Update at 3:13 p.m. ET. Phillipos Freed:
Robel Phillipos, who was arrested last week for allegedly lying to federal agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings, was ordered released on $100,000 bail, pending a trial.
Reuters reports:
"While out on bail, Robel Phillipos will be under the custody of his mother and wearing a GPS bracelet, U.S. Magistrate Judge Marianne Bowler ordered in federal court in Boston."
Our Original Post Continues:
Robel Phillipos, who was arrested last week for allegedly lying to federal agents investigating the Boston Marathon bombings, can be released on bond, prosecutors said this afternoon.
, authorities say Phillipos of Cambridge, Mass., and two other 19-year-old friends of suspected bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, played a role in discarding evidence after the blasts took place.
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"Federal prosecutors said last week they wanted to detain Phillipos because they believed he posed a serious risk of flight.
"But in a document filed by today Phillipos's attorney, Derege B. Demissie, and US Attorney Carmen Ortiz's office, both said they had agreed on a plan to release Phillipos from custody. Under the plan, Phillipos would be under home confinement at a home other than his own, he would wear a monitoring ankle bracelet, and post a secured bond worth $100,000."
that a federal judge is expected to rule on that motion at an afternoon hearing.
The other two friends — Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, both nationals of Kazakhstan — are due in court May 14.
We'll update this post once Phillipos appears before a judge.
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