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May 6, 2013
Boston Marathon bomb suspect's friend released on bail
"A judge ruled Monday that Robel Phillipos, a friend of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, charged with lying to federal authorities investigating the case, can be freed on $100,000 bond and under conditions where he can be monitored 24/7.
Under a joint motion between federal prosecutors and Phillipos' attorney, U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler ordered the 19-year-old released from jail, where he's been held since his May 1 arrest. He'll be confined to his mother's home and be required to wear an electronic monitoring device while he awaits trial..."
...Phillipos is accused of repeatedly denying he knew about the removal of a backpack from the room that night. According to an affidavit, he admitted the fourth time he was questioned that he had not been telling the truth..."
"...Phillipos, the son of a single mother who emigrated to the United States from Ethiopia, faces up to eight years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted..."
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