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American Samoa District Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA —  A 36-year old man from Samoa was arrested by police three weeks ago after allegations arose that 5 months ago he sexually assaulted a 16-year old girl, who is also from Samoa. The victim and along with a relative made the report to police three weeks after the alleged...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 52-year-old man from Malaeimi who was accused of sexually assaulting a 38-year-old, who is a relative, has pled guilty under a plea bargain with the government. Tovia Misiolo is scheduled to appear in Court on May 23 for sentencing. Misiolo was initially charged with...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man from Samoa pled guilty last week to sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl over a span of nearly five months. Polani Taumaloto, 24, is an overstayer who was initial slapped with 8 felony charges — two counts of rape, two counts of sodomy, and 4 counts of sexual...
Tugia Tuliau
Apia, SAMOA — A former Samoa Methodist church minister has been jailed for four years and ten months for sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. Togia Tuliau pleaded guilty last year to eight charges of sexual connection and one charge of indecent assault. The victim, a member of Tuliau's church,...
James Genne Barlow
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A federal judge in Honolulu has transferred to the Washington D.C. federal court, the habeas corpus petition filed last year by a U.S citizen currently serving a 24-year prison term in American Samoa for a conviction in a case involving three male juveniles. James Genne...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — “American Samoa is not a place where you rape and run. Our laws are… to protect our community and our young children, and when you violate the safety of the members of this community protected by these laws, you have to pay.” This was the message from Associate Justice...
Territorial Correctional Facility, TCF
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A man alleged to have performed oral sex on his 11-year-old niece is being held at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) with bail set at $30,000. In the interest of protecting the minor victim, Samoa News is withholding the name of all parties involved. The man...
American Samoa High Court building
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 46-year-old man from Fiji, who was arrested earlier this year on allegations that he sexually assaulted a 16-year old girl, has informed the court that he wants a jury trial. Manoa Niukavu, 46, is a Fijian national who was employed as an X-ray technician at the LBJ...

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