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4 Juvenile Center Public Safety Officers Charged $200 container scan operation now ‘live’ Businesses also told $60 inspector fee still applies Page 4 A Samoan explo- ration of violence, identity, balance and healing Page 6 C M Y K Taofia i le toese Leoleo e to’afa Leone High School is the overall winner of DOE’s 31st Annual Secondary Speech Festival hosted at mai le Juvenile Tafuna High School last Friday, March 31 with a 68-point lead over its four competitors — all from public schools. One of the most anticipated categories of the festival is Contemporary Choral Recitation, which Detention Center often brings the house down during performances. Leone won this category with its performance of ”The Tragedy of Orpheus and Eurydice” by Adam Pergande. See more photos of Festival inside. Le Lali [photo: Leua Aiono Frost] ONLINE @ SAMOANEWS.COM DAILY CIRCULATION 7,000 PAGO PAGO, AMERICAN SAMOA MONDAY APRIL 3, 2017 $1.00 FLAG DAY 4 Juvenile Center public 2017 safety officers charged Your Family of DETAILS OF ALLEGATIONS REMAIN UNDER WRAPS BY ORDER OF THE JUDGE Fine Beverages 699-1854 by Fili Sagapolutele usual news media that covers court proceedings exclusively distributed by Samoa News Correspondent and it has been a long standing practice of the our Public Safety officers assigned two news organizations that names of juveniles to Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) are not identified or released, unless a juvenile in Tafuna have been charged with — for example — ends up being charged as an various crimes, but specific charges adult. Additionally, court proceedings in juve- ‘O le Mua’ - Pago andF details of allegations against the officers nile cases are closed to the public. remain under wraps, with District Court Judge A request was made to Attorney General Fiti A. Sunia ordering staff not to release court Talauega Eleasalo Ale for the Attorney Gen- documents. eral’s Office to release just the specific charges Pago Aeto’s However, a report last November by the against each defendant, but not details in the JDC supervisor, provided details of alleged affidavit. C M “illegal activities” including drugs at the center Talauega, however, told Samoa News last Y K involving the four officers now charged. The Friday afternoon that “unfortunately, we cannot Maoputasi tradition four officers are also identified by name in the disclose these documents for the same reasons” report, which also alleges an “epidemic of cor- — referring to the court staff’s statement that ruption” at the JDC. the documents contain names of juveniles. “In The four officers — Junior Utuga, Alofagia due course the information will become avail- Letuli, Okesene Alo, and Olafou Wilson — able,” he said. were arrested last week Thursday, and appeared Samoa News understands that the charges the following morning in District Court, for against the four officers stem from a police their initial appearance. Relatives of the defen- investigation into JDC late last year, when then dants were in the packed courtroom. Police Commissioner Save Liuato Tuitele was Each defendant waived formal public reading in office and continued under the leadership of the charges — a common practice for these of the new Police Commissioner, Le’i Sonny hearings — and acknowledged through their Thompson. attorneys — that they understand the charges. Responding to Samoa News questions, Le’i Cpt. Va’amua Sesepasara returns to the Utaifeau and the After court proceedings, Samoa News confirmed yesterday that these officers “were Aumaga this year. [Photo: TG] requested District Court staff for copies of arrested as part of the police investigation by T. Gasu the charging documents, which specifies each early last year on allegations leading to mis- Samoa News Sports Correspondent count against a defendant, as well as the affi- conduct” at JDC, “in which I continued [the The Maoputasi district and the village of Pago Pago are pre- davit that details alleged crimes to support the investigation].” paring to re-awaken the Aeto’s tradition of winning – ‘o le Mua’ charges. However, court staff said that Sunia As to the employment status of defendants, – as the return of skipper Va’amua Henry Sesepasara not only had ordered them not to release the documents, Le’i said these officers were “on paid leave”. because they contain names of juveniles. (Continued on page 3) Samoa News, along with KHJ News, are the (Continued on page 2) Page 2 samoa news, Monday April 3, 2017 BEAUTIFUL HOUSE FOR RENT Beautiful 3 Bedroom House, 2 Baths, Washer-Dryer, Carport, AC, Hot Water, Fully Fenced in Leone. Must See! $900.00 a month. Call 770-4054 or 272-6900 or email: [email protected] Three of the four DPS officers, who were assigned to the Juvenile Detention Center, heading into the District Court last Friday morning for their initial appearance after being arrested last Thursday for alleged illegal activities at the Center. The officers are seen in this photo without handcuffs, how- ever, they were in handcuffs during their court appearance. [photo: AF] ➧ 4 Juvenile Center public safety officers… Continued from page 1 Without the charging court edly conduct illegal activities. Center with other juveniles. documents, Samoa News isn’t Besides drug activities, one “The current crisis in the able to confirm, if specific juvenile detainee recalled that center is an ‘epidemic of cor- charges resulting from the there were nights that one of ruption’,” the supervisor wrote police investigation, stem from the officers allegedly involved in the report, and noted that the 7-page report dated Nov. two other detainees in stealing termination of the officers Employment Opportunity 14, 2016 from the JDC super- gasoline from cars at the air- involved “would not be enough visor, Mara Brown, to Save. port parking lot, by using a to stop corruption” at JDC and CSL is accepting applications for the following The ‘Drug Incidents in hose to suck gas from parked recommended not only termi- full-time position: Juvenile Detention Center cars at the airport to an empty nation but also prosecution by On-Duty Officers’ report, canister tank, which had been of the four officers as well as obtained by Samoa News in taken to the airport. Upon prosecution of juveniles who COMMERCIAL DRIVER: late February this year from returning to the center, the were allegedly involved in • Commercial driver’s license with experience ASG sources, details allega- gasoline was then poured into breaking the law. tions against the four defen- the officer’s car. The JDC’s supervisor driving a Tractor Trailer with a Fuller 10SP dants for “illegal activities Another juvenile detainee report was the subject of two manual transmission. Bring driving abstract prohibited by law.” is quoted in the report saying, Samoan language stories pub- and valid licenses. Names of the officers, now “He has been smoking ice lished in the Lali section of being charged in court, are for approximately 5 months Samoa News edition on Feb. • Must be able to work on holidays and after listed on the first page of the at the Center.” The detainee 23 and Feb. 24. hours if required. report, which also explained claimed that one of the officers At the time, a senior police • Must be able to lift 70-lbs unassisted. in detail the role of officers in “brought in ice a lot of times official said the four officers the illegal activities, as well that he lost count. [sic].” had been placed on leave but • Must be fluent in English and Samoan. as interviews with juveniles The detainee also alleges no other information was Qualified applicants only, please. conducted by the supervisor. that “a lot of unknown vehi- available at the time and other It’s also alleged in the report cles have been coming in the ASG officials could only con- that former juvenile detainees [JDC] compound dropping off firm that an investigation was returned to the Center to alleg- the ice” when the four accused near completion with charges officers are on night watch. to be filed soon. The Samoan The report alleges that one language stories didn’t identify of the officers would make a by name the now charged four detainee call the detainee’s officers nor name any juvenile family to get money to buy detainee or former detainees, drugs. To substantiate the because they are under the age allegation, the supervisor con- of 18. tacted the detainee’s relative At last Friday’s initial who confirmed the claim. appearance hearing, Alo was The report provided 17 spe- represented by private attorney cific points of concern raised Sharron Rancourt, while the by the supervisor, including rest of the defendants were that the juveniles were alleg- represented by assistant public edly “coerced” by one of the defender Mathoni McCormick, officers to “call friends and while prosecuting the case family members in the late was assistant attorney general hours of the night to get money Woodrow Pengelly. to buy the ‘ice drugs’.” For Utuga, the defense “Officers bribed and steal requested and Sunia reduced from juveniles’ parents to bail from $2,000 to $1,000. bring money in to buy for the Based on what Pengelly said needs of juveniles when it was in court, when he argued intended to buy the drugs,” said against bail reduction, Utuga is another point of concern in the charged with “several Class A report. Additionally, “Officers misdemeanors” counts and the allowed juveniles to watch defendant entered a not guilty x-rated movies unsupervised.” plea with a pre trial conference Furthermore, an officer set for Apr. 20. “permitted and encouraged a Defense attorneys all noted male and female juvenile to be in their arguments to reduce locked together in one cell to bail that the four defendants engage in sex.” have worked at DPS for a long The report further alleges time, have no prior criminal that the officers smoke for- record, and have strong family bidden substances and drink ties in the community.
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