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Title: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: San on June 20, 2013, 08:50:54 PM
Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe, destroyed home security system and cell phone: report
 
Hernandez's home security system — which includes video surveillance — was destroyed and his cell phone was "in pieces" when it was turned over to investigators, sources told ABC News.

By Bernie Augustine AND Kevin Armstrong / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 11:53 AM
Updated: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 7:33 PM


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 Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez had the media following his every move on Thursday — from his house in North Attleborough, to the Patriots' Gillette Stadium, a gas station and, finally, his lawyers' office in Boston — but cops were more interested in what's been going on inside in the 23-year-old's sprawling mansion.

Hernandez's home security system — which includes video surveillance — was destroyed and his cell phone was "in pieces" when it was turned over to investigators, sources told ABC News. Cops also want to know why a housecleaning service was hired on Monday to scrub his southeastern Massachusetts home, the network reported on Thursday.

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Aaron Hernandez’s home in North Attleboro, Mass.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/football/report-patriots-star-hernandez-arrested-article-1.1377913#ixzz2Wo8KyHqH


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: San on June 20, 2013, 08:53:53 PM
Patriots' star Aaron Hernandez gave house scrub down hours before pal's dead body found, allegedly tampered with home security tapes

    From POST STAFF REPORT
    Last Updated: 4:03 PM, June 20, 2013
    Posted: 3:19 PM, June 20, 2013


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New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez allegedly tampered with his own home security system and hired cleaners to scrub down his house, hours before a drinking buddy was found dead nearby, according to broadcast reports.

Hernandez huddled with defense lawyers today as speculation swirled about his ties to semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, 27, who was found fatally shot at a North Attleboro, Mass., industrial park Monday night, a half-mile from the tight end’s home.

Cops, who searched Hernandez’s home on Tuesday, were expected to be back there today with a new search warrant based on evidence that “he destroyed his home security system” an investigator told ABC News.

Law enforcement sources said Hernandez’s security system, which includes video surveillance, was smashed intentionally, ABC reported.

Hernandez’s lawyers had previously turned over a cell phone - smashed “in pieces” - to investigators, sources said.

Even more curiously, Hernandez hired a team of house cleaners to come to his suburban Boston mansion to thoroughly clean the place on Monday, law enforcement sources told ABC.

"He [Hernandez] has not been ruled out,” one police official said. “We are not calling him a suspect, but he is definitely not in the clear.”

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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/patriots_security_aaron_hernandez_5KX4tvPLjVxXOmvPsAu9dK


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: San on June 20, 2013, 08:59:05 PM
Aaron Hernandez Arrest 'Likely' But Not 'Imminent' According To Media Reports [UPDATED]

Posted: 06/20/2013 2:37 pm EDT  |  Updated: 06/20/2013 5:17 pm EDT


New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is "likely" to be arrested in connection to the murder of 27-year-old Odin Llyod, according to a Sports Illustrated report.

Citing an unnamed source with knowledge of the investigation, Greg Bedard and Pete Thamel of SI reported on Thursday that "Hernandez's arrest is likely" due to his involvement in the case.

Shortly after the SI report was published online, Boston Globe political reporter Wesley Lowery tweeted that there was "no arrest imminent," citing state police.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/20/aaron-hernandez-arrest-conflicting-reports_n_3473611.html


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: San on June 20, 2013, 09:00:57 PM
Seems to me he thinks he can outsmart the police.


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: San on June 20, 2013, 09:01:38 PM
When I first heard he was not cooperating with the police you just knew he did it.


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: wreck on June 21, 2013, 12:46:01 AM
When I first heard he was not cooperating with the police you just knew he did it.
Tim Tebow just became a Tight End!  ::MonkeyHaHa::


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: San on June 21, 2013, 09:57:45 AM
When I first heard he was not cooperating with the police you just knew he did it.
Tim Tebow just became a Tight End!  ::MonkeyHaHa::

 ::MonkeyHaHa:: ::MonkeyHaHa::


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: San on June 21, 2013, 06:06:43 PM
NFL Star in Hiding? Questions swirl in New England murder probe

Published June 21, 2013

Tight-lipped law enforcement officials in Massachusetts refused to comment on conflicting reports late Friday about the possible imminent arrest of one of the NFL’s top young stars in connection with the murder of an amateur football player whose body was found earlier this week near his home.

State police went to the North Attleboro home of Aaron Hernandez, a 23-year-old New England Patriots tight end, on Friday. They were let inside, but then left moments later. That development came as multiple media outlets reported that an arrest warrant had been – or would be – issued for Hernandez in connection with the death of Odin Lloyd, 27, of Dorchester. Lloyd’s body was found Monday in an industrial park near Hernandez’s home, with at least one gunshot to the head, according to reports.

The Bristol County District Attorney's Office and North Attleboro Police Department would not say Friday whether Hernandez had been arrested or whether he had been questioned in the case.

"This office has not commented on the reports circulating today," Yasmina Serdarevic, a spokeswoman for the Bristol County DA, said in a statement to FoxNews.com. "This is still an ongoing investigation and we will not comment on the substance of the investigation."

The whereabouts of Hernandez, one of Patriots’ quarterback Tom Brady’s favorite targets, have been unknown to the public since he was seen driving home from the team’s practice facility on Thursday.

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Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/21/nfl-star-in-hiding-questions-swirl-in-new-england-murder-probe/#ixzz2WtJWTDav


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on June 22, 2013, 07:19:26 PM
http://nesn.com/2013/06/aaron-hernandez-live-blog-police-finish-search-of-house-after-4-hours-according-to-espnboston-com/
Aaron Hernandez Live Blog: Police Finish Search of House After 4 Hours, According to ESPNBoston.com
June 22, 2013

5:35 p.m.: Police have wrapped up their search of Hernandez’s house after nearly four hours, according to Mike Rodak of ESPNBoston.com. Massachusetts State Police left the house with about 10 brown paper bags.

4:11 p.m.: Hernandez’s lawyer, Michael Fee,  has arrived at the house, according to Wesley Lowery of The Boston Globe.

3:55 p.m.: Police are now searching Hernandez’s Audi SUV. ESPN legal analyst Roger Cossack discussed the case on SportsCenter this afternoon. He thinks the activity is search-warrant related, not arrest-warrant related. He also thinks it’s the police putting pressure on Hernandez. There was also a locksmith at the house, according to multiple reporters at the scene. The locksmith has left the premises now.

3:32 p.m.: Police have been at Aaron Hernandez’s house for nearly two hours, and it took that long for FOX 25 to set up a live stream from their helicopter. You can check it out here if you would like to stay up to date on all the latest happenings. Or if you just want to see what North Attleboro looks like from the sky.

2:34 p.m.: Aaron Hernandez has a massive playhouse in his backyard. Detectives have been searching the playhouse extensively, according to Armstrong.

2:19 p.m.: Police are back to searching a wooded area near Hernandez’s house, according to Nick Underhill from MassLive.com.

1:58 p.m.: Police have brought in a second dog to search Hernandez’s house, according to Armstrong.

1:55 p.m.: Another group of detectives and state police have entered Hernandez’s house, according to Armstrong. Armstrong also reports that police have retrieved a German shepherd police dog to search Hernandez’s house.

1:45 p.m.: Detectives have entered Hernandez’s house, according to Kevin Armstrong of the New York Daily News. Armstrong also tweeted there are two uniformed police officers in the tight end’s driveway. Police have cut off traffic outside Aaron Hernandez's house http://t.co/ZtbkLIQVPv
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Read more at: http://nesn.com/2013/06/aaron-hernandez-live-blog-police-finish-search-of-house-after-4-hours-according-to-espnboston-com/


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on June 26, 2013, 05:41:34 PM
http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/9424056/aaron-hernandez-new-england-patriots-arrested
Murder charge for Aaron Hernandez
June 26, 2013

ATTLEBORO, Mass. -- Aaron Hernandez has been charged with murdering his friend after the two had a dispute during a trip to a nightclub.

Hernandez was arrested Wednesday and charged with the first-degree murder of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, a semipro football player whose body was found in an industrial park about a mile from the former New England Patriots tight end's home.
Hernandez, released by the Patriots less than two hours after his arrest, pleaded not guilty and has been ordered to be held without bail. He also faces five gun-related charges, which were revealed Wednesday afternoon in Attleboro District Court.

Lloyd's relatives said he was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancée, that the two men were friends and that the men were out together on the last night of Lloyd's life. He was shot multiple times in the back and chest, authorities said.

Hernandez, 23, also was charged with one count of carrying a firearm without a license, two counts of possessing a large-capacity firearm and two counts of possessing a firearm without an FID card.

Judge Daniel J. O'Shea ordered both prosecutors and Hernandez's defense attorneys to refrain from publicly commenting on the case.

"The reality is that this case is still an ongoing investigation," Bristol County District Attorney C. Samuel Sutter said. "Invariably it is in the best interest of an ongoing investigation for the District Attorney's office not to comment."

Hernandez could get life without parole if convicted. He was transported to the Bristol County House of Correction in North Dartmouth, Mass.

"It is at bottom a circumstantial case. It is not a strong case," said Hernandez's attorney, Michael Fee.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on June 26, 2013, 05:44:53 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2013/06/26/aaron-hernandez-charged-with-murder/2459751/
Aaron Hernandez charged with murder
June 26, 2013

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. — Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been charged with murder in the death of 27-year-old semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, who was found shot execution-style about a half-mile from Hernandez's home in the early evening of June 17.

Hernandez, who was released by the Patriots earlier Wednesday, appeared in a packed courtroom number one at Attleboro District Court around 2:30 p.m. ET, where he faced six criminal charges, the most significant being first degree murder.

The criminal complaint against Hernandez, 23, states that "On 6/17/13, [he] did assault and beat Odin Lloyd with intent to murder such person, and by such assault and beating, did kill and murder such person."
Hernandez also faces one charge of firearm possession without a license and two charges each of possession of a large capacity firearm and firearm possession without an ID card.

Clad in the same white t-shirt and shorts that he was wearing when arrested at his home Wednesday, an emotionless Hernandez entered a plea of not guilty to all charges.
Bristol County first assistant attorney William McCauley presented his initial findings to Judge Daniel J. O'Shea, saying that Hernandez "orchestrated the execution" of Lloyd. At no point did McCauley claim that it was Hernandez himself who pulled the trigger.

Hernandez's attorney Michael Fee called the prosecution's argument "a circumstantial case, not a strong case."

The charged atmosphere in the standing room only courtroom grew when McCauley began describing the alleged timeline of events in the early hours of June 17. McCauley described how Hernandez's movements were pieced together with cell phone tower tracking, text messages and surveillance cameras.

Prosecutors allege that Hernandez picked up Lloyd around 2:30 a.m. on June 17th and that they drove through Boston before heading back to North Attleborough. McCauley claimed that Hernandez was unhappy that Lloyd had spoken with people that he didn't like at Boston nightclub several nights earlier. The prosecutor alleges that several people heard multiple gun shots near an industrial park close to Hernandez's home around 3:23 a.m. and says that home surveillance cameras captured Hernandez carrying a semiautomatic firearm as he and two other men returned to his home at 3:30 a.m.

Shortly after McCauley described this detail, Lloyd's sobbing mother was escorted from the courtroom.

O'Shea ordered that Hernandez be held without bail despite Fee's argument that Hernandez is not a flight risk due to his status as a homeowner in North Attleborough and the fact that he had never been criminally charged with a violent crime in the past.
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Video at link.


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: San on June 27, 2013, 09:21:57 PM
Aaron Hernandez a suspect in MORE murders: prosecutors probe him in 2012 homicides - report

    From POST STAFF REPORTS
    Last Updated: 7:53 PM, June 27, 2013
    Posted: 10:57 AM, June 27, 2013

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Jailed football star Aaron Hernandez is being eyed for a 2012 double homicide, as prosecutors charge him in last week’s slaying of a friend — zeroing in on a piece of gum discarded at the scene, according to broadcast reports today.

Hernandez was denied bail this afternoon by a judge who said the football player might be guilty of a "cold-blooded" murder in a "very, very strong" case.

“This is not a first degree-murder charge where the facts support perhaps some kind of combat or heat of passion," said Bristol County Superior Court Judge Renee P. Dupuis.

“The facts as I understand them, as the commonwealth has presented, a case that is circumstantial to be sure but very, very strong."

Dupuis added: “This gentleman — either by himself or with two other people that he requested come to the commonwealth — basically cold blooded, in a cold-blooded fashion, killed a person because that person disrespected him.”

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http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/aaron_hernandez_suspect_homicides_dENAtl6uqBjSsaicVAGmRP


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: San on June 27, 2013, 09:22:39 PM
I was wondering if he was involved in any other murders.


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on June 29, 2013, 01:52:28 AM
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/29/sports/football/taking-back-hernandez-jerseys.html
Taking Back Hernandez Jerseys
June 29, 2013

The New England Patriots are offering new jerseys to all fans who want to get rid of the ones they bought with Aaron Hernandez’s name.  ::snipping3::
The team has released him and removed all Hernandez jerseys from its souvenir store at Gillette Stadium. The team said fans could go to the store on the weekend of July 6-7 for a free jersey of comparable value. (AP)


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on June 29, 2013, 01:54:30 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/28/us/nfl-hernandez/index.html
2 others now in custody with Hernandez in connection with Massachusetts slaying
June 28, 2013

(CNN) -- It was around 2:30 a.m. on Monday, June 17, when Odin Lloyd climbed into a silver Nissan Altima.
He had company.
Hours later, Lloyd was dead, shot with a .45-caliber firearm and later found lying in a gravel pit in the southeastern Massachusetts town of North Attleborough.
As of Friday afternoon, the three others who had been in the car with Lloyd early that Monday morning were in custody.
"We believe we have the three individuals,... and we're very pleased about that," Bristol County, Massachusetts, District Attorney Sam Sutter said.
Foremost among them -- given his public prominence before Lloyd's death and the charges against him after it -- is Aaron Hernandez. He'd been a star tight end with the New England Patriots, at least until the team released him shortly after his arrest Wednesday.
The Bristol, Connecticut, native pleaded not guilty this week to a premeditated murder charge, among others.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on June 29, 2013, 12:45:57 PM
http://www.kvue.com/news/national/213693511.html
Funeral held for man in ex-Patriot's murder case
June 29, 2013

BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of relatives, friends and well-wishers have gathered at a church in Boston for the funeral of a semi-pro football player whose killing led to murder and weapons charges against former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez.
Odin Lloyd was found shot to death near Hernandez's home. Police arrested Hernandez on Wednesday at his home and charged him with orchestrating the execution-style shooting.
Mourners gathered at Church of the Holy Spirit in Boston's Mattapan neighborhood Saturday morning for Lloyd's funeral.
Prosecutors allege Hernandez arranged the killing because Lloyd talked to the wrong people at a nightclub.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on July 03, 2013, 12:06:55 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/tim-tebow-aaron-hernandez-fight-florida_n_3535575.html
Tim Tebow Tried To Stop 2007 Bar Fight Involving Aaron Hernandez In Gainesville: REPORTS
July 2, 2013

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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: seahorse on July 03, 2013, 08:48:01 PM
http://news.yahoo.com/cops-evidence-found-secret-hernandez-apartment-173857921.html

 ::MonkeyTongue::


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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on August 22, 2013, 04:26:12 PM
http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/sports/Ex-New-England-Patriot-Hernandez-Due-in-Court-in-Murder-Case--220677781.html?_osource=SocialFlowTwt_DFWBrand
Ex-New England Patriot Hernandez Indicted for Murder
Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd

August 22, 2013

A grand jury has indicted former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez in the murder of Odin Lloyd, according to New England Cable News.

He was indicted on murder and weapons possessions charges this morning, according to prosecutors. Those charges include murder, carrying a firearm, and weapons possession charges.

The indictment alleges that Hernandez assaulted and beat Lloyd, with intent to murder.

Hernandez, dressed in a collared shirt and a jacket, was in court briefly for what was supposed to be a hearing on what evidence prosecutors have in the murder case against him. However, prosecutors said the hearing was not necessary because of the indictment.

Hernandez has not yet been arraigned in Superior Court.

In court, the defense said they had not yet seen the indictments and mentioned some concerns about the gag order in place in the case, discovery and made allegations of "serious prosecutorial misconduct."

Prosecutors addressed the discovery concerns by saying they had provided the defense with 68 DVDs or CD, volumes of reports and a complete copy from Hernandez’s home surveillance system.

The judge brought up the defense's allegations of the state willfully misleading witnesses and obstructing justice and prosecutors responded, saying they had not heard about the allegations until arriving in court this afternoon and could not intelligently respond to it. 

"I suppose a second, an easier way of addressing that is, I take it the Commonwealth has no intention of 'willfully misleading potential witnesses or otherwise obstructing justice,' and so an order not to do that would be unnecessary?" the judge said.

"That's correct, your honor," the prosecution said.

The judge said that the gag order remains in effect unless the judge who issued it made a change or the case was dismissed.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on September 06, 2013, 02:46:44 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/06/justice/aaron-hernandez-plea/
Aaron Hernandez pleads not guilty
September 6, 2013

CNN) -- Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez pleaded not guilty Friday in the death of Odin Lloyd.
It was his sixth time appearing in a courtroom since his June 26 arrest.
He is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Lloyd, a 27-year-old semipro football player. He also faces various weapons charges. He will be held without bail until his next court appearance on October 9.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on September 27, 2013, 03:42:18 PM
http://nypost.com/2013/09/27/hernandezs-girlfriend-indicted-over-murder-case/
Hernandez’s girlfriend indicted over murder case
September 27, 2013

FALL RIVER, Mass. — The girlfriend of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez has been indicted on a perjury charge in connection with the killing of his friend.
A Massachusetts prosecutor said Friday that a grand jury indicted Shayanna Jenkins on a single count in relation to the investigation into the June 17 killing of the friend, Odin Lloyd. The prosecutor says Hernandez’s cousin, Tanya Singleton, also was indicted on a new charge of conspiracy to commit accessory after the fact.
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Earlier Friday, a grand jury also indicted a second Hernandez associate, Carlos Ortiz, on a accessory to murder charge in connection with the Lloyd killing. Until now, Ortiz had been facing only a gun charge in connection with the case. He pleaded not guilty to that charge.


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on November 06, 2013, 08:02:31 AM
http://www.kvue.com/news/national/230769891.html
Girlfriend of ex-Patriot Hernandez due in court
November 6, 2013

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — The girlfriend of Aaron Hernandez has another scheduled court appearance after being charged with perjury in connection with the murder case against the former New England Patriot.
A hearing for Shayanna Jenkins is set for Wednesday afternoon in Fall River Superior Court. She pleaded not guilty last month and was released on personal recognizance.
Prosecutors allege Jenkins lied to the grand jury that indicted Hernandez, including about disposing of evidence at his request. They say she told grand jurors she couldn't remember where she threw out a box she placed in a trash bag along with baby clothes.
Jenkins' attorney, Janice Bassil, says prosecutors are being heavy-handed and have no evidence her client lied.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on November 06, 2013, 08:07:47 AM
http://www.ibtimes.com/aaron-hernandez-news-current-nfl-player-asked-testify-former-patriots-star-could-face-gun-1450806
Aaron Hernandez News: Current NFL Player Asked To Testify, Former Patriots Star Could Face Gun Trafficking Charges
October 31, 2013

Aaron Hernandez has been in jail for four months as he faces murder chargers for the death of Odin Lloyd. Now, the grand jury that indicted the former NFL star is investigating him for gun trafficking.

According to CNN, Hernandez is suspected of being involved in the illegal transportation of weapons across state lines. The report states that authorities found an assault rifle in a car in Massachusetts that is connected to the investigation.

As the grand jury looks into Hernandez’s potential involvement in gun trafficking, one of the ex-tight end’s college teammates has been hit with a subpoena. Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey was served on Sunday after the team’s game in New England, according to Sports Illustrated. Pouncey was met by Massachusetts State Police as he headed towards the team bus.

Pouncey isn’t expected to face any charges in the case, but to just speak with the grand jury. He is good friends with Hernandez, who he played with at the University of Florida. Pouncey and his brother Maurkice, who plays for the Pittsburgh Steelers, were photographed wearing hats that read “Free Hernandez” in July.

The Dolphins have refused to comment on the situation, as have the Steelers. On Sunday, Pittsburgh will be in New England to play the Patriots.

While Pouncey may not face chargers, several associates of Hernandez have been indicted in relation to the murder of Lloyd. Hernandez’s fiancée has been charged with perjury, and his cousin has pleaded not guilty to criminal contempt and being an accessory to murder after the fact. Hernandez’s friends Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz have been charged with being accessories to murder, after they were allegedly with Hernandez on the night that Lloyd died.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: Nut44x4 on November 27, 2013, 10:06:49 PM

Aaron Hernandez pleads Fifth for lawsuit alleging he shot friend in face

By Jeff Black, Staff Writer, NBC News

Aaron Hernandez won’t respond to accusations that he shot a friend in the face after a night out at a Miami strip club, his lawyers said in court papers filed Wednesday.

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“Defendant asserts his rights under the Fifth Amendment and, therefore, declines to respond to the allegations,” lawyers wrote in a court filing.



 ::snipping3:: The lawyers made the Fifth Amendment assertion 13 times in response to specific allegations contained in Bradley’s civil lawsuit. The lawsuit seeks $100,000 in damages for Hernandez's alleged negligence in handling the weapon.

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Hernandez, 24, is being held without bail in Massachusetts after being charged with first-degree murder in the killing of his 27-year-old former friend Odin Lloyd on June 17.

Four other people — including Hernandez's fiancé — face charges stemming from that case.

U.S. District Court Judge Kathleen Williams, who is hearing the civil case, denied Hernandez's request to delay the proceedings until the murder charges are resolved.

The New England Patriots released Hernandez shortly after he was accused in Lloyd’s death.


http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/11/27/21649055-aaron-hernandez-pleads-fifth-for-lawsuit-alleging-he-shot-friend-in-face?lite


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on January 16, 2014, 03:45:55 PM
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/warrant-aaron-hernandez-eyed-as-gunman-in-2012-slayings/
WARRANT: AARON HERNANDEZ EYED AS GUNMAN IN 2012 SLAYINGS
January 16, 2014

BRISTOL, Conn. - A newly released search warrant indicates that Boston police have been investigating whether former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez may have been the gunman in a 2012 double slaying.

No charges have been filed in the shooting deaths of Daniel Jorge Correia de Abreu, 29, and Safiro Teixeira Furtado, 28, in Boston’s South End. The two were gunned down July 16, 2012 as they sat at a traffic light shortly after leaving a Boston nightclub.

Hernandez has come under scrutiny in the case since his arrest in a separate murder case in which he has pleaded not guilty.
Boston police write in the June 28 affidavit there is probable cause to believe that Hernandez was driving a vehicle used in the shooting and “may have been the shooter.”
The affidavit was released Thursday in Connecticut. It was filed as police sought to search an SUV they say was involved in the 2012 shooting and was found at Hernandez’s uncle’s home in Bristol, Conn.

The 24-year-old Hernandez is already facing murder charges in the June 17, 2013 death of 27-year-old Boston semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee. Hernandez is being held without bail.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on February 03, 2014, 08:43:09 AM
 ::MonkeyNoNo:: 

http://www.necn.com/02/03/14/Hartford-Police-Charges-expected-to-be-f/landing.html?blockID=862449&feedID=11106
Hartford Police: Charges expected to be filed against man suing Hernandez
February 3, 2014

(NECN) – The man suing Aaron Hernandez over an incident in Florida has been shot multiple times in Hartford, Conn.

Police confirm that Alexander Bradley was shot multiple times in his thigh during a gunfight at Club Vevo in Hartford late Sunday night.

Hartford Police said on arrival there was a car fleeing the scene. When the car was pulled over, Bradley fell out of the car with multiple gunshots in his right thigh. He was transported to a hospital.

Officers believe an altercation happened in the bar and moved outside.

Police said video indicates Bradley went to his vehicle, got a firearm and shot the front end of the bar. The incident is under investigation and charges are expected to be filed.

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Bradley is a major player in the ongoing investigation into Hernandez.
     
Last year, Bradley filed a lawsuit claiming that Hernandez shot him in the face outside a Miami strip club.
     
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According to recently released documents, Bradley may also have information about a double murder from Boston in 2012.


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on February 26, 2014, 09:24:59 AM
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/24823589/sheriff-hernandez-involved-in-jail-altercation
Sheriff: Hernandez involved in jail altercation
Posted February 25, 2014, Updated February 26, 2014

DARTMOUTH, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts sheriff says former NFL star Aaron Hernandez has been involved in a jail altercation.

Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson says the former New England Patriots tight end had an altercation with another inmate at the Bristol County House of Corrections on Tuesday.

Hodgson says jail staff are interviewing witnesses and reviewing surveillance video to figure out exactly what happened and determine whether charges are warranted.

A jail spokesman says neither inmate was seriously injured.

Hernandez is being held in a segregated housing unit with only a few other inmates.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on April 11, 2014, 07:08:44 PM
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/04/11/2-aaron-hernandez-associates-indicted-on-murder-charges/?intcmp=latestnews
2 Aaron Hernandez associates indicted on murder charges
April 11, 2014



FALL RIVER, Mass. –  Two associates of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez have been indicted on murder charges in connection with the shooting of a man last summer near Hernandez's Massachusetts home.

The Bristol County district attorney's office said Friday a grand jury returned indictments against Carlos Ortiz and Ernest Wallace in connection with the killing of semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to murder in the June killing of Lloyd, a Boston man who was dating the sister of Hernandez's fiancee.

The district attorney's office says Ortiz and Wallace will be arraigned later.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on May 15, 2014, 11:52:19 AM
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/aaron-hernandez-indicted-boston-double-slaying-23730839
Prosecutor: Hernandez Was Gunman in Double Killing
May 15, 2014

Prosecutors say former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez, who already faces a murder charge in a man's shooting death last year, was also the gunman in an unrelated 2012 double slaying in Boston.

The victims in that killing, Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, were shot to death as they sat in a car in Boston. Police have said they were shot by someone who drove up alongside in an SUV and opened fire.

Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley said at a news conference Thursday announcing that Hernandez has been indicted that the victims were "ambushed and executed" as they drove home and that Hernandez was the gunman.

Conley says Hernandez and the victims had had an encounter in a club that night.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on June 20, 2014, 12:28:10 AM
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/06/19/lawsuit-seeks-to-block-new-england-patriots-from-paying-hernandez-bonus-if-wins/
Lawsuit seeks to block New England Patriots from paying Hernandez bonus if he wins appeal
June 19, 2014

BOSTON –  An attorney in a wrongful-death lawsuit against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez wants to keep the team from paying him a $3.25 million contract signing bonus if he wins a union appeal.

Attorney William Kennedy added the Patriots and the team owner's company Kraft Enterprises LLC as co-defendants in a $6 million lawsuit for the estates of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, whom Hernandez is accused of killing, the Boston Herald reported Thursday (http://bit.ly/1iMxSHG ).

Prosecutors say Hernandez ambushed and gunned down the men after a chance encounter inside a nightclub weeks before he signed a five-year, $40 million contract and went on to catch 51 passes and score five touchdowns during the 2012 NFL season. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the men's slayings.

Kennedy also seeks to freeze Hernandez's assets, which his attorneys oppose. A Patriots spokesman declined to comment.

Similar steps were taken in a lawsuit by the family of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, whose body was found in an industrial area near Hernandez's home in North Attleborough and whom Hernandez denied killing in 2013. The Patriots have agreed in that case to notify the court before paying Hernandez.

The Patriots released Hernandez after his arrest in the Lloyd case last year.

De Abreu and Furtado were close friends who attended school and served in the military together in Cape Verde before coming to the United States, Kennedy said. After they left the Cure Lounge nightclub, Hernandez followed in an SUV, pulled out a gun and shot them at a red light, prosecutors said.

The case remained unsolved for months, but following Lloyd's killing the SUV was found in Bristol, Connecticut, where Hernandez grew up, and the gun was recovered from a person with ties to Hernandez, prosecutors said.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on June 21, 2014, 11:01:15 PM
http://dailydigestnews.com/2014/06/report-aaron-hernandez-seeks-jail-transfer-for-safety-reasons/
Report: Aaron Hernandez seeks jail transfer for safety reasons
The Bristol County sheriff is against the idea
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June 2014

According to a report from The Associated Press, former NFL football star Aaron Hernandez, who is currently being held at the Bristol County Jail on murder charges, wants to be transferred to a jail closer to Bean Town.

On Friday, the ex-tight end’s attorneys said that communication between them and their client, as well as their client’s safety, are jeopardized by Hernandez’s current location.

Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson wasn’t keen on the idea, but admitted that a judge would have the ultimate say in the decision.

“It’s up to the judge to decide that, but as a matter of practice, we wouldn’t be able to do that for every inmate that has attorneys out of our jurisdiction. The corrections system would not be able to manage the population,” Sheriff Hodgson said, according to the Boston Herald. “We’ve never had a situation where we moved someone to be closer to their attorneys.”

The AP notes the Hernandez’s lawyers have accused Hodgson of violating the disgraced football star’s due process rights and privacy rights, alleging that the sheriff is using the murder suspect for “self promotion and virtually non-stop publicity.”

His lawyers point out that Hernandez has had run ins with prison guards and other inmates.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on July 01, 2014, 02:28:35 PM
Whoops....

http://www.statesman.com/news/ap/sports/aaron-hernandez-featured-in-gators-2014-calendar/ngXKz/
Aaron Hernandez featured in Gators 2014 calendar
July 1 2014

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Ex-Florida and NFL star Aaron Hernandez, jailed while awaiting trial in the killing of three men, is Mr. July in the Gators' 2014 sports calendar. The school said Tuesday that officials approved the publication months before he was charged with murder.
The calendar is still available for sale through Target.com and features tight end No. 81 in the Gators' white jersey and blue pants with an orange stripe carrying the football under his right arm and almost looking into the camera. It includes his height, weight and hometown of Bristol, Connecticut.
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Officials approved the calendar last spring, months before the arrest, said Florida spokesman Daniel Apple.
Since then, the 24-year-old Hernandez has also been indicted on two counts of first-degree murder in the drive-by shooting of two other men, Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado and faces trial next year. He has pleaded not guilty to all of the charges, and is in jail in Massachusetts.
Apple said the calendar was not produced by the university, but a third party. Since it's already been printed and distributed for sale, there's not much the school can do, Apple said.
"There are thousands of Gators products for approval in the pipeline at any given moment," he said.
He added that the school just became aware of the situation on Monday.
Apple says the school advised the calendar's maker that Florida no longer approves of the product, but that those already printed will not be recalled.
The calendar was first reported on Deadspin.com, and the official Florida Gators football Twitter feed responded, also saying the calendar was approved before Hernandez's legal troubles were widely known.


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on July 02, 2014, 06:34:50 PM
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/25921861/patriots-team-owes-aaron-hernandez-nothing
Patriots: Team owes Aaron Hernandez nothing
July 2, 2014

BOSTON (AP) - The New England Patriots don't owe "another penny" to former tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is charged in three killings, a team lawyer told a judge Wednesday.

Attorney Andrew Phelan said the team terminated its contract with Hernandez shortly after he was charged last year in the death of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. He said the team does not believe it owes Hernandez a $3.25 million contract signing bonus.

"The Patriots believe under the terms of that contract that they owe not another penny to Mr. Hernandez," Phelan said during a hearing in Suffolk Superior Court on wrongful death lawsuits filed by the families of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, two Boston men prosecutors say were also killed by Hernandez.

The families' lawyer, William Kennedy, asked for an order barring the Patriots from paying Hernandez the $3.25 million if the team is ever ordered to do so by an arbitrator. According to the lawsuit filed by Kennedy, Hernandez has filed a grievance seeking the money, plus $82,000 he says is owed to him by the team.

But Judge Bonnie MacLeod said the team is already subject to a similar order in the Lloyd case and accepted a signed stipulation from the Patriots. The agreement says the Patriots will inform the court if an arbitrator orders them to pay Hernandez and will be subject to any further orders from the court on the matter, Kennedy said.

Kennedy also asked to add the Patriots organization as a defendant in the lawsuit. He said his primary goal in adding the team was to be able to get information on the terms of Hernandez's contract with the Patriots in an effort to try to secure assets for the families in the event they are awarded damages by a jury. Each family is asking for $6 million in damages.

MacLeod said she would take that request under advisement, but was leaning against adding the team as defendants. The judge said Kennedy has other ways of getting the information he is looking for from the Patriots.

Hernandez's attorney, John Fitzpatrick, argued in court papers that the attempt to prevent the team from paying Hernandez is "fundamentally unfair" because Hernandez needs the money to pay for his defense in the three killings and the civil cases.

Depriving Hernandez access to his earnings "would impair his state and federal constitutional rights to counsel and to due process," he wrote.

In court Wednesday, Fitzpatrick said he is not arguing that Hernandez needs the money or that Hernandez does not want any money to go to the bereaved families. He said it is clear that the judge in the Odin Lloyd case has already asserted authority over Hernandez's assets.
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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on January 06, 2015, 08:07:00 PM
http://www.necn.com/news/new-england/Final-Pre-Trial-Hearing-for-Aaron-Hernandez-287618511.html
Judge: Mother, Fiancee Can Attend Aaron Hernandez Trial
Former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez is due in court on Tuesday before he goes on trial Friday for allegedly killing Odin Lloyd in 2013.
January 6, 2015

The judge overseeing the murder case against former New
England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez says his fiancee and mother may attend the trial, even though they could be called as witnesses.
In addition, the judge rejected the prosecution's request to cover up a trophy case in the ex-player's home when jurors visit. Prosecutor William McCauley told Superior Court Justice Susan Garsh that the defense team wanted to impress jurors with the trophies; however, Hernandez's lawyer argued that the house should be shown to jurors exactly the way it was at the time of Odin Lloyd's death.
The judge also approved a prosecution request to bring jurors to several cellphone towers over the objections of Hernandez's lawyers, who said they were trying to re-enact their theory of the case. Prosecutors argued it is routine to show jurors the locations from which calls were placed.
Hernandez was in Bristol County Superior Court for a pretrial hearing ahead of his trial, which starts Friday with jury selection. He was a tight end for the Patriots with a $40 million contract when prosecutors say he killed Lloyd in an industrial park near his home in North Attleborough. Lloyd was found shot to death on June 17, 2013.

The trial is expected to last six to 10 weeks, and dozens of witnesses could be called, including Patriots coach Bill Belichick and team owner Robert Kraft.
Hernandez also has pleaded not guilty in the fatal shootings of two men in 2012 after an encounter at a Boston nightclub. That case has not yet gone to trial.


Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on April 16, 2015, 02:39:03 PM
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2015/04/16/after-conviction-many-court-cases-left-for-aaron-hernandez/
After Conviction, Many Court Cases Left For Aaron Hernandez
April 16, 2015

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Even after he was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole, former New England Patriots star tight end Aaron Hernandez is nowhere near done with his legal troubles. He still faces double murder charges in Boston, as well as civil lawsuits over the killings and a lawsuit in Florida from a former friend who said he was shot in the face and left for dead after arguing with Hernandez.
A jury on Wednesday found Hernandez guilty of the June 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancee. Lloyd was killed — shot six times in a deserted industrial park less than a mile from Hernandez’s home — for reasons that still remain unclear. Hernandez’s lawyer acknowledged his client witnessed the crime but insisted he did not do it.
After the verdict, Hernandez was brought to a state prison less than a 4-mile drive from Gillette Stadium, the place where he once used to catch touchdown passes by Tom Brady in front of tens of thousands of fans. He will eventually be moved to another maximum-security institution.
A first-degree murder conviction in Massachusetts automatically triggers an appeal to the Supreme Judicial Court. A date for the Hernandez appeal wasn’t immediately set.

Hernandez also is charged in a 2012 double killing in Boston. His alleged connection to that slaying emerged as the Lloyd investigation unfolded. Prosecutors in Boston say that Hernandez killed two men, Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado, after one of them accidentally bumped into him and spilled Hernandez’s drink at a nightclub. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to two counts of murder.

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Title: Re: New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez, subject in murder probe
Post by: MuffyBee on May 11, 2015, 05:47:30 PM
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2015/05/11/aaron-hernandez-charged-witness-intimidation/27132529/
Aaron Hernandez charged with witness intimidation
May 11, 2015

BOSTON (AP) — Former New England Patriots player and convicted murderer Aaron Hernandez is facing another criminal charge: witness intimidation, prosecutors said Monday.

Hernandez was convicted last month of killing Odin Lloyd, who was dating his fiancee's sister, in June 2013. He also faces two counts of murder in Boston, where he is accused of gunning down two men in 2012 after one caused him to spill his drink at a nightclub
A grand jury indicted Hernandez on Friday on the latest charge, according to the office of Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel Conley. It said the victim of the intimidation was a witness to the Boston killings, which happened on July 16, 2012.

"Hernandez allegedly shot him in the face on the morning of Feb. 13, 2013, and left him to die on the side of the road in Riviera Beach, Florida, after the witness made a remark about the homicides," the office said in a news release.

Hernandez's lawyers didn't immediately return a message seeking comment on the new charge.

The district attorney's office did not identify the witness, but it is clear from several other court proceedings that it is former Hernandez friend Alexander Bradley.
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