Mark Garfinkel /AP
The sister of the Boston Marathon bombers was arrested Wednesday afternoon for making phone threats to a Harlem woman.
Aliana Tsarnaev, 23, of Jersey City, the sister of Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev, was charged with aggravated harassment and was awaiting arraignment.
She was placed in custody at 2:30 p.m. after surrendering at the 30th Precinct stationhouse in Harlem, police said.
No other details were immediately provided by NYPD officials.
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Her brothers are accused of setting off two homemade bombs on April 15, 2013 near the finish line of the Boston Marathon killing three people, including an 8-year-old boy.
The explosives, made from pressure cookers, injured more than 260 people, including 16 who lost limbs.
The Tsarnaev brothers were also accused of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer in the aftermath of the bombings.
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