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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 23-year-old man accused of entering a home and attempting to sexually assault a woman after he allegedly broke in to the woman’s home thrice was arrested last week following a traffic stop in the Iliili area.
Asuni Okesene is charged with first degree burglary, false...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The third co-defendant in the Taputimu sexual assault case has been ordered to serve 28 months at the Territorial Correctional Facility (TCF) in Tafuna, as a condition of a 7-year probation term.
Nick Mataia appeared in High Court yesterday morning for sentencing....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Associate Justice Fiti Sunia told a man who pled guilty to sexually assaulting two 14-year-old girls last year, that his actions were not only ugly, but also unacceptable in American Samoa.
“Drugs such as meth, to be followed by sex acts are the types of things that we...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 46-year-old man from Fiji convicted of sexually assaulting a 16-year old girl — who is also a Fiji national — has been ordered by the High Court to depart the territory and remain outside of its borders for 7 years, which is the duration of his probation sentence....
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 38-year-old man from Samoa who sexually assaulted a 35-year-old neighbor has entered into a plea agreement with the government, and he will be sentenced next month.
Mikaele Ioane, who has a criminal record in District Court for crimes involving alcohol, was initially...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Two of the three men who were arrested and charged for sexually assaulting two 14-year-old girls last year appeared in High Court last week for a Change of Plea hearing.
Loma Michael Iosia and Nick Mataia — both in custody unable to post a $100,000 surety bond — were...
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Apia, SAMOA — The Ministry of Police is investigating the death of a 30-year-old male of Sa’asa’ai.
Last Sunday the police responded to a homicide case at Pu’apu’a where it was confirmed that the deceased is a male of Sa’asa’ai.
A postmortem is scheduled to confirm the cause of death with...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — One of the defendants in the alleged rape of two 14-year-old girls appeared in District Court last Friday, after the government filed an additional charge against him.
The additional charge stemmed from the earlier complaint where two young girls were the alleged victims...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — A 41-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl was arrested two weeks ago.
Valaau Sione made his initial appearance in District Court last week. He is represented by Assistant Public Defender Ryan Anderson, while prosecuting the case is Assistant...