Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Next witness: Major Frank Hughes, Mass. State Police.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes was/is Director of Investigative Services; he's called to respond to MIT on the 18th for an officer shot.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes says he was alerted about the MIT shooting & the carjacking on April 18 & 19, 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes says he was listening to radio traffic on his way to Watertown, heard about the explosions @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes next gets the call about a carjacking... and after that he gets call to Watertown.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes says investigators responded to Spruce & Lincoln St where the stolen black Mercedes SUV was found @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes gets to Watertown to find roads shut down over fear of explosive devices being in the street.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes says tactical teams - SWAT - were coordinated & deployed overnight. The area was cordoned off into 4 quadrants @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Intersection of Spruce and Lincoln Streets is where the Mercedes SUV is found abandoned, Hughes tells jury.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes says the teams began going door to door about an hour before sunrise. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes explains how police officers are stationed around all these streets, search teams are sent out. #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes: we next progressed to house-to-house searches, during which we try to get into homes to look for the suspect who fled.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes: Governor Patrick is consulted every hour or so by this point; then, a 5am meeting with police chiefs & law enforcement.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes says there was a meeting with high ranking officials sometime before 5am to decide what to do. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Hughes: "The governor had requested that a shelter in place take place in 6 communities" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes explains the shelter in place was lifted at about 6pm, manhunt not over @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes: we took several security steps; incl. MBTA police, MSP at Logan airport, undercover at airport, et al.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes: Governor asks for "shelter in place" in 6 communities; ask public to stay at home, not drive, until further notice.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes: Shelter-in-place ends around 6pm on 4/19 but manhunt continues; MSP airwing takes back to the sky; more house to house searches.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes: we get a call from a resident on Franklin Street; he calls 911 to say he thinks someone is in his boat in his backyard.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes: Watertown police received a 911 call from a gentleman at 67 Franklin St in Watertown @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes says the air wing was deployed over the house, neighborhood shut down & police agencies surrounded the area @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes on the Watertown boat discovery: "I believe every type of law enforcement agency in the area was there" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes: we set up a perimeter around that boat.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes: suspect was taken out of boat.
Do you see him in court?
Hughes points at #Tsarnaev, who stares ahead.
That's it from govt.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Watkins will cross examine MSP Major Hughes for the defense.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Prosecution is done with direct questioning. Tim Watkins is doing cross examination for the defense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes says it may have been an hour & a half from when #Tsarnaev was found & when he was arrested @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
How long from when everybody arrived to #Tsarnaev arrest?
- Maybe an hour and a half.
Most were self-deployed?
- I don't know.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Watkins: you arrived after the gunfire at the boat?
-Yes.
W: you did not see the boat?
-No.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes on seeing #Tsarnaev that night: "I saw him travel by me on a stretcher" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Watkins is asking Hughes about "flash-bangs" - Hughes says it disorients the person @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Watkins: they used flash-bang grenades at the boat scene; are they used to make blinding flash of light?
Hughes: they disorient people, yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Watkins: there were several thrown into the boat, right? and there was no reaction from #Tsarnaev?
Hughes: they were done over time.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes agrees on cross examination that there was no reaction from #Tsarnaev after several flash-bangs @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The jury is now seeing #Tsarnaev as he is coming out of the boat, bloodied, with his hands up @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes is now shown one of the famous images of #Tsarnaev leaving the boat.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Jurors seeing that picture now; he's got right hand up, wearing what looks to be same grey/blue/yellow hoodie from that ATM surveillance.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Re-direct:
What's the purpose of a flashbang?
- To disorient someone and encourage a surrender.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense presses Hughes on what #Tsarnaev was wearing & if he was bloody - Hughes said he had a blanket on when he saw him on stretcher @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Was there a concern #Tsarnaev was armed?
- "Absolutely".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Defense done with cross. Prosecution asks if #Tsarnaev surrendered. "Numerous requests were made, they were ignored" @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
W: And there was never a reaction from #Tsarnaev?
Hughes: not that I know of, no.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Hughes agrees law enforcement thought #Tsarnaev was armed. Hughes is done. @NECN

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
That is all from both sides; the major is excused.

Next witness will be the owner of the Slipaway II where #Tsarnaev hid.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
The government calls boat owner David Henneberry, then asks for a sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Lawyers call for sidebar; more jazz piano.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Post-sidebar: turns out, the boat's owner David Henneberry is not here today. So court ends early.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
After sidebar, judge says we will stop for the day before Henneberry's testimony. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge reminds jurors not to visit locations in Watertown that were mentioned today. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Judge: before I send u home, "Please don't go to Watertown" to see any of these locations for yourself.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 1h 1 hour ago
Court stands in recess until Tuesday at 9am.
#Tsarnaev
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 19m 19 minutes ago
Witness James Floyd describes watching Watertown firefight with #Tsarnaev brothers, reviews photos from street.

 

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Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 2h 2 hours ago
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Some of the photos from Andrew Kitzenberg.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
More from AM boat tour.

 

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The Boston Globe ‏@BostonGlobe 22m22 minutes ago
"If I had seen blood out there, I wouldn’t have investigated it” David Henneberry said in 2013 http://ow.ly/KpkA4

 

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BostInno ‏@BostInno 3h3 hours ago
The government could rest its case against Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev in a week & a half http://buff.ly/1BJgChT

 

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$ayaam ♛ ‏@sayaamk 2h2 hours ago
Police Shot The Boat Tsarnaev Hid In During The Boston Bombing Manhunt More Than 100 Times http://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/police-shot-the-boat-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-hid-in-during-boston …

 

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Peter Wilson ‏@PetesWire 2h2 hours ago
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Sketch: Jury views boat where Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured.
Credit: Jane Rosenberg

 

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New details emerge from Boston bombing trial

Alex Witt and New England Cable News reporter Alysha Palumbo discuss the latest details from witness testimony at the Boston bombing trial.

http://www.msnbc.com/alex-witt/watch/new-details-emerge-from-boston-bombing-trial-413215299575
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Tsarnaev and Jury View Boat at Undisclosed Location

http://www.boston.com/news/local/ma...story.html?s_campaign=bcom:socialflow:twitter
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Cops Recall Deadly Shootout with Boston Bombing Suspects

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/bo...ects-boat-where-dzhokhar-tsarnaev-hid-n324231

(Police officers guard the entrance to Franklin street where there was an active crime scene search for the suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings on April 19, 2013, in Watertown, Mass.)

(Police with guns drawn search for a suspect on April 19, 2013 in Watertown, Massachusetts.)

(Jurors see the boat where DzhokharTsarnaev was hiding when he was captured.)

 

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At least 110 Bullet Holes on Boat Where Tsarnaev Was Caught (video)

http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/bo...-holes-boat-where-tsarnaev-was-caught-n324301

 

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Jim Armstrong retweeted
Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 19h 19 hours ago
NEW: A pipe bomb tossed at police during Tsarnaev shootout.
@JimArmstrongWBZ wraps today's testimony at 6 pm on #WBZ

Jim Armstrong retweeted
Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 19h 19 hours ago
NEW: The evidence markers after #Watertown shootout with Tsarnaevs
@JimArmstrongWBZ wraps testimony at 6 pm on #WBZ

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Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 21h 21 hours ago
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The capture and arrest.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5h 5 hours ago
Day 8 of trial to begin w/ testimony of #Watertown man who found #Tsarnaev hiding in his boat (now in evidence).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
I'm back at federal court for the 8th day of the #Tsarnaev trial. Watertown boat owner David Henneberry is expected to testify first @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Courtroom 9 is filling up in anticipation of a very busy day - lots of testimony about forensics & the various crime scenes.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
No explanation for the delay in #Tsarnaev this morning; lawyers are here and gallery is pretty much full; no defendant, judge or jury yet.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
We are still waiting for the jury & judge so testimony can begin. #Tsarnaev has not been brought in yet either @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Bill & Denise Richard are talking with AUSA Nadine Pellegrini as we await the start of court @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev enters court; rubbing his hands together, looking down.
Jurors enter, Judge says "Happy St. Patrick's Day."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is in court in a black suit & light blue button down collared shirt. Jury and judge are in court now too. @NECN

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The government's first witness of the day is Watertown boat owner David Henneberry. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt immediately calls David Henneberry, the Watertown boat owner.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry is a lifelong Watertown resident; calls his neighborhood around Franklin Street busy but quiet.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry says he owned a 1981 Seabird boat called Slipaway II back in April 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
HenneberryL I always kept the boat in my yard for the winters, after having it shrink-wrapped.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry says in the winter he would have the boat shrink wrapped & towed to his yard @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry says the boat covering had a zippered opening so he could check on the boat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry: We got shelter-in-place call on 4/19, watched police activity out his window. Noticed part of boat's shrink-wrap looked loose.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
But Henneberry did not go out to investigate, "I didn't wanna be in the back yard" until they called off the shelter in place at 6pm.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry said he noticed two of the "chaffing guards" were out of place and the shrink wrap looked loose @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry says when the shelter in place was lifted he went to inspect his boat, got a ladder & put it up to the boat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry: I went out to fix the boat; I thought something came loose in the wind. I got my ladder to look...
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
H: "I noticed a lot of blood...on the deck of the boat, inside."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
H: "It like somebody got a bad cut, dripping, smudge. Not a huge amount, but enough."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry on the blood: "I'm standing on the ladder looking in the door, where does it come from?" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry: "My eyes looked at the other side of the boat, that's when I saw the body in the boat" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
H: I followed the path of the blood, there was more as I looked.
"That's when I saw a body in the boat."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
H: "I could see his boots, or shoes, black. I could see his pants..." A hooded sweatshirt pulled up over his head.
"No movement at all."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry says he got off the ladder as quick as he could, his wife handed him he phone & he called 911 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
H: I quickly went back inside, my wife could tell something was wrong, I called 911.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Henneberry now sees photos from night of 4/19, his ladder still resting against his boat.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The jury is now seeing photos of Henneberry's house, boat, backyard & ladder @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The jury is now seeing this photo of Henneberry's boat, look closely & you can see the bullet holes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Here's another angle of Henneberry's boat after the Watertown manhunt @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Henneberry now sees police photos of his boat from the day after the capture, surrounded by police tape.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
A close up photo of the pencil shows blood on the tip of it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Henneberry says he knows this was his pencil because it has his step son's company name on it - Duffy Plumbing Corp @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
#Tsarnaev was lying in his boat along side the engine block, which runs the length of that part of the vessel.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Weinreb asks Henneberry if that solid engine is enough "to stop bullets".
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Now seeing pictures taken from inside the forward berth of the boat; inside, pictures of a sharpened pencil, blood on the tip.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Henneberry: I left that pencil in the boat when I prepped it for winter; the pencil has a logo from my stepson's company.
#Tsarnaev

im Armstrong retweeted
Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 4h 4 hours ago
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The boat.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Jurors are seeing the bloody pencil tip now; they are scrutinizing it.
Henneberry says there was no blood on it when he put it there.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Pencil says "Duffy Plumbing" on it; it is Henneberry's stepson's company.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Henneberry now sees the handwritten note on his boat; says it was certainly not there when he wrapped up the vessel for winter.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
Henneberry is looking at photos of blood stained, bullet-riddled writing in his boat - says not there when boat was wrapped @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 4h 4 hours ago
The jury is now seeing a photo of wooden slats inside the boat that have writing carved into them @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Carving in wooden slats reads, "Stop killing our innocent people and we will stop" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
Jury seeing photos of two wooden slats now; you can see writing carved into both boards. Capital letters.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 4h 4 hours ago
That's it for Henneberry by the prosecution; Defense atty. Tim Watkins will cross-examine him.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Watkins: you looked at your boat on the 20th?
H: no, I didn't.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry: I never looked at the back of the boat on April 20th; I wasn't allowed there. But I can recognize these pictures.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong retweeted
Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 3h 3 hours ago
@JimArmstrongWBZ
Another shot of boat.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry says under cross examination he was never allowed to go back to his boat to see what it looked like in person @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Henneberry says he has seen the photos of the boat, blood & bullet holes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Another photo of Henneberry's boat, with torn shrink wrap hanging down & ladder propped up to it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Jury is looking at a photo of the back of the Slipaway II with the swim platform facing them. Defense points out blood drops @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Watkins: This blood, these bullet holes - they weren't there before April 19th?
Henneberry: No they were not.

#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Watkins is now showing Henneberry pictures taken inside the boat after "the incident" had ended. Blood, debris, evidence markers.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
In this next picture, Henneberry recognizes his boat toolkit he had left packed in his boat. It is open.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense points out bullet holes in the name of the boat, more blood smudged on the edge of the boat @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury is now seeing a photo of blood smeared on the deck of the boat, near some clothes & a life vest @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Jury is seeing a photo of a tool kit & pencil that had been in his boat. Perhaps what was used to write & carve the messages @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Watkins: "Nothing further"

Henneberry steps down.

#Tsarnaev.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense is done with Henneberry @NECN #Tsarnaev

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The next government witness is Stephen Silva. He looks at #Tsarnaev as he's brought into court @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Next witness: Stephen Silva, arriving cuffed and in gray prison garb. He shoots an angry stare at #Tsarnaev as he walks past defense table.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva is 21, from Boston.
He's incarcerated on gun and drug (heroin) charges, he tells jurors. He's pleaded guilty. Case is pending.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva was brought into court in handcuffs & a tan prison outfit, says he's been in jail 8 months for heroin & gun possession @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he made a plea agreement with the government @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he understands if he cooperates he may get a better sentence at sentencing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva keeps looking over at #Tsarnaev, who is now sitting forward in his seat, kind of hunching his shoulders.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Jury is reading Silva's plea agreement; he gets a better sentencing deal, maybe, if he cooperates in this case.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: "I was close friends with him, I recognize him," he says of #Tsarnaev
First met in 8th grade; saw each other every day.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he was good friends with Dzhokhar, met him in the 8th grade, remained friends through high school @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: "He's a person I would consider one of my best friends back in the day" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva and jury see June, 2011 graduation photo of the two men in their robes, locking hands.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Dzhokhar's head is down as Silva testifies @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he kept in touch with #Tsarnaev even though they went to different colleges @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says his twin brother Steven was good friends with #Tsarnaev too @NECN

im Armstrong retweeted
Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 3h 3 hours ago
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Stephen Silva, from a previous run-in with law enforcement.

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Both men went off to college, but kept in touch on Facebook, text messages.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva testifies he made money in college by selling weed and lifeguarding at a Harvard pool, with #Tsarnaev.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva made money selling weed here in high school and then in college in Florida during freshman year.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Summer after freshman year, the men were back hanging out together, smoking, drinking, going back to the pool.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says on a typical day in the summer he & #Tsarnaev would drive around, smoke weed, drink, jump off cliffs @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Goes to Florida, but Silva is back in Mass by late 2012, lives w/ brother & friend in apartment together.
Silva is back selling marijuana.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: it felt necessary to leave Boston "my mother told me police came to my house looking for me, something drug related" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev would visit that apartment a few times a month, Silva testifies.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he went to Florida for a while, sold more marijuana, then came back & lived with his brother & friend in Revere @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says #Tsarnaev would come to his house a few times a month, they would communicate a couple times a week @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says his brother was robbed in October 2012, after that they talked about getting a gun for protection @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva & co. were scared about getting robbed of cash and weed, due to their business and clientele.
They talk about getting gun for safety.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
End of 2012, Silva is given a gun by a friend who needs to get rid of *his* gun. From his friend Howie, he tells jury.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva said a friend asked for a favor to "hold down" a gun for him because "he needed to get it out of his house" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he put it in a ceiling panel in his apt in Revere. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he told his brother and a few close friends, including #Tsarnaev @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva's fast-paced talk and mumbling force the court reporter to ask him to repeat himself. That almost never happens.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva tells #Tsarnaev he has a gun.

Silva uses that gun "to commit a robbery" at a drug deal in 12/2012.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he used the gun "to commit a robbery" at a drug deal in Cambridge with his friend Nicholas @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva & accomplice "Nicholas" take the gun to Cambridge; they robbed a couple people who "were in a state of shock".
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he took the money, put it in his pocket, Nicholas pulled out the gun, left the car @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva tells #Tsarnaev about robbery; "he laughed," Silva says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he also took the gun to a New Years Eve party "I was just being stupid, wanted to show it off" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva next takes gun to a friend's New Year's Eve party in Medford.
"I was just being stupid; I wanted to show it off."
#Tsarnaev sees it.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says #Tsarnaev was at this New Year's Eve party when he brought the gun @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Throughout his testimony Silva seems very put out to be here, often answers questions in an annoyed tone @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
In January, Silva says he & #Tsarnaev talk about the gun again.
#Tsarnaev asks to borrow the gun.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva "He said he wanted to rip some kids from URI."
(Rip = rob, he explains.)

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says #Tsarnaev asked in January 2013 if he could use the gun "he wanted to go rip (rob) some kids from URI" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says #Tsarnaev came to his apt to pick up the gun a few weeks later with Dias Kadyrbayev @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: #Tsarnaev brings friend Dias to "hang out, chill, smoke weed" one day at Silva's apartment.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva shows them all the gun, which he kept in a ceiling panel hidden in a sock. #Tsarnaev handles it, tried to pass to Dias, who refused.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva and friends talk about the ammo he had.
"Gun was black...looked a little rusty...serial number was obliterated."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
It said "P-95" and it also said "Ruger".
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he took the gun out of the ceiling panel, it was stored in a sock, about 10 rounds of ammo was in another sock @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says the gun was black, a little rusty, serial number was obliterated @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says #Tsarnaev took the gun, didn't really say anything @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury is now looking at a photo of the rusty gun. Prosecutor Aloke Chakravarty brings out an evidence box @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
AUSA Chakravarty now puts on a rubber glove, opens a white box marked evidence/biohazard and "suspect firearm".
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense attorney Miriam Conrad examines the gun, before Chakravarty holds it up to Silva @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense team inspects the Ruger; #Tsarnaev doesn't seem to be looking.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he gave that gun to #Tsarnaev in February 2013 @NECN

 

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Ruger is held up in front of Silva; he immediately recognizes it as his gun.
Says he gave it to #Tsarnaev in Feb., 2013.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: I thought I would get the gun back in "a couple weeks at most."
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he was expecting to get the gun back shortly after he gave it to him "within a couple weeks at most" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says #Tsarnaev came back to the apartment to pick up the gun & ammunition @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: #Tsarnaev eventually comes to get gun and asks "for food for the dog", his code for bullets.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says #Tsarnaev picked up the gun alone in a friend's car @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: #Tsarnaev was alone when he came to get the gun; he was driving a UMass Dartmouth friend's black Camaro.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: a few weeks later, I ask #Tsarnaev if I can have my gun back.
"Howie" (original owner) was looking for it by this time.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says his friend Howie was asking for the gun back, so he asked #Tsarnaev for the gun @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he kept asking #Tsarnaev for the gun back, "he just kept coming up with excuses, beating around the bush" @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: Howie originally had to get rid of the gun because his mom searched his room, FYI.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: I kept asking for the gun back, but he wouldn't give it.
#Tsarnaev "just kept coming up with excuses. I was in a rush..."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: #Tsarnaev "was a very good student in high school." He had a high GPA, high 80s; struggled early in college, got better 2nd semester.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he knew #Tsarnaev was pretty good student in high school, kind of struggled 1st semester of college, improved 2nd semester @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says during a terrorism discussion in high school #Tsarnaev criticized American foreign policy @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva took high school class with #Tsarnaev; conversation turned to terrorism.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: we were asked is terrorism ever justified.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: #Tsarnaev said "American foreign policy tends to be a little hostile to the middle east, persecuting Muslims"

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: #Tsarnaev said US "tends to be a little hostile towards the Middle East, going to war, trying to take over people's culture" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: #Tsarnaev said "Americans shouldn't be able to go anywhere they want to force them to believe what they believe" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury is looking at photos of the Cambridge home where the #Tsarnaev brothers lived @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: At #Tsarnaev's house, I once met his brother's wife.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: I was in #Tsarnaev's room on top bunk, we were watching "The Walking Dead".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Jurors now seeing still photos of #Tsarnaev family home; interiors of the bunk beds; the computer on which they watched "Walking Dead".

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The jury has now seen photos of Dzhokhar's bunk bed, computer & black flag with white writing on it hung on his wall @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva testifies he lived in the apartment building next to the Shell & Mobil gas stations where carjacking victim escaped @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says #Tsarnaev often went to his apt. off Memorial Dr. in Cambridge; it's a stone's throw from gas stations visited night of carjack.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says the two men went to the gas station there all the time, bought snacks, drinks, blunts.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
“@RalphHornsby: @AlyshaNECN @NECN Is this cross or direct?” Still direct

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Prosecutor asks if Silva ever saw #Tsarnaev wearing a knit Red Sox hat. Silva says yes @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva also positively IDing a Red Sox knit hat often worn by #Tsarnaev. Next, a photo of #Tsarnaev in his bedroom.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he went to the New Bedford apt of Dias Kadyrbayev & Azamat Tazhayakov 1 time in spring 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: I have also been to apt. of Dias and Azamat, down in New Bedford; they were #Tsarnaev's friends from UMass Dartmouth.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva recognizes most people in a NYC Times Square photo of 5 people, in which you see #Tsarnaev, Dias, and Azamat.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva has now identified Azamat & Dias from the widely publicized photo of #Tsarnaev on a trip to NYC @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says the last time he saw #Tsarnaev was a day or two after his 20th birthday in April 2013 to buy marijuana with Dias @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: Last time I saw #Tsarnaev it was early April, 2013 at the parking lot of my mother's apartment complex (behind the Mem Dr. Shell).

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: #Tsarnaev wanted to purchase marijuana that day; he had Dias with him.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he & his twin brother were selling marijuana to Dzhokhar & Dias that day, Silva asked again for the gun @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: #Tsarnaev wanted to purchase marijuana that day; he had Dias with him.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva asks #Tsarnaev again about the gun. He gave me "another excuse".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: "I told the defendant I loved him" and then he left.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: "I told the defendant I loved him & got out of the car" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says after the marathon Dzhokhar's phone had been turned off so he reached out to him through Twitter @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: Thursday night, 4/18, I see photos of him at the Shell gas station on the news.
He does NOT recognize Tamerlan.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he had talked to #Tsarnaev about the marathon but only when Dzhokhar went to it in 2012 with his brother @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he had never met Tamerlan before.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Shown a photo of Tamerlan, Silva says he doesn't know him and has never met him. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says when he saw Dzhokhar was a suspect in the marathon bombings "I was in a state of acute shock disbelief, paranoia" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is carrying the energy drink Red Bull in this picture from the Shell convenience store.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva sees the picture of #Tsarnaev and freaks out; he throws out his phone, stops selling weed, becomes paranoid.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
But by late 2013, Silva is selling again: cocaine, Molly, Rx drugs. "I had to accommodate my clientele," he tells jurors.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he stopped selling marijuana in April, then started selling cocaine & Molly in the fall of 2013, was arrested @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva gets arrested at JFK/UMASS station at end of 2013, posts bond, gets out and keeps selling...through 2014

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
When he got out Silva sold heroin to a confidential informant, was arrested again. Charged w/conspiracy to distribute heroin @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev seems to be looking in Silva's direction as he continues on the stand @NECN

Jim Armstrong retweeted
Peter Wilson @PetesWire · 3h 3 hours ago
@JimArmstrongWBZ
The Times Square photo.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
We circle back to Silva's plea agreement now. He faces 5-7 years he believes; hoping to get less time by cooperating here.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he faces mandatory sentence of 5-7 years in prison, says sentence could be reduced if he cooperates with govt @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva also bragged to that confidential informant about the gun he gave to #Tsarnaev; says he was being stupid then too.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: "I have not received no promises," just told to be cooperative and helpful.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The judge has decided we will take our morning break. Silva is brought out first then #Tsarnaev @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Before leaving the courtroom Silva testified "I discussed the possibility of whacking somebody" with confidential informant @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva looked sad & disappointed as he entered and left court, looking in Dzhokhar's direction @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva is led out of court; #Tsarnaev lingers in courtroom, then is escorted out himself.

 

[YESorNO]

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is back in court after the morning break, adjusting his collar as he walks in, then chatting with his attorneys @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev re-enters courtroom, adjusting collar of the suit jacket he presumably puts on seconds before entering.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
#Tsarnaev is engaged in conversation w/ lawyers - doesn't look up at old best friend Stephen Silva as he re-enters court and passes him.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Witness and inmate Stephen Silva has been brought back into court. Again he's dressed in a tan prison outfit @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Awkward silence: Silva on stand, US Marshals everywhere, we await judge/jury.
#Tsarnaev

 

[YESorNO]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
We begin.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva admits he also told the confidential informant that he considered "whacking" someone, paying someone to do it.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Back from morning break, Silva says he never followed through on his threat to have someone whacked @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: I've seen #Tsarnaev get angry a couple times, like when I called him a Russian refugee.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says #Tsarnaev was proud of his Chechen heritage "he would get upset, get angry, say shut up, I'm not Russian" @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: He'd get angry, tell me to shut up, I'm not a Russian.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva: When #Tsarnaev got mad at me, he'd call me a name that meant infidel, or non-believer.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says #Tsarnaev called him a "caffer" a "non-believer or infidel" @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Prosecution done. Miriam Conrad is doing cross examination for defense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Direct exam is done, Miriam Conrad rises to handle the Silva cross examination. She has her laptop and three full binders with her.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: did #Tsarnaev ever talk to you about religion?
Silva: not really, no.
C: You told the same thing to Rolling Stone magazine?
S: Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad gets Silva to admit he talked to Rolling Stone about #Tsarnaev under the pseudonym "Sam" @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva went by "Sam" in the Rolling Stone article.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: You were shocked post-bombing b/c you'd never seen #Tsarnaev do anything like that?
Silva: Yes

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says of Dzhokhar "I've never seen him violent" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Under cross examination Silva admits he posted on Facebook that he thought Tamerlan had influenced Dzhokhar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Didn't you say at the time, even post on Facebook, that it must have been #Tsarnaev's brother who got him into it?
-Yes, I did.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: You told FBI you felt "150% that Tamerlan" influenced #Tsarnaev?
Objection.
Sustained.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Under cross Silva admits Dzhokhar never showed animosity for the U.S. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: #Tsarnaev was well-liked, popular, "one of the realest and coolest kids you knew"?
Silva: yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Was he violent?
"No, I never seen him violent."

#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: He was humble?

Silva: "Yes, he was."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
C: You never heard him say he had resentment about America?
S: No.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: you guys smoked weed, went up to Swampscott to jump off cliffs, chased girls?
Silva: yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad:"In fact it was you who introduced him to smoke marijuana" Silva says he doesn't think he smoked w/him his 1st time @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad asks if Silva knew he was easily influenced, was someone who was easily corrupted -government objects, judge sustains @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: didn't you tell the govt you used peer pressure to get #Tsarnaev to smoke weed?
Silva: I can't recall.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: you knew #Tsarnaev was easy to influence?
Objection.
Sustained.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: didn't you post online how easy it was to corrupt #Tsarnaev?
Objection.
Sustained.

 

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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: "Did he tell you you don't want to meet my brother?" Silva: "Yes he did." @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva:he said his brother was very strict very opinionated & since I wasn't a Muslim he would give me a little s*** for that @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: did you use peer pressure to get Dzhokhar to smoke marijuana? Silva starts to refute that claim, Conrad interrupts @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: that's what you told the prosecutor. Silva: I didn't force him to smoke weed, we were smoking weed together @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad got Silva to agree when he went to Dzhokhar's Cambridge apt he didn't know if the flag, computer, etc were his @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
C: you were friends for 6 or 7 years and you never went to his house until that one time?
S: correct

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
C: did he tell you, 'you don't want to meet my brother?'
S: yes.
C: did you ask him what that meant?
S: yes

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad wants Silva to talk about the fear #Tsarnaev had of his older brother, but keeps getting objected to.
Judge finally calls a sidebar.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Very fast sidebar; just a few piano notes.
Conrad is back.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad is showing Silva a copy of an earlier statement he gave; "This is for impeachment" she tells the judge over another objection.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Last August Silva told govt he used peer pressure to convince #Tsarnaev to smoke weed; now he says he misspoke last August.
Conrad pounces.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Govt objections are now being overruled

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad flips through binder, moves on to pics from #Tsarnaev bedroom.
"That was the only time you'd been there, right?"

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
- Do you know who else might have used the computer in there?
- No I do not.
- Or whose items were there?
- No I do not.

#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: Now to the gun.
You showed #Tsarnaev the gun long before he asked to borrow it, right?
- I don't remember exact date.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad is now asking Silva to clarify his timeline of when he showed Dzhokhar the gun, talked about loaning it to him @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
-You kept asking for the gun back?
- Yes I did.
- But he never gave it back?
- No.

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva now says it was sometime in January or February. Originally said January. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he didn't believe Dzhokhar's excuses. Conrad: "What if he gave it to somebody else?" Objection. Sustained. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
- You didn't believe his excuses?
- No, he was BSing me.
- Did you believe he still had it? Gave it to someone else?
- objection

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says he didn't believe Dzhokhar's excuses. Conrad: "What if he gave it to somebody else?" Objection. Sustained. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: Would you have loaned him the gun if he told you it was for his brother? Objection. Overruled. Silva: No. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad is now reviewing the lies Silva admits he has told prosecutors - recently - about using the gun for robbery himself.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: You did this to get your sentence lowered?
Silva: "I'm hoping to get the best deal I can possibly get."

#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: your original sentencing date was today - but you wanted to testify here first to get yourself a good deal, & govt wanted that too?

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
That earns an objection, and Conrad moves on, now reviewing Silva's plea agreement that requires "substantial assistance" from him.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad points out Silva's sentencing date was originally scheduled for today, it was postponed so he could testify. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad shows Silva's plea agreement saying request for a reduced sentence "rests solely in the discretion of the U.S. Atty" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: so it's up to the prosecutor to decide to recommend a lower sentence?
Silva: yes.

#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: I have nothing further for you, Mr. Silva. Thank you very much.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense is done with cross examination. Prosecution is doing redirect with Silva @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Chakravarty shows Silva his plea deal, asks him to explain what it means to him. Silva says he can't lie, hide the truth @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Jury now reading along... Silva says he knows his testimony here can't be used against him and he must tell the truth today.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says as he understands it, a judge is ultimately able to reduce his sentence - or not - regardless of what US Atty's office suggests.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Chakravarty has Silva read a heading in the plea deal "court not bound by agreement" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Chakravarty "does that say the sentence to be imposed is in the sole discretion of the court?" Silva: yes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva says his understanding of the plea deal is "if I give truthful testimony I stand the best chance at sentencing" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Prosecution done. Defense is doing re-cross of Silva, asking more about plea agreement @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Redirect is done, Conrad wants to do recross now.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: the govt. can cancel your plea deal if you do something they don't like?
Silva: Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: you have in fact lied to them right? Silva: yes. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
C: You have in fact lied to them, right?
Silva: (long pause) yes.
C: You lied about robbery, right?
S: yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: has gov't told you they won't help you now because you've lied already?
Silva: No.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: you have violated the terms of the plea agreement. Has the government informed you it's going to cancel your plea? @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva gets a very confused and almost angry look on his face, as he explains he knows nothing about any of that. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: or because you've had friends visit you with fake IDs? or because you're making homemade alcohol?
-Objection.
-Sustained.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense is done with Silva and he is taken back to holding with US Marshals @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Silva steps down, with a sideways glance at #Tsarnaev.