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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A taxi driver who owes over $3,000 to a local business has been arrested and he’s now charged with stealing after he failed to pay what he owed to a local business.
Albert Tofili made his initial appearance in court last month.
He is charged with one count of stealing to...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man who was ordered by the court to serve the remaining period of his detention of 20 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) for failure to comply with conditions of his release while pending his sentencing told the court that it was his attorney’s fault...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The female driver of a vehicle pulled over by police last month in Leone for blacked out tail lights is now charged with violating local drug laws.
On Sept. 14, 2020 around 11:50 p.m, a vehicle was pulled over by traffic officers in Leone, after they observed it had...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The Student Government Association (SGA) at the American Samoa Community College (ASCC) recently held a forum on cyber-bullying and suicide, two issues of increasing concern to both students and the public. For the event, which followed the theme “There is Still Hope,”...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his wife in Ottoville was arrested and appeared in court three weeks ago.
The defendant, a 35-year-old man from Samoa, made his initial appearance in court three weeks ago. He is charged with 3rd degree assault and disturbing the private peace...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of assaulting his wife in Ottoville was arrested and appeared in court three weeks ago.
The defendant, a 35-year-old man from Samoa, made his initial appearance in court three weeks ago. He is charged with 3rd degree assault and disturbing the private peace...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The second of the four defendants arrested after police executed two search warrants last January at homes in Tafuna and Taputimu has entered into a plea agreement with the government.
Apelu Alesana, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $5,000 cash...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man allegedly found with two glass pipes containing methamphetamine inside his vehicle when police pulled him over for a traffic violation almost two years ago has finally been arrested and charged.
The question of why the government waited so long to charge Allen...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The government is working on acquiring the MV Pago Pago, following an offer of $1.2 million from the vessel’s owner, Paramount Builders Inc., to sell the vessel to ASG that can be used for — among other things — weekly service to the Manu’a island group.
The offer was...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of stabbing a member of the Faleniu aumaga several times using a steak knife during evening curfew was arrested and he’s now being charged.
Vaueli Moananu made his initial appearance in court this week. He is charged with one count of 1st degree assault, a...