New York Times - July 08, 2014 BOSTON — An F.B.I. agent told a federal court here on Tuesday that Azamat Tazhayakov, a college friend of the surviving Boston bombing suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, agreed that a backpack found in Mr. Tsarnaev’s dorm room in the days after the bombing should be thrown away. It was the second day of the
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NBC News - July 06, 2014 More than a year after the Boston Marathon bombing, the first trial is about to get underway. Opening statements are expected Monday in the trial of Azamat Tazhayakov, a 20-year-old friend of the accused suspects who is charged with obstruction. Prosecutors say he and another friend, Dias Kadyrbayev, took a
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The Daily Free Press - June 30, 2014 The lawyers defending Azamat Tazhayakov, who is charged with obstruction of justice and conspiracy in the investigation of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, began selecting a jury for Tazhayakov’s trial alongside federal prosecutors Monday. Tazhayakov, who is the first of
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By LAURA ITALIANO September 8, 2011 “I’m sorry! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!” He’d killed thoughtlessly; he’d denied responsibility coldly. Only when the cuffs went on at sentencing did reckless thug David McKie -- the petty-theft getaway driver who’d fatally mowed down a brilliant film editor on the Upper West Side -- reveal
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By JOHN ELIGON Published: July 19, 2011 A Columbia University student who was the main target of an undercover investigation of a ring that sold drugs from the campus will be sentenced to six months in jail after pleading guilty Tuesday to selling cocaine. The student, Harrison David, is expected to begin serving his time on Rikers Island
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