local law to allow for a special election — during a non-election year — for a...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 35-year-old man from Samoa who sexually assaulted his 35-year-old neighbor has entered into a plea agreement with the government, and he will be sentenced next month.
Michael Ioane, who has a criminal record in District Court for crimes involving alcohol, was initially...