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| Tsarnaev Friend Found Guilty of Conspiracy, Obstruction of Justice |
| 2014-07-22 |
| A jury returned a split verdict today in the trial of Azamat Tazhayakov, friend of alleged Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Tazhayakov was found guilty on two of four counts of obstructing justice, both concerning the removal of Tsarnaev’s backpack. He was found not guilty of conspiring to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice with regard to the removal of Tsarnaev’s laptop. Tazhayakov, 20, was accused of taking a backpack and a laptop from Tsarnaev’s dorm room at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth at his request on April 18, 2013. Though photos of Tsarnaev had been released by the FBI at that time, he had not yet been identified by name. The backpack, which contained fireworks with the gunpowder removed, was later found in a landfill. Tazhayakov maintained that it was their mutual friend Dias Kadyrbayev who removed backpack and the laptop. Tazhayakov’s lawyers said he was being prosecuted because he was friends with Tsarnaev, and did not know of Tsarnaev’s alleged involvement in the bombing when he went to his dorm room. The prosecution contended that Tazhayakov searched for Tsarnaev’s name on the Internet after the photos were released but before Tsarnaev had been identified. The defense called no witnesses during the trial. |
| Posted by:Anguper Hupomosing9418 |
| #1 Surprise arrest announced today: Feds: Man Who Gave Boston Marathon Bombing Suspects Gun That Killed MIT Officer Arrested Federal prosecutors have filed charges against a Cambridge man who law enforcement authorities say gave the Boston Marathon bombing suspects the gun that was used to kill Massachusetts Institute of Technology Police Officer Sean Collier four days after the attacks on Boylston Street, reported NECN. Stephen Silva, 21, had drug and firearms charges filed against him last week, but they were made public Tuesday, July 22. Although the federal indictment does not mention the Collier shooting or the Tsarnaevs, law enforcement officials say Silva was the source of the gun used to kill Officer Collier. The federal indictment says Silva’s Ruger model 95 9mm pistol was the same kind of gun was used to kill Collier, federal officials have previously said. |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2014-07-22 21:52 |