A Boston Police Department spokesperson reportedly confirmed the tweet and is directing questions to the FBI.
http://twitter.com/hollybdc/statuses/329615747355656194
Boston Globe editor Jason Tuohey tweeted that the suspects are college students.
BREAKING: Three college students taken into custody in connection with the Boston Marathon bombings.
— Jason Tuohey (@jtuohey21) May 1, 2013
Other news organizations are confirming that three more suspects are in custody.
http://twitter.com/MikeLevineFNC/statuses/329617052203626496
CNN and CBS News have spoken and confirmed tweet with Boston PD – @Jecon / @CharlieKayeCBS
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) May 1, 2013
A CBS producer says the charges will be related to “harboring/aiding the bombing suspects after the fact.”
CBS confirms 3 suspects were arrested for harboring/aiding the bombing suspects after the fact. These will be federal charges.
— Katy Conrad (@katywithawhy) May 1, 2013
The Boston Globe has a story up that confirms that 3 “college students” were “arrested by federal authorities.”
Here's the @BostonGlobe story on the new arrests in the Boston Marathon bombing http://t.co/Z2CpBoKCED
— Anthony DeRosa ? (@Anthony) May 1, 2013
A Boston Globe source says the suspects “were connected to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at UMass Dartmouth.”
BREAKING: A source tells the Globe that the three were connected to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at UMass Dartmouth and helped him after the fact.
— Boston.com (@BostonDotCom) May 1, 2013
The Boston PD used its Twitter account to assure followers there is “no threat to the public.”
UPDATE: Boston Marathon Investigation: Please be advised there is no threat to the public. http://t.co/eAOzq5eHTs
— Boston Police Dept. (@bostonpolice) May 1, 2013
Please be advidsed that there is not threat to public safety. Three additional suspects have been taken into custody in connection to the attack on the Boston Marathon. Aside from the aforementioned, there is no additional info to release at this time. Additional details will be provided when they become available. No info available at this time relative to a press conference.
Possible obstruction of justice charges for two suspects:
Sources tell @BrianToddCNN two students are going to be charged with obstruction of justice connected to #Boston bombing.
— Patricia DiCarlo (@pdicarlocnn) May 1, 2013
One suspect, a U.S. citizen, will reportedly be charged with making false statements.
1 suspect is a US citizen and he will be charged with just false statements. #bostonmarathon #wbz
— Peter Wilson (@PetesWire) May 1, 2013
NBC’s Pete Williams reports the charges are pending.
NBC's Pete Williams: Charges pending against three arrested by Boston PD in connection with Boston Marathon bombings
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) May 1, 2013
Williams also reports that the three suspects were roommates of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and, according to the FBI, removed items from Tsarnaev’s dorm room.
NBC's Pete Williams: Three arrested were roommates of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) May 1, 2013
http://twitter.com/viewofadam/statuses/329622912019607553
NBC's Pete Williams: FBI says three arrested removed things from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's dorm room
— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) May 1, 2013
More on the suspects from Fox News’ Mike Levine, who reports that the suspects allegedly took computers and other items from Dzhokhar’s apartment:
http://twitter.com/MikeLevineFNC/statuses/329624972169449472
https://twitter.com/MikeLevineFNC/status/329625180605399040
https://twitter.com/MikeLevineFNC/status/329625455378436096
https://twitter.com/MikeLevineFNC/status/329626159195234304
The scene at Boston Federal Court:
PHOTO: Security at Boston Federal Court at this hour #BostonBombing http://t.co/MOMqKFJVSZ
— WATE 6 On Your Side (@6News) May 1, 2013
.@WCVB's Susan Wornick reports that the 3 arrested are college students. #BostonBombing
http://t.co/kuT3JNjSIF— WATE 6 On Your Side (@6News) May 1, 2013
Two of the suspects were reportedly detained for immigration violations.
BREAKING: 2 of the roommates were already in custody over immigration violations, 3rd was arrested this morning – @PeteWilliamsNBC
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) May 1, 2013
More from Boston.com on two men allegedly connected to the Tsarnaev brothers who are in custody for immigration violations:
Two Kazakh men associated with the alleged Boston Marathon bombers went before a federal immigration judge this morning on allegations they violated their student visas.
The men were detained for civil immigration violations after authorities questioned them about their possible connection to Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who allegedly detonated two bombs at the Boston Marathon last month, killing three people and injuring more than 200. The brothers also allegedly murdered MIT Police Officer Sean Collier.
The two men, Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, came to America from the Central Asian nation to study at the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was also enrolled.
Photo at the link:
Photo RT @lrozen Dias Kadyrbayev & Azamat Tazhayakov and a third US citizen. http://t.co/1KBfO4qwqS
— Nancy (@LogicalDame) May 1, 2013
CBS Boston reports that Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev will be charged with “conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements.”
Wolf Blitzer IDs two in custody as Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev
— Andrew Beaujon (@abeaujon) May 1, 2013
As always, take these suspect IDs with a grain of salt until confirmed by authorities.
The suspects’ hearing will reportedly occur this afternoon.
http://twitter.com/hollybdc/statuses/329631067369771010
A source tells the Globe that two of the suspects in custody are the Kazakh nationals detained for immigration violations.
BREAKING: Source tells the Globe that two of the people arrested in Marathon probe are the Kazakh nationals who appeared in immigration…
— Boston.com (@BostonDotCom) May 1, 2013
BREAKING (cont) who appeared in immigration court this morning.
— Boston.com (@BostonDotCom) May 1, 2013
WCVB also reporting 2 of 3 have been held in a county jail for more than a week on immigration violations.
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) May 1, 2013
A photo of the reported suspects, via CNN:
And CNN unblurs faces of those students pic.twitter.com/ZVfBNgwirf
— Andrew Beaujon (@abeaujon) May 1, 2013
And another:
BREAKING: (MORE) Russian Today reporting these pics are new bombing suspects Azamat Tazhayakov and Dias Kadyrbayev pic.twitter.com/CWZF6RhT2F
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) May 1, 2013
A clearer version of the photo in Times Square:
Three more arrests in #Boston bombing 2 are students friends of Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev & appear in this #TimesSquare pic pic.twitter.com/cfXiNVGGuY
— Maria Santana (@MariaSantanaCNN) May 1, 2013
And another image:
PHOTO: @WCVB shows picture of Suspect #2 with arm around 1 of 3 new suspects: pic.twitter.com/8JrhCV7YQz
— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) May 1, 2013
The #FreeJahar crowd is circulating a rumor that the third suspect is named Robel. This is an unconfirmed rumor.
Junes was not arrested. Calm down. They arrested people named Robel, Aza and Diaz.
— Free Jahar (@free_jtsar2) May 1, 2013
The 3 Guys they arrested are name "Aza Diaz & Robel".
— Free Dzhokhar (@SupportJahar) May 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/nothingbutjahar/status/329631929743855617
More from Pete Williams on the suspects:
"We were told earlier this week that FBI agents were searching in dumpsters for items that were thrown away." – @PeteWilliamsNBC re #Boston
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) May 1, 2013
https://twitter.com/Sarah_Boxer/status/329642481060823040
And from CNN assignment editor Jake Carpenter:
https://twitter.com/jakeacarpenter/status/329642922163200001
https://twitter.com/jakeacarpenter/status/329643205412941825
https://twitter.com/jakeacarpenter/status/329643244843581440
https://twitter.com/jakeacarpenter/status/329643610205192192
https://twitter.com/jakeacarpenter/status/329643644892114944
SUSPECTS TIMELINE: Law enforcment tells @jaketapper suspects say Dzhokar contacted them after his photo was out, before he was named.
— Lisa Desjardins (@LisaDNews) May 1, 2013
The Daily Caller connects the suspects to a black BMW with “Terrorista #1″ license plates.
Remember that car with the "Terrorista #1" license plate? Yep. http://t.co/xVkPgC9rs5
— China is lying (@jtLOL) May 1, 2013
The attorney for two of the suspects says his clients will plead “not guilty.”
http://twitter.com/hollybdc/statuses/329648108067749888
Looks like one of the suspects may have tried to clean up the digital trail connecting him to the younger Tsarnaev brother.
http://twitter.com/RodrigoEBR/statuses/329651826616061952
Update:
More on the suspects and charges from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Mass.:
Three men arrested in connection with Boston Marathon bombing. Conspiring to obstruct justice and false statements charges.
— U.S. Attorney MA (@DMAnews1) May 1, 2013
Three men arrested in connection with Boston Marathon will appear in federal court at 3:30 in Courtroom 19. Overflow in #20.
— U.S. Attorney MA (@DMAnews1) May 1, 2013
Multiple outlets are now reporting that the third suspect is indeed named Robel, as some were speculating earlier:
Third suspect arrested today is Robel Phillipos, 19, of Cambridge. #bostonmarathon #wbz
— Peter Wilson (@PetesWire) May 1, 2013
Criminal complaint identifies third of the three new Boston bombing suspects as Robel Phillipos.
— Charlie Kaye (@CharlieKayeNews) May 1, 2013
Now just to clarify this #breakingnews the suspects names are: Robel Phillipos, Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov
— Alex Romano (@alexromano) May 1, 2013
Robel Phillipos will reportedly be charged with making false statements:
3rd suspect arrested identified by court documents is Robel Phillipos. Complaint is "making false statements." #CNN #BREAKING
— Stephanie Gallman (@sgallman) May 1, 2013
3rd party in bombing case identified as Robel Phillipos in court documents. Accused of making false statements to investigators.
— Will Richmond (@Will_Richmond) May 1, 2013
The charges against Tazhayakov and Kadyrbayev:
'Conspiracy to obstruct justice': Read the charges against new #Boston suspects http://t.co/D6WOhBdUm1
— The Atlantic: Ideas (@TheAtlIdeas) May 1, 2013
complaint: 2 Kazakhs "admitted" they removed backpack "after concluding from news reporters that Tsarnaev was one of the…bombers"
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) May 1, 2013
Complaint: 3 suspects saw backpack w fireworks in Tsarnaev’s dorm. Suspect kadyrbayev knew then (4/18) Tsarnaev was involved. #WCVB
— Kelley Tuthill (@kelleytuthill) May 1, 2013
Complaint: Kadyrbayev decided to remove backpack to help his friend avoid trouble. #wcvb
— Kelley Tuthill (@kelleytuthill) May 1, 2013
Fox News’ Peter Doocy sent out this tweet:
Wow. 1 of 3 new suspects, Kadyrbayev, texted Tsarnaev to say he looked like bombing suspect after FBI photo release. Dzhokhar's reply: "lol"
— Peter Doocy (@pdoocy) May 1, 2013
Very bizarre if true.
Here are the purported contents of the backpack removed from the dorm room:
RT “@BradTatum: US Atty: Contents of backpack taken from suspect's dorm #7news pic.twitter.com/twau6CSWrI”
— Ryan Schulteis (@RyanSchulteis) May 1, 2013
Complaint: on 4/26 FBI recovered backpack from that New Bedford landfill. Fireworks, Vaseline, Umass homework inside. #WCVB
— Kelley Tuthill (@kelleytuthill) May 1, 2013
All three suspects have reportedly admitted to getting rid of the backpack:
Affidavit: all 3 have admitted to removing #Tsarnaev backpack from dorm room on April 18th #BostonBombings
— Adam Harding (@HardingReports) May 1, 2013
Wow:
https://twitter.com/jtes/status/329664409259618305
More coming out about the suspects:
The suspects said after watching the news they realized it was Dzhokhar in photos released by FBI. Decided to go to his dorm.
— Boston 25 News (@boston25) May 1, 2013
FBI says defendant Kadyrbayev noticed backpack with fireworks emptied of powder and decided to take the evidence to help Tsarnaev.
— Jonathan Hall (@JHall7news) May 1, 2013
MT @bradheath: #FBI says one #Boston suspect told agents he didn't know what happened to backpack because he took nap pic.twitter.com/vK95cZSv6o
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) May 1, 2013
Reported text messages from Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to Kadyrbayev:
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/329669521231192064
Background on Robel Phillipos:
Robel Phillipos' family friend says he's of Ethiopian descent, family came here more than a decade ago #WCVB
— Liam Martin (@LiamWBZ) May 1, 2013
The criminal complaint against Phillipos is available at the first link here:
Criminal complaints on today's Boston arrests at http://t.co/NTnScCUoR0 and http://t.co/suWX3j9MJ2
— Jamie Dupree (@jamiedupree) May 1, 2013
Purported photo of Phillipos:
https://twitter.com/LiamWCVB/status/329681586167615488
More from WBZ’s Jim Armstrong:
Reading criminal complaint now; just learned when Tsarnaev left the boat that night, he had his UMass ID in his pocket. #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
Suspects Kadyrbayev and Tazhaykov tell fed judge they CAN afford private attorneys. #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
Both suspects are answering judge with "yes ma'am" or just "yes". #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
Suspects are in US on student visas. Prosecutors say they are flight risks. #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
Sharyl Attkisson reports that Tazhayakov was in the U.S. on an expired visa:
CBS:Azamat Tazhayakov, one of the men charged w/obstruction of justice in the Boston bombings, was on an expired visa when he re-entered US
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) May 1, 2013
… on January 20, 2013. The visa was expired because he had “left school” on January 4, 2013…
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) May 1, 2013
More on-scene reporting from Armstrong:
Defendants now in custody of US Marshal's office. #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
Suspect Phillipos now before the judge. #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
That information was not in the databases available at the port of entry. His lawyer reportedly said today that Azamat has re-enrolled.
— Sharyl Attkisson?️♂️ (@SharylAttkisson) May 1, 2013
Phillipos faces maximum penalty of 8y in prison and $250,000 fine. #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
Judge just reprimanded him; "I suggest u pay attn to me rather than looking down." #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
Phillipos answers judge with brief "um, yes" when asked if he can afford a lawyer. #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
Prosecutors say Phillipos also poses flight risk. #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
Phillipos is now in federal custody:
And he, too, is now in federal custody. #wbz
— Jim Armstrong (@JimArmstronger) May 1, 2013
Phillipos will have his next hearing on Monday May 6.
— 7News Boston WHDH (@7News) May 1, 2013
Twitchy will monitor this developing story and update as more details become available.
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