1.   After the four defendants were arrested and indicted in September, Peck agreed to plead guilty and testify against the three others.

2.   Federal officials said they submitted the complaint solely to establish before the U.S. court that they had probable cause to arrest the defendant.

3.   In these cases, as long as the defendant is not arrested again for six months, the charges are automaticsmissed.

4.   The defendants were arrested over the summer on narrower charges, said Mark P. Ressler, an assistant U.S. attorney prosecuting the case.

5.   The fifth defendant was arrested last April, and has been charged with being an accomplice with the rest of the group.

6.   Two defendants were arrested at locations around the United States on Wednesday, officials said, and two more were expected to be by the end of the night.

7.   All the defendants were arrested last year.

8.   Both defendants were arrested eight months after the shootings.

9.   Federal Bureau of Investigation agents fanned out Monday to arrest the defendants in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Minnesota and California.

10.   Federal investigators said one defendant was arrested as she was about to immolate herself Thursday in a San Francisco hotel where Nguyen was addressing Asian business leaders.