Charges Filed Against 2 Men In Connection With Marathon Bombing
ERIC LACH 2:07 PM EDT, WEDNESDAY MAY 1, 2013
A criminal complaint unsealed in federal court in Massachusetts on Wednesday accuses two men, Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, of conspiracy to obstruct justice for knowingly "destroying, concealing, and covering up objects" belonging to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing. The objects in question were a backpack containing fireworks and a laptop computer.
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Copy of the complaint at the link:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/charges-filed-against-2-men-in-connection-with
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3rd Man Charged In Connection To Marathon Bombing Investigation
ERIC LACH 2:26 PM EDT, WEDNESDAY MAY 1, 2013
In a complaint unsealed in federal court in Boston on Wednesday, Robel Phillipos, of Cambridge, Mass., was charged with making false statements in a terrorism investigation. An affidavit in support of the charges calls Phillipos a friend of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing.
In a separate complaint unsealed Wednesday, Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, two other friends of Tsarnaev's, were accused of conspiracy to obstruct justice for knowingly "destroying, concealing, and covering up objects" belonging to Tsarnaev.
Copy of the complaint at this link:
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/3rd-man-charged-in-connection-to-marathon-bombing