Boston Marathon Bombing Suspect No. 2 arrested
By: Jose G. Landa
An Exclusive Eagle Pass Business Journal News Story/Copyright 2013
After one of the largest manhunt for a criminal suspect in the history of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Watertown Police Department, Boston Police Department, Massachusetts National Guard, and many other law enforcement agencies successfully arrested the Boston Marathon Bombing suspect number two (2), Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, age 19, at 8:44 p.m. Eastern Standard Time while hiding injured inside a boat in a backyard of a residential home in Watertown, Massachusetts and was immediately whisked away in an unmarked black window automobile to an unknown location, possibly to the United States Federal Courthouse in Boston or to a medical facility for medical treatment for unspecified wounds.
In less than 18 hours of a fast-paced and herculean search for the two Boston Marathon Bombing suspects which commenced earlier this morning with an armed robbery of a gasoline-convenience store in Cambridge, Massachusetts by the two suspects resulting in an armed gun fire battle leaving one Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Police Officer dead and another Metropolitan Boston Transit Authority Police Officer seriously injured, the joint federal, state, and local law enforcement task force killed the Boston Marathon Bombing suspect number one (1), Tsarlan Tsarnaev, age 26, in a fiery gun battle on Laurel Street in Watertown, Massachusetts at approximately 12:45 a.m. today, April 19th, while the second suspect fled in a black SUV and escaped law enforcement authorities until he was captured and arrested inside a boat parked in the backyard of a residence in Watertown.
The arrest of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev alive this evening is important because law enforcement authorities may learn, after the accused suspect is read his Miranda Warnings, if there are other persons or organizations involved in the horrific Boston Marathon Bombings which resulted in the deaths of at least four persons now and injured over 184 persons. Under the Fifth Amendment of the United States Constitution, an accused is entitled to not self-incriminate oneself and to read them their Miranda Warnings which provides that he is entitled to an attorney and if he cannot afford one, an attorney will be appointed to represent him, that he does not have to speak with police without an attorney present, that if he waives his Miranda Warnings anything he says to police may be used against him in a trial in a court of law to convict him. American law enforcement authorities will continue the investigation to determine if there are other persons or organizations which may have aided, abetted, conspired or assisted the two suspects perpetrate the Boston Marathon Bombings. Many questions remain unanswered in this investigation which is premature to celebrate .
An accused is entitled to preliminary and detention hearings after a formal written criminal complaint is filed by the United States Attorney’s Office sworn to by an officer unless the accused is indicted by a federal grand jury before the date of their scheduled preliminary and detention hearings date, then an accused is entitled to a detention hearing to determine if the defendant is entitled to be released on bail/bond. In a case of this serious magnitude, it is highly unlikely that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev will be granted bail/bond. After the filing of the criminal indictment, a pre-trial hearing date is scheduled after the defendant and his attorney are provided the discovery in the case to argue and hear all pre-trial motions, then a rearraignment and docket call hearing is scheduled to determine if the defendant wishes to plead guilty or not guilty and proceed to trial before a federal judge or jury. In the event the defendant pleads guilty or is found guilty after a trial, then the defendant has a Pre-Sentencing Investigation Report interview and a report is written to advise the Court, defendant, and his attorney the range of punishment/sentence, maximum fine, length of supervised release, restitution, and any special assessment.
A sentencing hearing is held where the Court determines what punishment/sentence is to be imposed upon the defendant.
