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Aliana Tsarnaev, 24, sister of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan
Tsarnaev, was arraigned on two counts of aggravated harassment
in the second degree, a misdemeanor, in state Supreme Court in
Manhattan.
She was later released on $5,000 bail, under condition that she
have no contact with the alleged victim. If convicted, she faces
a maximum penalty of up to a year in jail.
Wearing a light brown head scarf and a black abaya, or
floor-length cloak, she was accompanied by her husband and her
attorney in the New York City courtroom. She remained silent
throughout the hearing, clasping her hands together.
"We strongly dispute the fact that these statements were made,"
Susan Markus, Tsarnaev's defense lawyer, told the judge.
Tsarnaev, of North Bergen, New Jersey, was accused of calling a
woman in the city's Harlem neighborhood and telling her, "Leave
my man alone. Stop looking at him. I know people that can put a
bomb where you live," according to the criminal complaint.
Tsarnaev's brothers are accused of killing three people and
wounding more than 260 after detonating homemade bombs fashioned
out of pressure cookers near the finish line of the Boston
Marathon on April 15, 2013.
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was captured following a massive manhunt in
the days after the bombing and is awaiting trial in November on
terrorism charges. His older brother, Tamerlan, was killed
following a shoot-out with police.
(Writing by Barbara Goldberg; Editing by Frank McGurty and Susan
Heavey)
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