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SEX ABUSE
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — More than 370 million children — or one in eight — have experienced rape or sexual assault, according to shocking figures released by UNICEF this month. But in Oceania, it's even worse.
There, one in three women has reported suffering sexual violence before the age of 18...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The intermediate school teacher accused of touching three male students will be arraigned in the High Court today.
Ketesemane Sitivi’s case was bound over from the District Court yesterday.
The defendant was arrested and charged earlier this month on three charges of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man appeared in the District Court yesterday on charges of sexual abuse in the first degree; false imprisonment; endangering the welfare of a child and assault in the third degree.
According to the government’s case, police received a complaint last month over claims...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 29-year-old man accused of assault, causing trouble inside the family and sexually abusing a 14-year-old was arrested by police and he’s now in custody.
The suspect, Kilisimasi Faapisa, a.k.a Masi made his initial appearance in Court last month.
The government has...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 52-year-old man from Fagatogo who was convicted of driving with a permanently suspended license is going to jail. Paulino Seuale, who has been in custody since his arrest, unable to post a $5,000 bond, appeared in court last week where he was sentenced to 20 months at...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man accused of sexually abusing his two nieces and was later kicked out of the house by the victims’ mother is now in custody after he was arrested last month.
The man appeared in District Court last month for his initial appearance.
He is charged with two counts of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 24-year-old man accused of sexually abusing his 12-year-old cousin was arrested last week and charged.
The defendant was charged with two counts of sexual abuse in the first degree, a class D felony, punishable by a term of imprisonment of up to five years, a fine of...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The case against a man accused of sexually abusing his 16-year-old niece was filed in Court last month. During his arrest, cops allegedly discovered drugs in his possession and inside his vehicle. The 44-year-old uncle, made his initial appearance last month.
He is...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 37-year-old man accused of sodomizing his 8-year-old daughter was arrested last month and is being held in custody on a $100,000 bond.
The defendant made his initial appearance in Court last month.
He is charged with two counts of child molesting, a class B felony,...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man was arrested and was taken into custody after drugs were allegedly discovered inside his vehicle when police pulled over his vehicle during a traffic stop in Tafuna for speeding on June. 20, 2022, early morning.
Officers approached the driver of the vehicle and...