Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Jury Trial - discussion *GUILTY*

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  • #821
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Post-sidebar, Conrad continues asking about "The Sovereign", referencing photocopies of this issue.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Newspaper did not make it in as evidence; Conrad moves on to the kitchen junk drawer that was taken into evidence.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Back from sidebar, Conrad shows the paper just to Derks, judge has not allowed it to be admitted @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad now shows jury a photo of the contents of the kitchen draw, focuses on soup can top with black smudging on it @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad gets Derks to agree that the FBI also seized 2 laptops from the bedroom that was not Dzhokhar's room @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: You took 3 computers out of that apt, right? The desktop we talked about plus 2 laptops?
Derks: I'd have to look at my notes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad shows Derks the paperwork with the inventory of the rooms.
He now recalls the 2 laptops being seized by the FBI.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad now shows Derks a Russian airplane ticket/travel document receipt for Tamerlan #Tsarnaev dated 7/17/12 @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad asks about a Russian airplane ticket for Tamerlan found in apt.
She admits it as evidence, over 2 gov't objections.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
The airplane ticket receipt is for a Russian airline company called Aeroflot @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: This is more of a receipt than a ticket, from July, 2012.
Airline is Aeroflot, the Russian airline.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad asks Derks: Did you recover a book about Islam? Prosecution objects. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad: did you also search an apartment in New Bedford?
Derks: yes.
C: did you find a book about Islam?
Objection - beyond scope of direct.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
This book about Islam was allegedly found in the search of the New Bedford apt, prosecution argues it's beyond the scope @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad moves on...
and ends.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Defense done with cross. Chakravarty begins brief redirect @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Chakravarty asks over defense objection if a number of people lived in the 410 Norfolk St apt - Derks says yes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Re-direct: did a lot of people live at the #Tsarnaev apartment?
-Yes.
Did you find a lot of docs belonging to Dzhokhar?
-Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
- There was a variety of objects found in that home from different people?
- Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Recross: You know many docs with Tamerlan's name and Katherine's name were in apt.? And the kids' room belonged to their daughter?
-Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Conrad asks if Derks knows many objects from apt have Tamerlan's fingerprints on them.
Govt objects, gets sustained, but she makes her point

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Chakravarty asks if documents belonging to Dzhokhar were found in the apt - Derks says yes. Redirect done. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 3h 3 hours ago
Overall defense strategy here: show the Norfolk St. apt belonged to Tamerlan and family, not to Dzhokhar.
 
  • #822
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt and defense doing some "housekeeping" now; announcing agreement on the ownership history of the carjacked Mercedes SUV.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Both sides agree (or "stipulate", as judge explains to jury) about the contents of Tamerlan's wallet (IDs, credit cards, cash, receipts).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
Before the next witness is called the prosecution & defense have a couple of stipulations @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 3h 3 hours ago
AUSA Mellin says both sides stipulate the Mercedes was leased to Dun Meng on or about 3/5/13 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Now defense attorney Judy Clarke shows the jury a photo of the contents of a wallet that were previously unavailable @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
This is the contents of the wallet found in the back of the Honda Civic - money, several photos of #Tsarnaev as well as receipts @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury saw close ups of receipts for 2 backpacks & a money gram from Tamerlan to his mom the day before the marathon bombings @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
These receipts include the purchase of a soldering gun (recall one was found in Norfolk St. apt).
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Also in Tamerlan's wallet, handwritten note with the addresses of 3 New Hampshire WalMart stores.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
...The receipt for 2 backpacks bought from the Target in Watertown, MA & a MoneyGram from Shaw's market sending $900 to "Zubeidat Tsarnaeva"

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
That $900 went from Tamerlan to his (and Dzhokhar's) mom in Russia, the receipt confirms, the day before the Boston Marathon bombings.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Other receipts show purchase from Stateline Guns, Ammo & Archery in Plaistow, NH on 4/11/13 @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #823
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
The next government witness is FBI Special Agent Christian Fierabend, on the violent crimes squad @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend: the pressure cookers used on Boylston Street and Laurel Street are sold exclusively by Macy's. The Fagor brand.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend says the Fagor Elite pressure cookers used in the marathon bombings & Watertown were sold exclusively at Macy's @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend says on Boylston St 6 quart pressure cookers were used. On Laurel St a 4 quart pressure cooker was used @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fieraband: The FBI got sales records from the entire US for 4 qt and 6 qt Fagor pressure cookers.
Only 3 of them were paid for in cash in MA

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
2 Fagors were sold in Boston and 1 Fagor was sold in Saugus, Fierabend testifies.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fieraband just flew through it, but the FBI tracked every purchase in the country of those Fagor pressure cookers, using Macy's records.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
All but 3 of the cookers were paid for using credit cards, he testified.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend says in entire US, 4,000 6QT pressure cookers & 74 4QT pressure cookers were sold in the 7 months before bombings @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend says 5 of the 4QT pressure cookers sold were paid for in cash, 3 of them purchased in MA, 2 in Boston @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend is about to testify re: GPS used to track, we presume, the purchase of those pressure cookers. As govt tries to admit, sidebar.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend says they were able to plot on a map the GPS data from the Garmin Nuvi found in the stolen Mercedes @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
There was a Garmin GPS device found in the carjacked Mercedes SUV from which coordinates were extracted; that's the issue at sidebar now.
 
  • #824
Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar ends. Govt wins; GPS evidence is admitted.
Fierabend created a map with the data taken from a portable Garmin.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend says they were able to compare that extracted GPS data to the records of pressure cookers sold in MA @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense requests a sidebar, judge allows @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Back from sidebar, AUSA Bill Weinreb brings up a map of GPS plot points from Jan 31, 2013 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Weinreb stresses that this Garmin was found in the Mercedes but you can't know which vehicle it's in when plotting points @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
AUSA Weinreb: this isn't a Mercedes GPS, right? It was just found in there?
- Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors are seeing a map of the area; with a black trail of travel.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Exhibit shows the GPS device stopped at 8:13pm on 1/31/13 at the Square One Mall in Saugus, left at 8:42pm @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
GPS shows a stop at Square One Mall in Saugus for about 30 minutes, for example, on 1/31/2013 around 8pm.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Saugus was another location where a pressure cooker was purchased in cash @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend now reviews Macy's data; on Jan. 31, 2013, a 4qt and a 6qt pressure cooker were sold in Saugus.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Purchases of pressure cookers appear to be just moments before the GPS tracks the car moving again, leaving the mall.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend says that purchase would have happened just before the GPS resumed at 8:42pm @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Govt points out: we can't tell who was in car, who bought what, etc.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Records show another 6QT pressure cooker was purchased in cash at 2:17pm on 3/17/13 at the Square One Mall @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend: there were also portable GPS devices in #Tsarnaev's father's car. One device shows travel into NH on 3/6

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
On a new map, with travel routes plotted, the GPS shows a stop near a WalMart in Hudson.
An earlier stop was in Amherst, NH.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Now jury sees a new GPS map showing stops at 3 Walmart stores in NH on 3/6/13 - these stops were matched to receipts @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
This GPS was from the #Tsarnaev brothers' father's car @NECN
 
  • #825
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend shows jury Walmart 2 receipts for 2 boxes of BB ammo each bought at 2 stores corresponding to GPS data @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Another stop noted on this GPS, near a WalMart in Manchester.
FBI got receipts from all these WalMarts that correspond to those times.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Weinreb asks Fierabend to review 2 such WalMart receipts.
3/6/13, 3:22pm: "BB Ammo" is purchased, 2 boxes, in cash.
This stop matches GPS.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Another purchase 3/6/13, 5:34pm, 2 more "BB Ammo" purchases; this visit also matches a GPS stop in Amherst, NH.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend: there was no surveillance video of the WalMart purchases (nor was their any at Macy's).

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury now seeing invoice from NitroRCX for a radio controlled car, receivers & batteries from 2/8/13 shipped to Tamerlan #Tsarnaev @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend testifies the purchaser left a comment on the site saying while it was a good site many products were out of stock @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
FBI also got receipts from an online seller of radio-remote-control cars, Fierabend says.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors seeing that receipt now; purchase is 2/8/13, made by Tamerlan #Tsarnaev. Tamerlan's email: [email protected]

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Purchase: a "rally monster" toy truck, extra batteries, transmitter, receiver.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Tamerlan wrote: "You have a good website, but a lot of your stuff is out of stock."
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
On April 4, 2013, someone using Tamerlan's Amazon account bought more batteries and gear for a radio control car.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury sees a receipt from RC Cars of Boston for another spectrum transmitter & receiver purchased by Tamerlan #Tsarnaev @NECN

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend testifies someone also used Tamerlan's http://Amazon.com account to buy an electronic speed controller @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Next receipt comes from a store called "RC Cars of Boston".
Shows Tamerlan purchase of a new transmitter/receiver for radio-controlled cars.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend testifies a Ful backpack & Jansport backpack were purchased the day before the bombings -the Target receipt we saw @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Next: we see that Target receipt from Tamerlan's wallet again; 4/14/13, day before bombings, he bought 2 backpacks (Ful & Jansport)

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Weinreb: Were the remains of a Ful backpack found at the Boylston Street scene and remains of the Jansport at Laurel Street scene?
- Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend testifies a Ful backpack was found at the site of the 1st bomb & a Jansport backpack was found at 2nd bomb site @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
When Weinreb asks about a holster purchased & if Tamerlan was wearing it on marathon Monday, defense objects @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Tamerlan also had apparent receipt for shoulder holster; govt tries to ask if he was wearing one when captured; objections lead to sidebar.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
After a brief sidebar, judge reminds jury that unanswered questions have no bearing on testimony @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Judge tells govt to move on; Weinreb ends.
Tim Watkins will cross examine Fierabend.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Prosecution is done with Fierabend. Tim Watkins begins cross examination for defense @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #826
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense asks about cars parked on Norfolk St - a Honda CRV registered to Tamerlan & Honda Odyssey registered to Anzor @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Watkins: Inside Tamerlan's Honda CRV were also found a box of latex gloves?
- Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jurors now seeing pics of the gloves, including 2 that show gloves with black discolorations near the fingers and thumbs.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense brings up photos of latex gloves found in Tamerlan's Honda CRV - some show black on fingers @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend agrees those latex gloves would have been tested by the FBI for explosive powder @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Watkins: did these gloves get analyzed by the FBI to find out what was on them?
- Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Watkins: Was Tamerlan's car vacuumed out by FBI officials with a "trace filter" to gather evidence for analysis?
- Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Watkins gets Fierabend to agree the cars were vacuumed for trace evidence & that evidence would be sent for testing @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Watkins: Did you know filters from Tamerlan's car and Anzor's (#Tsarnaev father) were sent to HQ for analysis?
- Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Watkins moves on to Watertown Target receipt for the backpacks.
- Were you aware there was surveillance video from that store?
- Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Watkins asks if investigators were able to get surveillance from Watertown Target where 2 backpacks were bought on 4/14/13 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Watkins: the video shows someone walk thru store and buy 2 backpacks?
- Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend says they were able to get surveillance photos - jury sees photo of Tamerlan leaving Target store with bag alone @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Watkins: let me show you a still image from that video at the Watertown Target.
Fierabend: OK.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Jury sees the image.
It is clearly Tamerlan, alone, on 4/14 buying the backpacks from the Target in Watertown.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Fierabend: "It is an individual that closely resembles Tamerlan Tsarnaev."
Then jurors see him in close-up.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
That is all from Watkins; nothing about the GPS coords, the Macy's purchases.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Defense is done. Weinreb begins redirect of Fierabend @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
Weinreb reiterates with Fierabend the GPS data does not show who was driving, nor who made the purchases. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Weinreb is back for re-direct.
Remember we can't tell who was driving the car with the GPS units them at any given moment, right?
- Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar.

Govt went out of its way to concede a GPS tells where a car is, not who drove, who was passenger, who got out to shop.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2h 2 hours ago
Sidebar ends, gov't announces it is done with Fierabend.

Judge announces lunch break.

#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2h 2 hours ago
After sidebar, Fierabend is excused & the judge says we will take the lunch break. @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
  • #827
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Back from the lunch break the next government witness is FBI Special Agent Kenneth Benton @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 53m 53 minutes ago
Benton was tasked with searching for the backpack & other items removed from #Tsarnaev's dorm room & dumped in New Bedford @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 52m 52 minutes ago
Agent Benton went to Crapo landfill to recover #Tsarnaev's backpack, after his friends threw it out.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 54m 54 minutes ago
Benton had to figure out where in the landfill the backpack would have been dumped, tracking it back to the dumpster in which it was left.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 52m 52 minutes ago
Benton says the New Bedford dumpster was emptied at 1:45pm on 4/19/13 into the Crapo landfill. Benton searched it on 4/21 @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 53m 53 minutes ago
Benton: The backpack was buried under hundreds of other loads of trash, plus layers of mulch and dirt to cover the debris.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50m 50 minutes ago
On Friday afternoon, 4/26, Benton & team finally find the backpack after days of searching.
It was a Jansport, he says.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 51m 51 minutes ago
Benton says his team searched the landfill on 4/25 & 4/26 - found evidence on the 2nd day @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 50m 50 minutes ago
Benton says he came across a backpack of interest, found it was a Jansport backpack - same brand he was looking for @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 48m 48 minutes ago
Benton holds up evidence bags containing the Jansport backpack, thumb drive & fireworks found in the landfill @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50m 50 minutes ago
Benton looked inside and found a thumb drive, and some of #Tsarnaev's UMass Dartmouth paperwork, and fireworks.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 49m 49 minutes ago
That very backpack is on the witness stand now; along with its contents - in individual evidence bags.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 49m 49 minutes ago
Benton: backpack was partially opened 2-3" when I found it.
I looked inside, trying not to disturb too much, but spotted fireworks container

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45m 45 minutes ago
Jurors just saw photos of all of this evidence, plus a black garbage bag they were allegedly thrown away in @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 47m 47 minutes ago
Benton now reviewing evidence pics taken of the backpack & contents; sharing with jurors.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 45m 45 minutes ago
Govt is done; Conrad to cross-examine Agent Benton.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 45m 45 minutes ago
Prosecution is done with direct. Miriam Conrad begins cross for defense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44m 44 minutes ago
Conrad begins by asking if it was a friend who removed these items, then threw them away.
Benton: that's correct
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 45m 45 minutes ago
Conrad: you went to landfill b/c a friend of #Tsarnaev threw out that backpack?
Benton: Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 45m 45 minutes ago
C: The friend put the backpack in a black trash-bag and put that in dumpster? Which is actually a trash compacter?
B: Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 44m 44 minutes ago
Conrad asks about the trash being compacted before it's dumped. Benton agrees it is compacted & covered by sand in landfill @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43m 43 minutes ago
Conrad: Bulldozer skimmed trash & excavator picked it up & put into rows to be searched?
Benton: yes
@NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 45m 45 minutes ago
Conrad: It was compacted before it was dumped at landfill?
Benton: I don't recall that.
C: More trash dumped on it at landfill?
B: Yes.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 44m 44 minutes ago
Conrad: Then at landfill, it's covered with dirt and rocks and mulch, then still more trash? For days?
Benton: Yes.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 43m 43 minutes ago
Conrad: So you didn't see the contents of backpack before it went into the dumpster?
Benton: No.
C: I have nothing further.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 43m 43 minutes ago
Cross done. Government asks if the friend who took the items was Dias. Benton says yes. He is excused @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 43m 43 minutes ago
Re-direct:
- Didn't you later learn Dias (Kadrybayev) collected those things and put in backpack?
- Yes.

That's it for Benton.
 
  • #828
Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 42m 42 minutes ago
Before the next witness is brought in, defense requests a sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 39m 39 minutes ago
The next government witness is Olga LaFond, an FBI linguist who translates Russian-English & English-Russian @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 41m 41 minutes ago
Next witness (the 84th person called for the prosecution): Olga LaFond, an FBI language specialist.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 39m 39 minutes ago
LaFond reviewed evidence for this case; she's a native Russian speaker with, to my ear, a near perfect, accent-less English.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 35m 35 minutes ago
LaFond explains to jurors the intricacies of translating between Russian & English @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 38m 38 minutes ago
LaFond: sometimes a word-for-word translation isn't possible, so we sometimes go with "awkward wording" to preserve accuracy.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 36m 36 minutes ago
LaFond: Russian words should be written in Cyrillic, but you can approximate the sounds in English letters, phonetic, "but funny".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 33m 33 minutes ago
LaFond now reviews all the documents she was asked to translate; jurors see them now.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 31m 31 minutes ago
Jurors are once again seeing documents pulled from the #Tsarnaev electronic devices, the translations are now added on @NECN

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 31m 31 minutes ago
First is a photo from #Tsarnaev's laptop; a man pointing a gun.
It's instructions on how to shoot a "combat handgun in various conditions".

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 30m 30 minutes ago
LaFond also reviewed some computer file names that were in Russian.
"Why do we hate them?" is one such file.
Gov't is done.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 29m 29 minutes ago
Without going through all the translations, just entering them into evidence for jurors, the prosecution is done with direct @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 28m 28 minutes ago
Bill Fick is now doing cross examination for the defense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 29m 29 minutes ago
Fick wants to talk about one of LaFond's exhibits - the one containing some #Tsarnaev tweets.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24m 24 minutes ago
Fick: this tweet comes from a famous Russian poet, did you research that?
LaFond: No.
#Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 25m 25 minutes ago
Fick reads rapidly in Russian, causing the always-silent court transcriptionist to scream out....I don't speak Russian!

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 23m 23 minutes ago
The jury sees a translation for one of Dzhokhar's tweets saying "I shall die young" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 23m 23 minutes ago
Fick questions LaFond's translation, asking if she knows if it's lyrics to a Russian rap song @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24m 24 minutes ago
Another tweet "I shall die young", Fick says, is actually based on a Russian rap song with another meaning.
LaFond: that wouldn't make sense

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 20m 20 minutes ago
LaFond says she's not aware of the song. Fick pushes other translations but LaFond doesn't budge. Cross done, LaFond excused @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24m 24 minutes ago
LaFond: You can't break words apart like that, like "break fast" in English.
Fick: But aren't there puns and plays on words?

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 25m 25 minutes ago
Fick reads rapidly in Russian, causing the always-silent court transcriptionist to scream out....I don't speak Russian!

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24m 24 minutes ago
Govt objects, Fick ends, LaFond steps down.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21m 21 minutes ago
LaFond says she's not aware of the song. Fick pushes other translations but LaFond doesn't budge. Cross done, LaFond excused @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 22m 22 minutes ago
The next government witness is Mona Shishani, an FBI language specialist who is Chechen & translates Arabic @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 24m 24 minutes ago
Next witness is another FBI specialist in languages, her last name is Shishani; she speaks Chechen and Arabic.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 21m 21 minutes ago
Correction: the witness's first name is Nuha @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 21m 21 minutes ago
"Tsarnaev" and "Tsarni", she says, are the same last name, especially amongst Chechens.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 19m 19 minutes ago
Shishani: Tamerlan & Dzhokhar's last name among Chechens is "Tsarni" but they replace the "i" with "aev" for non-Chechens @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 19m 19 minutes ago
Chakravarty asks her to translate shaytan...
it is "satan or devil" in Arabic, she says

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18m 18 minutes ago
Prosecution is done with Shishani. Bill Fick begins cross for defense. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 18m 18 minutes ago
Fick will cross-examine Shishani.
It's common to use some Arabic words among ppl who aren't native Arab speakers?
- Correct.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18m 18 minutes ago
Fick gets Shishani to agree it's common for Chechens to sprinkle Arabic words into speech even if they don't speak Arabic @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 18m 18 minutes ago
Fick: words in Arabic are "sprinkled" into conversation, by a Chechen, because they're exposed to it?
- Yes.

She is done.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 18m 18 minutes ago
Cross is done. Shishani is excused @NECN #Tsarnaev
 
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Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 17m 17 minutes ago
The next government witness is FBI Agent Heidi Williams. She reviewed the text messages on Dzhokhar's Sony VAIO laptop @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 18m 18 minutes ago
Next: FBI Special Agent Heidi WIlliams.
She reviewed text messages from #Tsarnaev's Sony Vaio laptop.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 14m 14 minutes ago
1 such text from #Tsarnaev on 12/25/12:
He talks about "prolly" transferring out of UMass Dartmouth.
In court, #Tsarnaev is reading along.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 14m 14 minutes ago
Williams reads a text from Dzhokhar about elections "killing Muslims is the only promise they will fulfill" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 13m 13 minutes ago
Williams reads another text exchange from 12/25/12 where Dzhokhar talks about going to Ivy League school, becoming an Imam @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 14m 14 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev texts a friend that he wants to go to an Ivy League school for graduate school.
"I wanna bring justice for my people," he texted.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 13m 13 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev later texts: "doing something with Tamerlan, I'll hit you up in a bit bro."

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 10m 10 minutes ago
Williams reads another text exchange with Dzhokhar talking about having aspirations for Jannah, jihad & "a plan" for future @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 11m 11 minutes ago
1/28/13, #Tsarnaev:
"Come May I'm out."
"There's one other option", highest level of heaven.
"I got a plan, I'll tell you later about it."

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 10m 10 minutes ago
Williams will also read from the internet activity of #Tsarnaev's Sony laptop.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9m 9 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev spent time on a Fox News website looking at pictures from the Marathon bombings, accd to his laptop.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8m 8 minutes ago
Williams testifies on Dzhokhar's computer someone searched news websites looking at pictures/articles from Boston marathon @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 8m 8 minutes ago
Prosecution is done with Williams. Bill Fick begins cross examination for defense @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 9m 9 minutes ago
#Tsarnaev's computer shows he looked at several photos on 4/15 showing aftermath at the marathon finish line.
Govt is done.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 8m 8 minutes ago
Fick: in one text string you read from, didn't #Tsarnaev also talk about how religious Tamerlan was becoming?
Yes.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7m 7 minutes ago
Fick asks Williams to look at entire text message exchange where they talk about Tamerlan being more religious @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 6m 6 minutes ago
Fick says Dzhokhar responded "he's very influential I've been sober for a month" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 8m 8 minutes ago
Fick: #Tsarnaev texts..Tamerlan is "very influential...I've been sober for a month."
Williams: I can't say if they're talking about Tamerlan

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5m 5 minutes ago
Williams says she doesn't see the text exchange saying Tamerlan has become more religious, they refer to "Tema" @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 5m 5 minutes ago
That is it for Williams.
Now, defense & govt squabble over if the Tamerlan-related parts of that text conversation can be evidence as well.

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 6m 6 minutes ago
Sidebar again....
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5m 5 minutes ago
Defense asks to admit the entire text exchange, prosecution asks that only the excerpts be admitted. @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5m 5 minutes ago
Judge says he thought the entire exchange was admitted, he's concerned over numbering issues @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5m 5 minutes ago
Judge says defense can mark entire text exchange & he will sort out what's been admitted & will be admitted @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 5m 5 minutes ago
Now another sidebar before the government's next witness @NECN #Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
Back from sidebar judge tells jury we'll break a little early today so as not to break up the testimony of the next witness @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 2m 2 minutes ago
Judge announces early end for the day so as not to "chop up" the next witness' testimony.
Back 9am tomorrow.
#Tsarnaev

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 2m 2 minutes ago
After jury leaves, the judge resumes sidebar @NECN #Tsarnaev

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 50s 50 seconds ago
Jury leaves, lawyers stay in court and return to sidebar, and #Tsarnaev remains at defense table....

Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 53s 54 seconds ago
NEW: surveillance image of Tamerlan #Tsarnaev leaving Watertown Target, carrying 2 new backpacks day before bombings.

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 21s 22 seconds ago
We are still in court; #Tsarnaev and Fick chat at defense table; defendant is never left alone there -always 1 lawyer there.

Alysha Palumbo @AlyshaNECN · 7m 7 minutes ago
Back from sidebar we are done for the day @NECN #Tsarnaev
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More on the text messages -

Gail Waterhouse ‏@gailwaterhouse 26m26 minutes ago
Texts are reportedly sent from Dzhokhar. This one says elections are dumb, Obama lesser of two evils, they want to kill Muslims #Tsarnaev

Michele McPhee ‏@MicheleMcPhee 21m21 minutes ago
“I really am down for that jihad life,” Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev texted to a friend in January 2013. “It’s affecting my future plans.”

Gail Waterhouse ‏@gailwaterhouse 21m21 minutes ago
Dzhokhar & another person talking. Other person: "I really am down for that jihad life...lol" #Tsarnaev

Gail Waterhouse ‏@gailwaterhouse 20m20 minutes ago
Dzhokhar tells the other person to go to school in Medina, Saudi Arabia. Says no good schools in U.S. #Tsarnaev

Michele McPhee ‏@MicheleMcPhee 14m14 minutes ago
Dzhokhar #Tsarnaev bragged in texts last week of being sober in months before marathon. "Best friend" Silva testified he sold him weed 4/13

Dan Hausle ‏@dhausleon7 9m9 minutes ago
In text messages friend asks Dzhokhar if he wants to be an Immam or spy. He reponds:“I wanna bring justice for my people.” #7News#Tsarnaev
 
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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 7m 7 minutes ago
Close up of Tamerlan leaving Target that day. #Tsarnaev

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 16h 16 hours ago
The contents of Tamerlan #Tsarnaev's wallet.

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Jim Armstrong @JimArmstrongWBZ · 15h 15 hours ago
One of the Russian-language docs from #Tsarnaev's laptop. Translation (at bottom) was explained in court today. (3/25/14)

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