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alp227

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Mon May 6, 2013, 12:59 PM May 2013

Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect's Friend Released on Bond [View all]

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Source: ABC

A friend of one of the accused Boston Marathon bombers was released from jail on bond following a court appearance today.

Robel Phillipos, a 19-year-old American friend of Boston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was arrested last week for allegedly lying to investigators in the days after the bombing.

Phillipos declined to answer questions when he left the courthouse in a black baseball cap and white button-down shirt. He was released on $100,000 bail and will be put under "strict house arrest," the court said. He also has relinquished his passport and will undergo random drug screening. When Phillipos' mother was asked in court if she understood she was accepting responsibility for her son, she stood and said she did.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/boston-marathon-bombing-suspects-friend-robel-phillipos-released/story?id=19119576

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