Investigators searched the North Attleborough home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez today following the killing of a man police call an "associate" of Hernandez, ABC News has learned.

Massachusetts State Police and prosecutors arrived at Hernandez's $1.3 million, 5,600-square foot home, which is outfitted with a home gym and a swimming pool, just before 5 p.m. and spent hours with him inside the mansion.

Two Hernandez friends tried to leave house at the time of the search, but they were stopped by a state police car at the end of driveway. Crime scene investigators later searched the car the men tried to leave in.

During the search, Hernandez received a hand-delivered package from the prominent law firm Ropes and Gray around 7:30 p.m., with the deliveryman telling reporters swarming the sidewalk outside that it was addressed to "Mr. Hernandez himself."

Hernandez was initially uncooperative with police after the body of a 27-year-old man was found in an industrial park not far from the Patriots player's home, two law enforcement sources said.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/patriots-star-aaron-hernandez-questioned-murder-sources-abc/story?id=19430625#.UcH_TJX_QbC

Shit's not looking good. Hernandez better call Ray Lewis for advice.

[Edited 6/19/13 12:03pm]

Did you see the video where two guys tried to leave Hernandez' house and the cops blocked the driveway?

Yikes.

RodeoSchro said:

Did you see the video where two guys tried to leave Hernandez' house and the cops blocked the driveway?

Yikes.

I heard the victim was the boyfriend of Hernandez' sister - double-yikes!

phunkdaddy said:

Man this motherfucker might be ratchet as hell.

from ABC News;

New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez is now the subject of an arrest warrant on obstruction of justice charges based on the possible destruction of evidence in connection with the shooting death of his friend, ABC News has learned.

Police sources told ABC News on Thursday that a major investigative tool – the security system at Hernandez's home, which included video – had been intentionally destroyed. His cell phone was handed over to police "in pieces," and appeared to have been smashed.

Police also want to know why a team of house cleaners were hired on Monday to scrub Hernandez's mansion, the sources said.

Evidence is mounting that Hernandez and the victim, Odin Lloyd, 27, a semi-pro football player, had been together at several nightclubs during the course of the weekend, including the night before Lloyd's body was found, several law enforcement sources told ABC News.

The star NFL player has not been ruled out as a suspect in the murder of a semi-pro football player Odin Lloyd, 27, who was Hernandez's friend, sources said, but the warrant that has been issued does not include a murder allegation.

Hernandez has been at the center of the investigation since Lloyd's body was found shot in the back of the head in a scrubby clearing of an industrial park roughly a mile from the Patriots star's $1.7 million mansion in North Attleborough, Mass., on Monday.

Lloyd was believed to have been killed sometime before dawn on Monday, although his body was not discovered until Monday evening by a teenage jogger.

Surveilance videos from nightclubs and in the area of Hernandez's home show Hernandez, Lloyd and two other men together in the hours before Lloyd was shot in the head.

Police are also investigating "other incidents of violence" that Hernandez is suspected of being involved in, two sources told ABC News.

Hernandez is being sued by a former friend who lost his eye after he claims the Patriots player shot him in the face in February. A lawsuit in that case stated that Hernandez "possessed a gun he was not legally licensed to have."

In the lawsuit initially filed in federal court on June 13, attorneys representing Alexander Bradley, 32, said that Hernandez and several others were at Tootsie's strip club in Miami on Feb. 13 when Bradley and Hernandez got into an argument. The group then left the club, and while driving towards Palm Beach, Hernandez's gun discharged inside the vehicle. "It fired, and a bullet went through my client's arm and blew out his right eye," attorney David Jaroslawicz told ABCNews.com. "It has been enucleated -- replaced with a prosthetic eye. He has also lost use of his right arm."

The victim, however, apparently did not tell Palm Beach County sheriffs who responded that the shooter was his friend Aaron Hernandez. The tight end's name is not mentioned on the police report.

Hernandez was also questioned about a shooting when he was a college student, but he was not charged in the case.

They've definitely got him on obstruction of justice.

No one destroys their home security hard drive and their cell phone unless there's something on them they don't want the cops to see.

This cat is in for some hard time.

RodeoSchro said:

They've definitely got him on obstruction of justice.

No one destroys their home security hard drive and their cell phone unless there's something on them they don't want the cops to see.

This cat is in for some hard time.

WTF was he thinking? I guess you lose all common sense when you're involved in shit like this. He can kiss his football career goodbye.

But hey, Tim Tebow to the rescue!

uPtoWnNY said:

RodeoSchro said:

They've definitely got him on obstruction of justice.

No one destroys their home security hard drive and their cell phone unless there's something on them they don't want the cops to see.

This cat is in for some hard time.

WTF was he thinking? I guess you lose all common sense when you're involved in shit like this. He can kiss his football career goodbye.

But hey, Tim Tebow to the rescue!

Yeah! That's just what I told my son yesterday! TEBOW ALWAYS WINS!

So now, he'll be the starting tight end, what with Gronk out and Hernandez going to the hole. And the Patriots will know that, God forbid anything happen to Brady, all they have to do is move Tebow under center. He'll already be familiar with every route, and a Super Bowl victory will be guaranteed.

Tebow!

uPtoWnNY said:

RodeoSchro said:

They've definitely got him on obstruction of justice.

No one destroys their home security hard drive and their cell phone unless there's something on them they don't want the cops to see.

This cat is in for some hard time.

WTF was he thinking? I guess you lose all common sense when you're involved in shit like this. He can kiss his football career goodbye.

But hey, Tim Tebow to the rescue!

Hernandez was taken into custody earlier this morning.....Patriots just released him.....shit.

Graycap23 said:

Why can't these ball players stay out of trouble?

He's just been charged with murder.

Sounds like they have the goods on him. They have details about the timeline that no one could know unless they were involved, meaning someone has apparently turned state's evidence.

Have you seen the video of his arrest? Of COURSE he was shirtless. Right out of "Cops".

The perp walk needs to be banned.

TD3 said:

The perp walk needs to be banned.

I think it is in a lot of countries. And I agree, it should be banned.

Judging from what the prosecutors said yesterday, they've got at least one of the other people involved in the murder talking to them.

I don't think Aaron Hernandez is going to see the outside of a prison for a long, long time.

A second man has been arrested:

The Hartford Courant said Wednesday that 27-year-old Carlos Ortiz was arrested by cops in Bristol, Conn., and arraigned right away. The newspaper said Ortiz had been charged with "being a fugitive from justice." He had been on probation, and he had a probation hearing scheduled for Wednesday. Ortiz's record includes past arrests for larceny and criminal mischief, but he's being held on $1.5 million bail, and he waived extradition to Massachusetts. A judge has sealed all records connected to his case.

The Boston Globe noted that Ortiz was detained "in connection with [Lloyd] case." And MassLive reported that Ortiz has photos of Hernandez on his Facebook page. It is not known if Ortiz is the friend from Connecticut Hernandez texted on the night of the murder, requesting that he come see him and demanding that he "hurry."

http://deadspin.com/secon...-596836605

Here's the photo on Facebook:

https://m.facebook.com/ph...er=9366254

That damn fool was absolutely crazy.
Now his ass is a suspect in a double murder in Miami(i think thats the right city).


Innocent till proven guilty though.

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JoeyC said:

That damn fool was absolutely crazy.
Now his ass is a suspect in a double murder in Miami(i think thats the right city).


Innocent till proven guilty though.

[Edited 6/27/13 18:07pm]

Boston.

Is it true that Hernandez is gang affiliated and thought that the victim was setting him up?

babynoz said:

Is it true that Hernandez is gang affiliated and thought that the victim was setting him up?

That's what i read earlier today.

Also i noticed that on his hand he has a tattoo of the word 'blood', written in red letters.

Dumb a** off brand (gang slang)

Prosecutors: Bubblegum, texts among trail of evidence in Hernandez's case

Hernandez linked to other deaths?

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• Prosecutors allege cell phone towers tracked movements the night Lloyd died
• A pack of blue bubblegum may connect the former NFL tight end to shell casings
• A shell casing found in a car Hernandez rented matches those at the murder scene, investigators say
• No weapon has been found, but photos and video show him holding a pistol, prosecutors say

(CNN) -- Something Odin Lloyd may have done or said didn't sit well with NFL player Aaron Hernandez, prosecutors say.

Two days later, they allege, the football player rounded up some friends and settled the score.

Lloyd's body was found at a Massachusetts gravel pit near Hernandez's North Attleborough home in mid-June, according to investigators. He was fatally shot with a .45 caliber firearm.

Hernandez faces premeditated murder charges and has pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors allege the former tight end with the New England Patriots orchestrated the hit and carried it out with another man.

The Patriots dismissed him from the team and ended his multimillion-dollar contract.

Cell phone records and surveillance camera tapes will link him to the killing and retrace the final moments of Lloyd's life in the wee hours of Monday, June 17, the prosecution says.

And a trail of blue bubblegum colorfully shows Hernandez's path that night, according to prosecutors.

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Police return to Hernandez's home

But the defense says the evidence does not add up.

"It is a circumstantial case. It is not a strong case," defense attorney Michael Fee said.

Massachusetts State Police said they are seeking another man as an "accessory after the fact."

Hernandez is also being investigated in connection with an unsolved 2012 double homicide case in Boston, a law enforcement source close to the investigation told CNN.

How it started

Over the weekend, Lloyd and Hernandez had a run-in, prosecutors allege.

They had met up at the popular Boston dance club, RumoR, according to Lloyd's sister, Olivia Thibou.

Lloyd, a semipro football player who also worked as a landscaper, was dating the sister of Hernandez' s fiancee.

In predawn hours Monday, Hernandez swung by Lloyd's home to pick him up in a rented silver Nissan Altima, prosecutors say. At some point, two other passengers ended up in the car with them.

They stopped at a gas station and made a purchase. But one that sticks out as evidence -- a pack of blue bubblegum.

Prosecutors say that cell phone towers nearby tracked the men's movements. Lloyd had his phone on and texted his sister at 3:23 a.m., very likely minutes before his death.

"NFL. Just so you know," he texted his sister to let her know who he was with.

About 3:25 a.m. -- two minutes after the message -- gunshots shattered the quiet night, according to witnesses.

Hernandez and a gun

Not five minutes passed before a surveillance camera captured video of Hernandez carrying a gun as he arrived back at his home, prosecutors say.

He was with two other people. Lloyd was not among them.

A murder weapon is usually a key piece of evidence in a homicide case, and investigators have not been able to turn one up.

But Hernandez at least once had a Glock .45, prosecutors say, entering a cell phone photo into evidence of him posing in the mirror with it.

And police have seized .45 caliber ammunition and an ammunition magazine that were in a Hummer SUV he drove and a condo he rented.

Bubble gum evidence

Hernandez and the other two later took the car back to the rental company.

There, the defendant offered an attendant a piece of blue Bubblicious, prosecutors say.

What appeared to be a piece of chewed blue gum was left lying inside the vehicle, prosecutors say. Next to it was a fired.45-caliber casing.

It matches the empty shells Investigators recovered near Lloyd's body, prosecutors say.

If that gum was in Hernandez's mouth, DNA tests will connect him to the casings, prosecutors say.

When investigators inspected Lloyd's body, they found keys in his pockets to a rental car registered in Hernandez's name.

From the NFL to county jail

The former pro football player awaits trial in a county jail, after the judge denied him bail. He has been "polite and cooperative" the sheriff says. He seems at ease.

But Hernandez has had some difficulty with one thing, Bristol County Sheriff Tom Hodgson said.

Trading in the glory of jersey number 81 for the impersonal feel of a prisoner's serial number.

JoeyC said:

babynoz said:

Is it true that Hernandez is gang affiliated and thought that the victim was setting him up?

That's what i read earlier today.

Also i noticed that on his hand he has a tattoo of the word 'blood', written in red letters.

Dumb a** off brand (gang slang)

I'm no tattoo expert but the first time I ever saw Hernandez in college, I looked at his arms and could only think "Gang banger".

RodeoSchro said:

JoeyC said:

That's what i read earlier today.

Also i noticed that on his hand he has a tattoo of the word 'blood', written in red letters.

Dumb a** off brand (gang slang)

I'm no tattoo expert but the first time I ever saw Hernandez in college, I looked at his arms and could only think "Gang banger".

What i don't understand about professional sports(mainly NBA and NFL) is how they allow players who are former gang members, or gang associates, to continue to sport their gang tattoos.


Most employers make their employees who have visible gang tattoos cover them up. Either thru makeup or thru removal, so why can't professional sports do the same?


I totally believe that if a person is in the spotlight like professional sports players are, and if they have gang tattoos, they should be required to remove them. Far too many of them sports players think its ok to rep their neighborhood but in my mind that attitude does more harm than good.


Just to qualify:
I got a couple gang members in my family and i know and used to associate with gangsters. Not all gang members are killers or are violent but that gang mentality is very destructive and a scourge on the US and on other parts of the world.

[Edited 6/30/13 15:16pm]

phunkdaddy said:

Man this motherfucker might be ratchet as hell.

i was gonna say the same thing

nursev said:

phunkdaddy said:

Man this motherfucker might be ratchet as hell.

i was gonna say the same thing

Y'all ain't lying.

I don't know if the other murders that he's suspected of took place before he got signed to the NFL, but how in the hell could a person just mess off a multi-million dollar contract over some dumb stuff ? People who go from rags to riches and then continue to have the same thug ass attitudes and behaviors baffle the shit outta me.

Honestly them idiots give them real street gangsters a bad name.

[Edited 6/30/13 15:19pm]

JoeyC said:

nursev said:

i was gonna say the same thing

Y'all ain't lying.

I don't know if the other murders that he's suspected of took place before he got signed to the NFL, but how in the hell could a person just mess off a multi-million dollar contract over some dumb stuff ? People who go from rags to riches and then continue to have the same thug ass attitudes and behaviors baffle the shit outta me.

Honestly them idiots give them real street gangsters a bad name.

Money does not give u good decision making skills.

It makes your bad habits WORSE.

babynoz said:

Is it true that Hernandez is gang affiliated and thought that the victim was setting him up?

The police speculation yesterday was that Lloyd either knew or found out about Hernandez's part in the 2012 double murder, and that was what he was talking about with the two guys at the bar, and that was what set Hernandez off.

So, Hernandez figured he had to kill Lloyd before Lloyd was able to get the story either to the cops, or to another gang that might retaliate against Hernandez.

All speculation of course, but it's a reasonable motive as to why Hernandez would kill Lloyd for talking to two guys.

RodeoSchro said:

babynoz said:

Is it true that Hernandez is gang affiliated and thought that the victim was setting him up?

The police speculation yesterday was that Lloyd either knew or found out about Hernandez's part in the 2012 double murder, and that was what he was talking about with the two guys at the bar, and that was what set Hernandez off.

So, Hernandez figured he had to kill Lloyd before Lloyd was able to get the story either to the cops, or to another gang that might retaliate against Hernandez.

All speculation of course, but it's a reasonable motive as to why Hernandez would kill Lloyd for talking to two guys.

I wonder if any background investigations are done on pro ballers?