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Friend who gave Boston Marathon bombers gun sentenced to time served
Source: The Boston Channel
BOSTON A man who loaned a gun used by the Boston Marathon bombers to kill a police officer was sentenced Tuesday on drug and gun charges.
Stephen Silva was sentenced to time served -- 17 months -- in U.S. District Court.
Silva testified during the trial of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that he let Tsarnaev borrow a Ruger 9mm handgun two months before the bombings.
Read more: http://www.wcvb.com/news/man-who-loaned-gun-to-boston-marathon-bomber-to-be-sentenced/37080856
Apparently, according to the tv news broadcast, the drug charges are still pending.
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Friend who gave Boston Marathon bombers gun sentenced to time served (Original Post)
MissMillie
Dec 2015
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tabasco
(22,974 posts)1. Good thing they didn't find a pot plant in his closet
or he would have been in REAL trouble.
AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)2. I genuinely don't understand this.
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)4. Most likely a plea deal.
Gun charges are normally the first ones traded away by prosecutors.
vkkv
(3,384 posts)3. No no no! Sentence SHOULD BE FIVE YEARS!! You don't LOAN a handgun to anyone. Ever.