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| Dzhokhar Tsarnaev friend found guilty of conspiracy charges | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev friend found guilty of conspiracy charges |
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| A jury has found Azamat Tazhayakov guilty of impeding an investigation and conspiracy after he removed a backpack from the dorm room of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. | |
| Prosecutors said Tazhayakov and his friend Dias Kadyrbayev removed items from Tsarnaev’s dorm room at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth a few days after the Boston Marathon bombing last year. Tazhayakov was one of three college friends of Tsarnaev charged following the bombing. | |
| Three people were killed and more than 260 injured when two bombs exploded at the finish line of the Boston Marathon in April 2013. Dzhokhar is accused of planting the bombs with his brother, Tamerlan, and leading police on a days-long manhunt in the Boston area. | |
| Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev, who are both from Kazakhstan, were accused of removing the backpack – containing a laptop and fireworks that had been emptied of gunpowder – from Tsarnaev’s room. The pair then allegedly threw the backpack away. | |
| Kadyrbayev later told police he threw the backpack into a dumpster near his apartment in New Bedford, Massachusetts, to "in order to help his friend Tsarnaev avoid trouble”, according to the criminal complaint. | |
| Tazhayakov was found not guilty of removing the laptop from Tsarnaev’s room, a separate charge. | Tazhayakov was found not guilty of removing the laptop from Tsarnaev’s room, a separate charge. |
| A third student, Robel Phillipos, allegedly lied to police about his whereabouts on that night, and is charged with making false statements during a terrorism investigation. Police believe he was in Tsarnaev’s apartment. | |
| Lawyers for Tazhayakov unsuccessfully argued that Kadyrbayev removed the backpack from Tsarnaev’s room. Prosecutors said both men agreed to remove the items, though Kadyrbayev took the lead, in an effort to protect their friend after Dzhokhar’s image was widely broadcast by the media and FBI, according to the Boston Globe. | Lawyers for Tazhayakov unsuccessfully argued that Kadyrbayev removed the backpack from Tsarnaev’s room. Prosecutors said both men agreed to remove the items, though Kadyrbayev took the lead, in an effort to protect their friend after Dzhokhar’s image was widely broadcast by the media and FBI, according to the Boston Globe. |
| A 12-member jury in the deliberated for about 15 hours over three days, in the Massachusetts district federal court in Boston. | |
| Tazhayakov was the first of those charged in connection to the Boston Marathon bombing to go to trial. | Tazhayakov was the first of those charged in connection to the Boston Marathon bombing to go to trial. |
| Tamerlan Tsarnaev died during a shootout with police in Watertown, Massachusetts, and Dzhokhar is awaiting trial, scheduled to start in October. His attorneys unsuccessfully argued to move his trial, saying he couldn’t get an impartial jury in the Boston area. | |
| Kadyrbayev is scheduled to stand trial in September, as is Phillipos. Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov could face up to five years in jail and a fine of $250,000. Tazhayakov is scheduled to be sentenced in October. Phillipos could face eight years in jail and a $250,000 fine. |