The Boston Police Department has
confirmed that three additional suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing are in custody. According to the
Boston Globe, the three are
college students who were arrested by federal authorities.
BREAKING: A source tells the Globe that the three were connected to Dzhokhar Tsarnaev at UMass Dartmouth and helped him after the fact.
— @BostonGlobe via HootSuite
NBC's Pete Williams says three arrested have been under FBI surveillance for about 10 days; likely took stuff out of dorm room
— @JesseRodriguez via TweetDeck
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev has been charged with using a weapon of mass destruction and malicious destruction of property.
8:56 AM PT: As we've seen again and again, these early reports should be taken with several grains of salt, but that said:
Two of the new suspects will be charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and making false statements, CBS News reports. The third will be charged with making false statements.