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(Associated Press) - Another college friend of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been sentenced to three years in prison for lying to the FBI about being in Tsarnaev's UMass Dartmouth dorm room days after the 2013 attacks. Robel Phillipos was sentenced Friday, hours after Azamat Tazhayakov was given a 3 1/2-year sentence for impeding the investigation into the attack while authorities f

A friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been convicted of lying during the investigation into the 2013 attack. Robel Phillipos, of Cambridge, was convicted of both counts Tuesday. Prosecutors say he lied about being in Tsarnaev's dorm room while two other friends removed potential evidence three days after the bombing while an intense manhunt was underway to find the susp

Jurors in the federal trial of a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev  have ended a fifth day of deliberations without reaching a verdict. Robel Phillipos is accused of lying about being in Tsarnaev's UMass Dartmouth dorm room three days after the deadly bombing, when two other friends removed a backpack containing fireworks and other potential evidence...

Jurors have begun deliberating in the federal trial of a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Robel Phillipos is charged with lying about being in Tsarnaev's dorm room at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth when two other friends removed a backpack and other potential evidence several days after the April 15, 2013, attack...

A lawyer for a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told jurors the man didn't lie to the FBI during the bombing investigation but couldn't remember certain details because he had smoked marijuana "for 12 hours straight...

€” Former Massachusetts governor, and one-time presidential candidate, Michael Dukakis testified for the defense in the Robel Phillipos trial. The friend of the accused Boston Marathon bomber has been charged with lying to investigators after the attacks...

A lawyer for a friend of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has told a jury that he did not lie when questioned by the FBI, but instead was suffering from a cloudy memory caused by heavy marijuana use. Robel Phillipos is accused of lying about being in Tsarnaev's UMass-Dartmouth dorm room when two friends removed Tsarnaev's backpack and other potential evidence the night of April 18

A federal judge has ruled the government will begin paying for the legal defense of a 20-year-old man accused of lying for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev .       Robel Phillipos of Cambridge has pleaded not guilty...

Lawyers for a former UMass Dartmouth student accused of lying to federal investigators will seek his release from custody today.