BOSTON (AP) -A friend who had dinner with the Boston Marathon bombers hours after the attack was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by 36 months of supervised release.
Khairullozhon Matanov was a friend of Tamerlan Tsarnaev and an acquaintance of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. He pleaded guilty in March to misleading the FBI after the 2013 bombings by deleting his computer files and failing to disclose contact he had with the brothers.
Matanov was sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by 36 months of supervised release in court Thursday.
The Kyrgyzstan native wasn't accused of knowing about the bombings ahead of time or participating in the attack.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev died in a shootout with police days after the bombings. His brother was convicted and sentenced to death.
Tsarnaev friend sentenced to 30 months in prison
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