USA-NEW YORK/AILINA TSARNAEV Sister of Boston Marathon bombers appears in court after bomb threat

Record ID: 862050

  • Title: USA-NEW YORK/AILINA TSARNAEV Sister of Boston Marathon bombers appears in court after bomb threat
  • Date: 17th December 2014
  • Summary: NEW YORK, NEW YORK, UNITED STATES (DECEMBER 17, 2014) (REUTERS) **** WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY **** VARIOUS OF AILINA TSARNAEV WALKING INTO COURT
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  • Story Text: The sister of the accused Boston Marathon bombers appeared in a New York City courtroom on Wednesday (December 17).
    Ailina Tsarnaev is accused of making a threatening phone call to a woman, telling her she could "put a bomb where you live."
    Tsarnaev, sister of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was arraigned on two counts of aggravated harassment in the second degree, a misdemeanor, in state Supreme Court in Manhattan back in September.
    She was later released on $5,000 (USD) bail, under condition that she have no contact with the alleged victim. If convicted, she faces a maximum penalty of up to a year in jail.
    During the court appearance, Tsarnaev remained silent as her lawyer, Susan Markus made several motions before the judge.
    Tsarnaev, of North Bergen, New Jersey, was accused of calling a woman in the city's Harlem neighborhood and telling her, "Leave my man alone. Stop looking at him. I know people that can put a bomb where you live," according to the criminal complaint.
    Tsarnaev's brothers are accused of killing three people and wounding more than 260 after detonating homemade bombs fashioned out of pressure cookers near the finish line of the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013.
    Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured following a massive manhunt in the days after the bombing and is awaiting trial in November on terrorism charges. His older brother, Tamerlan, was killed following a shoot-out with police.
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