Mother of Boston Marathon bombers may be ARRESTED if she returns to U.S. after failing to appear on shoplifting charge
- The suspects' mother Zubeidat Tsarnaeva was arrested for shoplifting at a Massachusetts Lord & Taylor store last year
- She was due to appear in court in October, but skipped the hearing, and she could be arrested on an outstanding warrant if she returns
- She appeared publicly outside her home for the first time on Tuesday in Dagestan
- Lawyer asked for the family to be left alone and said they were not ready to speak with anyone
By Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter
PUBLISHED: 05:10 GMT, 24 April 2013 | UPDATED: 05:12 GMT, 24 April 2013
The mother of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects could be jailed if she returns to the U.S. to see her hospitalized son, it has been revealed.
Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, who now lives in Dagestan, Russia, is the mother of Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who police say detonated two pressure cooker bombs near the finish line of the race, which killed three people and injured more than 200 others.
Tamerlan, 26, was killed in a gunbattle with cops on Friday. Dzhokhar, 19, is in fair condition in a Boston hospital where he is being treated for injuries sustained in the same shootout.
ABC News reported on Tuesday that Mrs Tsarnaeva failed to show up at a court hearing stemming from a July 2012 arrest for shoplifting.
So if she returns to the U.S. to visit her hospitalized son or make burial arrangements for the other, she could be arrested on an outstanding warrant.
Mrs Tsarnaeva, 45, allegedly stole $1,600 worth of clothes from a Massachusetts Lord & Taylor store.
She was charged with two counts of malicious/wanton damage and defacement to property after allegedly swiping the merchandise from the retailer's Natick, Massachusetts location in June 2012.
She was due in court on October 25 for a hearing in the case, but never showed up.
The Lord & Taylor location is not the same as the one on Boyleston Street in Boston, where a surveillance camera captured what police say is her younger son dropping a pressure cooker bomb that was hidden inside a backpack.
Mrs Tsarnaeva additionally faces questioning by U.S. investigators, who have traveled to Dagestan to speak with her.
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