Crime | Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Tsarnaev's Buddies Indicted for Allegedly Hiding Evidence Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov accused of ditching fireworks By Kevin Spak Posted Aug 8, 2013 1:39 PM CDT Copied This courtroom sketch shows defendants Dias Kadyrbayev, left, and Azamat Tazhayakov appearing in front of Federal Magistrate Marianne Bowler at the Moakley Federal Courthouse in Boston, May 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Jane Flavell Collins) Two of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's former college buddies were formally indicted today for allegedly helping the Boston Marathon bombing suspect ditch evidence. Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, both 19 years old, were charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice, the Boston Globe reports. When they were first arrested, they were charged only with conspiracy. The two Kazakhstan nationals were classmates and close friends with Tsarnaev at Umass-Dartmouth. In the wake of the bombings, he texted them, along with one other friend, and told them to go to his room and "take what's there," prosecutors said. (An earlier report phrased that quote slightly differently.) Prosecutors say Kadyrbayev shoved items in a garbage bag—reportedly including a laptop and a backpack full of fireworks—with Tazhayakov's "knowledge and agreement." They then allegedly threw those items in a dumpster. Read These Next Giuliani injured in high-speed highway crash. Iran's leaders ditched their phones. Their bodyguards didn't. Guy accused of snatching hat from boy at US Open IDed as rich CEO. A cute little fish bottle is getting the kibosh. Report an error