New England Patriots Aaron Hernandez arrested on murder charge - Trial set to begin January 9, 2015

Hernandez meets with lawyers, no charges filed

Patriots tight end largely out of view as rumors outdistance real news

By Mark Arsenault, Wesley Lowery and Javier Panzar | GLOBE STAFF | GLOBE CORRESPONDENT June 21, 2013

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH — In a day filled with rumor and anticipation, New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez huddled with his lawyers in Boston Friday, while investigators remained tight-lipped about the homicide investigation that has embroiled the football star.

Reporters stood vigil outside Hernandez’s North Attleborough home and at a local courthouse, on speculation that investigators were poised to take action against him.

The stakeouts by reporters and photographers extended to Dorchester, where the anguished family of a 27-year-old man gunned downed Monday near Hernandez’s home demanded justice.

Hernandez’s entanglement in the ongoing investigation cost him a corporate sponsorship Friday, as a nutritional company terminated the player’s endorsement contract.

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Aaron Hernandez was at bar with murder victim night before death, destroyed security system and cell phone: reports

The Patriots tight end was with Odin Lloyd at a Boston bar the night before Lloyd's body was found Monday, Boston's Fox 25 reports. Hernandez's cell phone and home security system — which includes video surveillance — were also destroyed when turned over to investigators, sources told ABC News.

BY KEVIN ARMSTRONG / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Published: Thursday, June 20, 2013, 11:53 AM
Updated: Friday, June 21, 2013, 9:44 AM



Aaron Hernandez, seen here at a May practice, has 175 catches for 1,956 yards and 18 TDs.

NORTH ATTLEBORO, Mass. — New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez, under investigation in a homicide, was dogged Thursday by reports of his imminent arrest and revelations about a possible coverup.

Hernandez, 23, is part of a probe into the ruthless murder early Monday of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd at an industrial park less than a mile from the football player’s spacious house.

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.



Odin Lloyd, 27, was found dead by a jogger on Monday. The probe into his murder has led back to New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's home.

Cops also wanted to know why a cleaning service scrubbed Hernandez’s southeastern Massachusetts home Monday, the network reported.

Odin Lloyd, 27, was found dead by a jogger on Monday. The probe into his murder has led back to New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez's home.

Cops also wanted to know why a cleaning service scrubbed Hernandez’s southeastern Massachusetts home Monday, the network reported.

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Police Spend Hours At Aaron Hernandez's House As Reports Mount Of Impending Arrest

Charge Would Be Obstruction Of Justice

By KELLY GLISTA and NICHOLAS RONDINONE
The Hartford Courant
12:47 p.m. EDT, June 23, 2013

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. —— Aaron Hernandez remained a free man as of midday Sunday, despite reports that an arrest warrant has been prepared to charge him with interfering with the investigation into the shooting death of a man who was dating his girlfriend's sister.

Police spent nearly four hours at Hernandez's house Saturday, from 1:45 p.m. to about 5:30 p.m. Some officers carried paper bags of unidentified items out of the home of the New England Patriots' star tight end and Bristol native. Two K-9 units also searched the house Saturday. Police searched the backyard, and searched and photographed Hernandez's SUV. A locksmith also spent time in the house.

Hernandez's attorney, Michael Fee, arrived at the home at about 3:40 p.m. and remained in the house after police left. Two women emerged from the home during the afternoon Saturday. Late Sunday morning, two women again left the house, driving away in a silver Nissan with a Connecticut license plate.

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Odin Lloyd: Top 10 Facts You Need to Know

June 19, 2013
Posted by Paul Farrell

The dead body at the center of the Aaron Hernandez murder probe has been identified as 27-year-old semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd of Dorchester, Massachusetts, reports CBS Boston.

Lloyd was killed by a single bullet wound to the back of the head, reports ABC News.

1. Lloyd Was Partying With Hernandez on Sunday Night

"Ted Daniel @TedDanielFOX25

LAW SOURCE: Aaron Hernandez was driver of a vehicle Odin LLoyd and 2 others in.  Lloyd found dead one mile from Hernandez home.

9:12 PM - 19 Jun 2013 "

On Sunday night, Hernandez was at a Boston-area bar with Odin Lloyd, reports Fox 25. According to their source, Hernandez, Lloyd and two others left the bar together, with Hernandez driving, this is attributed to a text Lloyd sent to a friend around that time.

They report that only three men returned to Hernandez's home that night, and Lloyd was not one of them. The semi-pro football star had not been seen by his uncle, who he lived with on Fayston street (below), since Sunday night.

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2. Lloyd Was Reportedly Dating Hernandez's Girlfriend's Sister

A neighbor of Lloyd's told WBZ that it was known in their neighborhood, in Fayston Street in Boston, that he was dating the sister of Aaron Hernandez's girlfriend, Shayanna Jenkins, Shanea Jenkins.

Detectives had difficulty in locating Jenkins in the immediate aftermath of Lloyd's homicide, but ABC News says investigators have spoken to her as of Wednesday evening.

Shayanna Jenkins is the mother to Hernandez's daughter, Avielle Janelle, born in November 2012. At that time Hernandez gave an interview in which he stated:

"Another one is looking up to me. I can’t just be young and reckless Aaron no more. I’m gonna try to do the right things, become a good father"

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5 Things to Know About Aaron Hernandez, NFL Star Linked to Murder Investigation

By LINDSAY LOWE
June 21, 2013 – 1:56 PM

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NFL star Aaron Hernandez has been all over the news this week, after the body of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd was found shot in the head a mile from Hernandez’s home, according to police. Hernandez has not been charged with homicide, but authorities say they want to know why he allegedly destroyed his home surveillance system and cell phone—and cleaned his house thoroughly—the day Lloyd’s body was discovered.

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2. There are two separate ongoing investigations involving Aaron Hernandez

One concerns a lawsuit from a former acquaintance, Alexander Bradley, alleging that Hernandez shot him in the face in Florida after an argument outside a strip club in February. According to the official complaint, Hernandez shot him with an illegal gun, causing Bradley to lose his right eye.

The other investigation involves the apparent homicide of semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. Lloyd’s body was discovered Monday in an industrial block around a mile from Aaron Hernandez’s home in North Attleborough, Mass. Lloyd had been shot in the back of the head, according to police. Hernandez is connected to the murder investigation because surveillance tapes from night clubs showed him and two other men with Lloyd in the hours before Lloyd was shot. As of early Friday afternoon, Hernandez has not been charged with homicide, but has also not been ruled out as a suspoect.

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Examining Aaron Hernandez's New England Patriots contract

By Ian Rapoport
Reporter, NFL.com and NFL Network

Published: June 21, 2013 at 04:26 p.m.
Updated: June 21, 2013 at 07:42 p.m.

(VIDEO)

In almost all situations, when an NFL player is suspended, he forfeits all of the future guarantees in his contract. Even if a signing bonus or base salary is guaranteed for skill, injury and salary cap, a "failure to perform" or "failure to practice" clause makes those guarantees null and void.

In a surprising twist, this appears not to be the case with the five-year, $40-million extension signed by New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in August of 2012. Upon close reading of his contract language -- and after confirming the development with an expert -- the "failure to perform" or "failure to practice" clause that appears in similar Patriots extensions is not present. This means Hernandez might be able to keep nearly $2.5 million of the deal, even if legal troubles prevented him from taking the field.

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Questions remain about murder that may involve Aaron Hernandez

Posted: Jun 21, 2013 6:16 PM CDT
Updated: Jun 21, 2013 7:15 PM CDT

By Jill Konopka

(VIDEO)

BRISTOL, CT (WFSB) - There are more questions than answers tonight regarding what role if any Bristol native Aaron Hernandez had in a homicide involving a 27-year-old Dorchester, MA, man.

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Hernandez is now at the center of a murder investigation after Odin Lloyd, who was a semipro player, was found shot to death about a half mile from the Hernandez's home in North Attleboro, Ma.  

"It's a tough situation for everyone who holds Bristol sports dear, because Aaron was their golden boy," said Brad Carroll, who is the executive sports editor for the Bristol Press and covered Hernandez extensively.

People back home In Connecticut who know Hernandez were stunned, including Dandre Conaway, who plays for the Bristol Central High School Rams right now.

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Death of dad left Patriots' Aaron Hernandez ‘angry’

Many expressed concern about Hernandez's behavior and maturity as he won a college title and played in a Super Bowl. Darker days preceded that gilded run. Hernandez was a nightmare for his mother in light of his father’s death, which occurred before senior year in high school.

BY KEVIN ARMSTRONG/ NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Published: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 1:08 AM
Updated: Sunday, June 23, 2013, 1:08 AM

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Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez can’t seem to avoid trouble.


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Aaron Hernandez must dodge media horde outside his North Attleborough, Mass., home as police investigate his possible connection to murder of Odin Lloyd.

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Officials mum over probe linked to Pats' Hernandez

The Associated Press • Published June 23, 2013

NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. – Authorities continue to investigate, but not talk about, the killing of a semi-pro football player whose body was found a mile from New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez.

A spokeswoman for the Bristol County district attorney's office said Sunday that officials are not releasing details. Spokeswoman Yasmina Serdarevic said officials also are not talking about the cause of death of 27-year-old Odin Lloyd, whose body was found on Monday. His death was ruled a homicide.

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New England Patriots spokesman Stacey James has said the team does not expect to comment during the police investigation. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was waiting for the legal process to take its course.

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Aaron Hernandez arrested at his home, taken into custody, then released by Patriots

By Frank Schwab | Shutdown Corner – 2 hours 9 minutes ago

June 26, 2013



Raw Video: Aaron Hernandez taken into police custody

Aaron Hernandez is in police custody after being arrested at his home on Wednesday morning. No charges have been announced yet.

"We are not releasing the charge against Hernandez until it is presented to the court," the Massachusetts State Police announced via Twitter. "Again, he will be arraigned in Attleboro Court today."

Less than two hours after the arrest, the New England Patriots released Hernandez.


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Aaron Hernandez investigation

As the Massachusetts State police continue to investigate Aaron Hernandez's connection to a homicide in North Attleboro, Mass., a Connecticut man has filed a lawsuit in the state of Florida alleging that the New England Patriots tight end shot him in the face following an argument in mid-February. UPDATE: Hernandez was arrested at 8:45 a.m. Wednesday morning, June 26.
— Brian McIntyre

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New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested and led out of his home in handcuffs, shortly before 9 a.m. It is not immediately known what charges he is facing, but he has been under investigation in connection with the murder of Odin Lloyd.

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New England Patriots Tight End Aaron Hernandez Arrested at His Home

BY DASSHIELL BENNETT
June 26, 2013


NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez, who has been embroiled in a murder investigation for more than a week, was taken from his home in handcuffs this morning, leading to speculation he may soon be charged in the shooting death of a close "associate." Massachusetts State Police say the charges will be revealed when he appears in court later today.

Police have been surprisingly quiet about their findings in the case of Odin Lloyd, an associate of Hernandez's who was found dead near the New England Patriot's home on June 17. As recently as yesterday, they were insisting that no suspects had been named in the murder case and they even got a judge to seal all documents in the case. Yet police showed up at his house this morning, placed the 23-year-old in handcuffs, and took him away in a police cruiser. It appears he was not given a chance to surrender voluntarily.

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Aaron Hernandez charged with murder

Kevin Manahan and Chris Strauss, USA TODAY Sports  / 2:50 p.m. EDT 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.

Hernandez appeared in a packed courtroom number one at Attleboro District Court, where he faces six charges, the most significant being murder. Hernandez also faces charges of possessing a firearm without a license, possessing a large capacity firearm and a firearm without an ID card.

Hernandez was arrested at his home at 8:47 a.m. ET by North Attleborough police and spent five hours in custody before arriving for his arraignment shortly before 2 p.m.

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Aaron Hernandez Murder Charge: Former Patriots Player Charged In Death Of Odin Lloyd (VIDEO)

AP  |  By MICHELLE R. SMITH
Posted: 06/26/2013 2:49 pm EDT  |  Updated: 06/26/2013 6:25 pm EDT

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McCauley said the crime stemmed from a night out at a Boston club called Rumor on June 14. He said Hernandez was upset about certain things, including that Lloyd had talked to some people Hernandez "had troubles with."

Two days later, McCauley said, on the night of June 16, Hernandez texted two friends from out of state and asked them to hurry back to Massachusetts.

Surveillance footage from outside Hernandez's home showed him leaving with a gun, and he told someone in the house that he was upset and couldn't trust anyone anymore, the prosecutor said.

The three men picked up Lloyd at his home around 2:30 a.m., according to authorities. As they drove around, they discussed what happened at the nightclub, and Lloyd started getting nervous, McCauley said.

Lloyd texted his sister, "Did you see who I am with?" When she asked who, he answered, at 3:22 a.m., "NFL," then, a minute later, "Just so you know."

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Former Patriots Tight End Is Charged With Murder

By BILL PENNINGTON
Published: June 26, 2013

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Prosecutors said home surveillance videos taken from Hernandez’s house show him in possession of firearms before and after Lloyd was killed, that Hernandez was observed picking Lloyd up at 2:30 a.m. on the night he was killed, that a silver Nissan Altima — the same make of vehicle Hernandez had rented — was seen going to and coming from the site where Lloyd’s body was found and that Hernandez was seen exiting his vehicle with a gun at his home at 3:29 a.m., shortly after authorities say Lloyd had been murdered.

Prosecutors added that .45 caliber shell casings found at the scene matched shell casings found in Hernandez’s rental car.

“The defendant orchestrated the execution,” an assistant district attorney, Bill McCauley, said. Lloyd, he said, was shot five times.

One of Hernandez’s lawyers, Michael Fee, called the case against him “weak” and “circumstantial.”

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Prosecution details events it says led to Odin Lloyd’s homicide

By Jay Hart | Shutdown Corner – 3 hours ago



For more than 20 minutes, Bristol County prosecutor William McCauley stood in a Massachusetts courtroom Wednesday detailing the events that led to Aaron Hernandez's arrest and subsequent charge of first-degree murder.

With Hernandez, who pled not guilty to the charge, standing just a few feet away, McCauley went through a timeline of events – extracted from surveillance videos, cell phone records and cell phone towers – that the prosecution says ended with the execution of Odin Lloyd:

June 16

9:02 p.m.: Hernandez texts a friend out of state saying "please make it back"

9:05: Hernandez texts Lloyd that he wants to get together

9:35: Hernandez texts a friend in Connecticut that says "get your ass up here"

10:23: Hernandez texts the same friend, "Hurry your ass up"

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Report: Aaron Hernandez possibly tied to 2012 double murder

By John Breech | CBSSports.com
June 27, 2013 10:19 am ET

One day after being arraigned on six charges -- including first-degree murder -- in connection with the death of Odin Lloyd, former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is now being investigated as a possible suspect in a July 2012 double murder that happened in Boston, according to WFXT-TV, a Fox affiliate in Boston.

On July 16, 2012, Boston police responded to a call just after 2 a.m. ET, according to the report. When authorities arrived on the scene, they found three people in a car at a traffic light who had all been shot. Two of the men in the vehicle had been fatally shot.

The two men who were fatally wounded were sitting in the front seat of the car. The passenger in the back of the vehicle survived. There were also two other passengers in the vehicle who were unharmed. Witnesses in the area placed a grey or silver SUV with Rhode Island license plates at the scene of the crime.

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Reports: Aaron Hernandez now being investigated for possible role in 2012 double murder in Boston

By Frank Schwab | Shutdown Corner – 12 hours

Aaron Hernandez, charged Wednesday for the murder of Odin Lloyd on June 17, is also being investigated in connection with a 2012 double murder in Boston, reports said.

The additional Hernandez investigation was first reported by the Fox affiliate in Boston. The Boston Globe, citing two unnamed law enforcement officials, confirmed that Hernandez is being investigated for possible involvement with the unsolved double murder. ABC confirmed that as well.

The Boston Globe said Lloyd may have had information on that double murder, which happened last July 16 when Daniel Abreu and Safiro Furtado were ambushed in their car at a stop light, shot and killed.

A judge on Thursday denied Hernandez's appeal for bail. He will continue to be held without bail as he awaits trial.

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Shayanna Jenkins: 14 Photos of Aaron Hernandez’s Fiancee



Shayanna Jenkins is the fiancee caught in the middle of the Aaron Hernandez murder scandal. The victim allegedly shot dead by the NFL star is Jenkins' sister's boyfriend, Odin Lloyd. Shayanna is not implicated in the crime but has been thrust into the media spotlight. She lived with Hernandez, and they have a baby together. Following are several images of Shayanna alone, with Hernandez, and with her sister.

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Video: Sheriff on Aaron Hernandez

By James Walker | ESPN.com
June, 28, 2013

Bristol County (Mass.) Sheriff Thomas Hodgson discusses the latest on former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez with ESPN’s Bob Holtzman.

Hernandez, 23, was denied bail this week and will remain in custody after his arrest on murder and gun charges.

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Jail officials check Hernandez tattoos for gang affiliations

Posted by Mike Florio on June 28, 2013, 7:02 AM EDT

With Aaron Hernandez behind bars indefinitely, officials are taking a close look at the vast array of tattoos on his body.  The purpose of the effort isn’t to critique the ink but to ensure Hernandez’s safety.

“We’ll be looking at his tattoos to see if there are any symbols that affiliate with gangs,” Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson told the Boston Herald.  “We have to always be vigilant around security and not place him somewhere where there are rival gang members.”

If that happens, Hernandez could be in danger.

“Hernandez could be a very appealing target for someone who wants to make a reputation for himself,” UCLA adjunct professor of social welfare Jorja Leap told the Herald.  “The sheriff needs to be extra careful with someone like Hernandez.”

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Third Suspect Arrested In Aaron Hernandez Murder Case

By Jim Phillips | June 28, 2013 3:37 PM

A third suspect connected to a murder case revolving around former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is in custody.

Ernest Wallace was reportedly taken into custody in Florida today.  He was wanted as an accessory after the fact.

Hernandez is being held without bond in the execution-style killing of Odin Lloyd near his Boston-area home last week.

Another man is being held on a firearms charge in the case.

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3rd man arrested in case involving ex-NFL player


Carlos Ortiz

AP Associated Press | DAVE COLLINS | 11 hours ago

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — A man arrested in Connecticut in connection with the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was being sent to Massachusetts on Friday, and investigators said a third suspect was arrested in south Florida.

Massachusetts State Police said local officers in Miramar, Fla., captured Ernest Wallace early Friday afternoon, hours after a Connecticut judge ordered Carlos Ortiz turned over to Massachusetts authorities.

New Britain State's attorney said investigators arrested the 27-year-old Ortiz in Bristol on Wednesday as part of the inquiry into the slaying of Boston semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd.

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Andres Valderrama, Aaron Hernandez’s Uncle: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

Posted 1 day ago by Kevin Genovario

Former Patriot's tight end Aaron Hernandez was arrested on Wednesday.

Andres Valderrama, the uncle of the former New England Patriots star, Aaron Hernandez, who was arrested on charges of the murder of Odin Lloyd, is also wrapped up in a slew of drama regarding the case. Here's what you need to know.

1. The House of Aaron Hernandez's Uncle Was Searched Wednesday Night

Investigators spent two hours searching through the home and garage of Hernandez's uncle, Andres Valderrama, in Bristol, Connecticut on Wednesday before leaving, reports the New Haven Register.

A statement from authorities confirmed the search and that it was in connection to the death of Lloyd, but did not give further details.

“Both the Bristol Police Department and the New Britain State’s Attorney’s Office will continue to provide whatever assistance we can in connection with this investigation," the statement said. "As the investigation is ongoing, we can have no further comment at this time.”

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Third man jailed in Aaron Hernandez case

Saturday, June 29, 2013

Murder victim Odin L. Lloyd of Dorchester will be buried today as the three suspects linked to his cold-blooded execution — including banished Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez — are behind bars.

The funeral for the 27-year-old victim is set for this morning at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mattapan.

“We believe ... that we now have in custody the three individuals that were in the silver Nissan Altima,” Bristol County District Attorney Sam Sutter said yesterday outside Attleboro District Court. The car was caught on surveillance cameras from Boston to the scene of the June 17 murder, prosecutors said.

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Aaron Hernandez Charged With Murder (PHOTO of GUN)

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Aaron Hernandez Holds Up Gun In Selfie Photo!

July 2012 victims didn’t know Hernandez

Posted by Mike Florio on June 30, 2013, 7:30 AM EDT

Odin Lloyd, killed two weeks ago tonight, knew Aaron Hernandez.  Two other murdered men to whom Hernandez has been tied didn’t know him.

According to Antonio Planas of the Boston Herald, 28-year-old Safiro Furtado and 29-year-old Daniel Abreu weren’t acquainted with Hernandez, according to their families.

“Whatever they got caught up with, it’s something that just happened at the moment,” said Jose Centeio, a cousin of Furtado who employed both men at a cleaning business.  “That’s the sad thing about it.”

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/30/july-2012-victims-didnt-know-hernandez/

Mourners remember victim in Aaron Hernandez murder case

Posted by Sporrty on June 30, 2013

BOSTON – More than 500 people packed a small Boston church on Saturday to pay their respects to a Dorchester man whose slaying sparked a homicide probe that led to the arrest of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez, who grew up in Bristol, and two other men from Connecticut. Family members, former classmates and teammates gathered to remember Odin Lloyd, 27, and tried not to focus on the circumstances surrounding his death during a two-hour memorial service.

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AARON HERNANDEZ
Cops theory on
M.O. FOR MURDER



Police have a theory as to why they think former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez killed Odin Lloyd -- he knew secrets that could have destroyed Aaron's relationship with his fiancée and the team.

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ ... there are several operating theories, but a prevailing one based on evidence they have already unearthed is that Lloyd "mouthed off" to Hernandez about "secrets" Hernandez had told him in the past.  

As for what the nature of the secrets -- we're told they involve 2 issues:  Aaron's involvement in drugs and Aaron's involvement in several violent incidents.


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Gainesville PD confirms Aaron Hernandez ‘questioned very briefly’ in ’07 shooting

Posted by John Taylor on June 29, 2013, 9:21 PM EDT

The sad, sordid soap opera that is Aaron Hernandez would not normally fall under the purview of CFT, but a confirmed development has prompted us to at least dip our toes into the evolving tragedy.

Following up on the speculation in the days since the now-former New England Patriots player was arrested on a first-degree murder charge — and his potential role in a double homicide last year has seen the public light — Gainesville police confirmed to the Gainesville Sun Saturday that Hernandez was “questioned very briefly” in regards to a shooting in late September of 2007 that injured two individuals.  From the Sun:

Corey T. Smith, now 33, and Justin E. Glass, now 24, were in a car stopped in westbound traffic when Smith, the passenger, was shot in the head. Glass was shot in the arm by a man police said walked up to the car and fired several shots from a handgun.

Several members of the Gators at the time were interviewed by police in connection to the shootings, including Hernandez as well as, the paper reported, players such as Reggie Nelson and the Pouncey twins, Mike and Maurkice.

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Lawyer of man shot in Florida says Aaron Hernandez left him to die

Lindsay H. Jones, USA TODAY Sports  | 10:59 a.m. EDT June 29, 2013


(Photo: Ted Fitzgerald, AP)

The lawyer for the Connecticut man suing Aaron Hernandez now believes Hernandez intended to kill his client after a night of partying in Miami.

Alexander Bradley, 30, filed a civil complaint in a U.S. District Court in South Florida in which he accused Hernandez of shooting him in the face on Feb. 13. Bradley was found alone and bleeding from the face and arm in a Riviera Beach, Fla. industrial park, about an hour north of the strip club where he had spent the previous evening with Hernandez and others.

"I think he was left there because they thought he would be dead," attorney David Jaroslawicz told USA TODAY Sports on Friday.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/2013/06/28/aaron-hernandez-florida-shooting-alexander-bradley/2472709/

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Mass., Riviera shootings linked to Aaron Hernandez called ‘chillingly similar’

Posted: 7:31 p.m. Saturday, June 29, 2013
By Lawrence Mower and Matt Porter
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer

Just after dawn on Feb. 13, Alexander Bradley was driven to an industrial park outside Riviera Beach, shot once in the head and left to die.

A man, who had just arrived at work, heard a gunshot and spotted an SUV driving away. Minutes later, he found Bradley curled up in a fetal position, who told him to call 911.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/national/mass-riviera-shootings-linked-to-aaron-hernandez-c/nYZQZ/

Published: June 26, 2013

Criminal Complaint in Hernandez Case

The charges against former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in the death of his friend Odin Lloyd.



http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/27/sports/football/27hernandez-doc.html?ref=newenglandpatriots

Original Document PDF:

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/717944/criminal-complaint-in-hernandez-case.pdf

"NFL Network's Ian R. Rapoport tweeted "Patriots have voided Aaron Hernandez's remaining guarantees, source says. $2.5M guaranteed salaries, $3.25M signing bonus, workout bonuses".Additonally, ESPN New York reported"

Alessandra_Deux wrote:Published: June 26, 2013

Criminal Complaint in Hernandez Case

The charges against former Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez in the death of his friend Odin Lloyd.



http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/27/sports/football/27hernandez-doc.html?ref=newenglandpatriots

Original Document PDF:

http://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/717944/criminal-complaint-in-hernandez-case.pdf

Wow, that's interesting.  All this time I thought AH "shot" Lloyd and instead he "did assault and beat" him and by "such assault and beating did kill and murder" him.  So, the other 1 or 2 that were also arrested must have shot Lloyd?

Ex-Patriot Aaron Hernandez kept separate from inmates in jail

NFL.com
Published: July 1, 2013 at 05:31 p.m.
Updated: July 1, 2013 at 07:05 p.m.

Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is being kept away from other inmates while he is in jail for the sake of his safety, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson told NFL Network and NFL.com on Monday.

Hernandez is charged with first-degree murder as well as several weapons violations in the death of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-pro football player from the Boston area. Hernandez is being held without bail at the Bristol County House of Correction and Jail in North Dartmouth, Mass., while awaiting trial.

The sheriff described the ways Hernandez has been kept separate from the other inmates. For the first five days, Hernandez was in the medical ward, where he stayed for 23 hours a day.

Read more:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000215797/article/expatriot-aaron-hernandez-kept-separate-from-inmates-in-jail

Man to be sent to Mass. in Hernandez murder case

Posted: Monday July 1, 2013 6:06 PM

BOSTON (AP) - A man arrested in Florida agreed Friday to return to Massachusetts to face a charge in the murder case against former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez.

Ernest Wallace, 41, faces a charge of accessory after the fact in the slaying semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd. Wallace turned himself in at a Miramar, Fla., police station last week.

An assistant to Broward County Judge John Hurley said Wallace waived extradition Monday and agreed to go back to Massachusetts.

Read More:

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2013/football/nfl/wires/07/01/2080.ap.fbn.hernandez.police.1st.ld.writethru.0397/index.html#ixzz2Xw1qUg3K

Aaron Hernandez family member killed in car accident

Posted by Michael David Smith on July 2, 2013, 6:56 PM EDT

A member of Aaron Hernandez’s family whom police wanted to question in connection with the ongoing murder investigation has died in a car accident.

The Hartford Courant reports that Thaddeus Singleton III, the son-in-law of Hernandez’s uncle, was killed when the car he was driving flew off the road and crashed into a pole. The car Singleton was driving was owned by Hernandez’s uncle. The death was ruled an accident.

It is unclear what police believed Singleton knew about the murder of Odin Lloyd, but the report says that police had been seeking to speak with him. Singleton had previously been convicted of multiple drug charges in Connecticut.

Read more:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/02/aaron-hernandez-family-member-killed-in-car-accident/

Hernandez Investigators Had Planned To Talk To Man Killed In Farmington Crash


The scene in Farmington where a car plowed into the Farmington Country Club, leaving a man dead and a woman injured. (Nick Cloutier / Fox CT / June 30, 2013)

By JENNY WILSON, DON STACOM and DAVID OWENS,
The Hartford Courant
8:51 p.m. EDT, July 2, 2013

Investigators in the Aaron Hernandez murder case were prepared to interview a Bristol man who was killed early Sunday when he crashed a car registered to his father-in-law, the former New England Patriot tight end's uncle.

Multiple law enforcement sources said Massachusetts investigators were interested in speaking with Thaddeus Singleton III, 33, because he was associated with Hernandez. Singleton, who records show has served time in state prisons on various drug-related convictions dating to the mid-1990s, was killed when the car he was driving shot 100 through the air and hit the Farmington Country Club 6 feet off the ground.

The Nissan Maxima was registered to Andres Valderrama, Hernandez's uncle, law enforcement sources said. A female passenger identified as Tabitha Perry, 27, was injured in the crash, Farmington police said.

Read more:

http://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-aaron-hernandez-thaddeas-singleton-20130702,0,2763989.story

Sheriff: Aaron Hernandez denies being in gang

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Accused killer and ex-Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez told Bristol County correction officers examining his heavily tattooed torso for telltale gang signs that he has never been a member of any street gang, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson told the Herald.

“He talked to our gang 
investigators and said he didn’t have any involvement,” Hodgson said yesterday, adding that his gang unit is still investigating the matter.

“We always take extra precautions. We don’t have any definite issues at this point, but we’re still being very cautious,” Hodgson said.

Read more:

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2013/07/sheriff_aaron_hernandez_denies_being_in_gang#sthash.5cC5cJfD.dpuf

Aaron Hernandez was reportedly involved in domestic dispute; neighbors call him a ‘nightmare’

By Steve DelVecchio July 2, 2013

Stories of Aaron Hernandez’s checkered past continue to surface on a daily basis as he sits at the Bristol County House of Correction wondering what the future will bring. We knew Hernandez failed drug tests in college and hung out with some shady characters, but the more we learn the easier it is to understand why the New England Patriots got him in the fourth round of the draft.

On Tuesday, TMZ released two separate reports about past instances where police had to be called because of something Hernandez allegedly did. The first reportedly involved a domestic incident a year ago with his fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, at Hernandez’s rental home in a beachside community in Los Angeles.

TMZ cited law enforcement officials who claim a neighbor in Hernandez’s Hermosa Beach community called the police to report that Aaron and Shayanna were “fighting.” When officers arrived, Jenkins reportedly told them she was OK and did not want to press charges. The sources also said police went to the home several times for noise complaints and that Hernandez “acted like and a**hole.”

Read more:

http://larrybrownsports.com/football/aaron-hernandez-domestic-dispute-neighbors-nightmare/194819

Report: Sheriff won't allow marriage

Aaron Hernandez's fiancee Shayanna Jenkins reacts in court.

Updated Jul 3, 2013 12:17 PM ET

Count getting married as one of the freedoms former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez could forfeit while incarcerated.

Hernandez is being held in Massachusetts’ Bristol County House of Corrections after he plead not guilty to murder in the June 17 death of Odin Lloyd.

Now, according to USA Today, Bristol County Sheriff Thomas M. Hodgson says he will do all he can to prohibit Hernandez from getting married while in jail.

"I don't subscribe to that. I feel that those rights are things that you access on the outside, if you're a good citizen," he told the paper. "We'll do everything we can to not have that happen.

"If you want to get married, what you do is, you stay out of jail."

Read more:

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/aaron-hernandez-former-new-england-patriots-murder-charge-shayanna-jenkins-marry-070313

Aaron Hernandez Jail Update 7/3/2013

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BNFl_9rwxs

Sheriff: Aaron Hernandez has been 'model inmate' so far

Published: July 3, 2013 at 10:09 a.m.

VIDEO:

07:00 – Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson joins "NFL AM" to discuss Aaron Hernandez's adjustment to life behind bars.

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/0ap2000000216017/Sheriff-Hernandez-has-been-model-inmate-so-far

Aaron Hernandez’s hoodie found in Franklin condo

Published: July 3, 2013

The white hoodie sweatshirt authorities believe Aaron Hernandez wore on the night Odin Lloyd was murdered has been found in the former New England Patriots star’s Franklin condo.

The Attleboro Sun Chronicle reports that the sweatshirt, several rounds of various ammunition, including .45-caliber ammo, the same caliber as the handgun used in the June 17 murder, were also located in the condo. Hernandez was spotted on surveillance cameras wearing the hoodie shortly before Lloyd was murdered execution-style.

Read more:

http://www.metro.us/boston/news/2013/07/03/aaron-hernandezs-hoodie-found-in-franklin-condo/

Trouble for Aaron Hernandez as pal flips

Cops grab evidence at Franklin ‘flop house’

By: Dave Wedge, Christine McConville 
and Antonio Planas
Thursday, July 4, 2013

A sidekick of Aaron Hernandez is cooperating with authorities in what one former prosecutor called a key development in the murder case against the ex-Patriots star, as new evidence emerged yesterday potentially tying him to the slaying of Odin L. Lloyd.

Court documents obtained yesterday show that Carlos Ortiz — who authorities say was with Hernandez when the Dorchester amateur football player was executed in North Attleboro on June 17 — has flipped on his friend.

Ortiz, who hails from Hernandez’s hometown of Bristol, Conn., talked to state troopers in Connecticut last week and directed cops to a secret crash pad in Franklin leased by Hernandez, court papers show.

(Videos at link)

Read more:

http://www.prosportsdaily.com/Headlines/ExternalArticle?articleId=257075

Aaron Hernandez jury probing

The Associated Press
Updated: July 5, 2013, 11:47 PM ET

HARTFORD, Conn. -- A Connecticut man who says he lost an eye after being shot by Aaron Hernandez in February was ordered Friday to appear before a grand jury in Massachusetts that is considering the murder case against the former New England Patriots tight end.

Superior Court Judge Joan Alexander in Hartford ordered Alexander Bradley to appear July 17 in Fall River, Mass., where a grand jury is looking into allegations Hernandez orchestrated the shooting of Odin Lloyd, according to a clerk for the court.

~Snipped~

Hernandez has been charged with murder in district court in Massachusetts but a grand jury indictment or probable cause hearing would be necessary for him to face trial on felony charges. Hernandez, 23, has pleaded not guilty.

The Bristol County district attorney's office in Massachusetts said it could not comment on any grand jury investigation.

Read more:

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/9452597/aaron-hernandez-grand-jury-hear-shooting-victim

Investigators return to Hernandez apartment

Posted by Mike Florio on July 5, 2013, 10:38 AM EDT

The apartment Aaron Hernandez maintained roughly 20 minutes from his $1.3 million home has been called a “flop house.”

According to FOX 25 in Boston, investigators returned to the apartment complex in Franklin, Massachusetts area on Wednesday night for further searching.  Per the report, the efforts focused on the pool area.

The biggest piece of evidence the police apparently haven’t found is the gun that was allegedly used to kill Odin Lloyd.  Previously, police searched a pond near Hernandez’s home for the gun.

Read more:

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/07/05/investigators-return-to-hernandez-apartment/

Report: Aaron Hernandez never failed drug test with Patriots

By Will Brinson | NFL Writer
July 7, 2013 9:00 am ET

Much has been made recently of Aaron Hernandez past at Florida. As the former Patriots tight end sits in jail, facing a murder charge, every speck of trouble from his past bubbles up to be scrutinized by the seething public.

It's worth noting, then, in the interest of being fair, that Hernandez was never a problem for New England once they drafted him. Ben Volin of the Boston Globe wrote as much in his Sunday notes column, including making the point that Hernandez never failed a drug test while playing for the Pats.

"For three years in New England, Hernandez did everything Bill Belichick asked of him football-wise, according to a team source," Volin writes. "He showed up to meetings and practices on time, practiced hard, stayed in shape, was very coachable, and starred on the field, scoring 18 touchdowns in three seasons.

"Just as importantly, he didn't fail one NFL drug test in three seasons."

Read more:

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/blog/eye-on-football/22670827/report-aaron-hernandez-never-failed-drug-test-with-patriots

More from Meyer on Aaron Hernandez

BY 11W STAFF - 07 JULY 2013

http://www.elevenwarriors.com/2013/07/23460/more-from-meyer-on-aaron-hernandez

Accomplice told that Hernandez did it (Video)

Updated: July 10, 2013, 2:09 PM ET

Carlos Ortiz, one of the alleged accomplices in the Aaron Hernandez case, says he was told that Hernandez said he killed Odin Lloyd.

According to court documents released Tuesday, Ortiz told police that Ernest Wallace, a second alleged accomplice, told him the day after the shooting that Hernandez admitted to killing Lloyd.

After Lloyd was shot near Hernandez's home in North Attleborough, Mass., Ortiz and Wallace returned to Bristol, Conn. That is where, according to court records made public in Florida Tuesday, Ortiz told police that Wallace said Hernandez shot Lloyd.

Investigators learned Ortiz had a previously scheduled meeting with his probation officer on June 25 and were present when he arrived.

Read more:

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/9464868/carlos-ortiz-says-was-told-aaron-hernandez-said-killed-odin-lloyd-according-court-documents

Documents: Aaron Hernandez admitted firing fatal shots

Vehicle sought in double slaying was rented in Hernandez's name

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATTLEBORO — ATTLEBORO — An associate of former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez said he was told Hernandez fired the shots that resulted in the death of a semi-pro football player, according to documents filed in Florida.

The records, obtained by The Associated Press, also show that a vehicle wanted in a double killing in Boston a year before had been rented in Hernandez's name.

Together, the revelations provide the most damning evidence yet against the 23-year-old star athlete.

~Snipped~

The documents were filed in court by the Miramar, Fla., police department to justify a search of Wallace's mother's home in that city.

The records also show that police, while investigating Lloyd's killing, searched in Hernandez's hometown of Bristol, Conn., and found a vehicle wanted in connection with a July 2012 double homicide near a Boston nightclub.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in Lloyd's killing. His legal team did not return email messages Tuesday. Wallace faces an accessory to murder charge in the case and has pleaded not guilty.

Read more:

http://www.telegram.com/article/20130710/NEWS/307109884/0

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TODAY   |  July 10, 2013

Aaron Hernandez warrant: Argument preceded shooting

In a warrant filed in the Aaron Hernandez case, investigators say Hernandez’s alleged accomplice told them victim Odin Lloyd argued minutes before the shooting but “made up by shaking hands.” NBC’s Stephanie Gosk reports.

http://www.today.com/video/today/52438153/#52438153