Sunday 23 June 2013
Hernandez warrant coming
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Massachusetts authorities
are predictable to perform an arrest deserve at some point forNew England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez for stumbling block of justice in relation with a homicide
investigation, sources tell ABC News.
More Hernandez coverage on ESPN.com
ESPN
legal analyst Lester Munson takes a look at the implications of the expected
arrest warrant for Aaron Hernandez for obstruction of justice in connection
with a homicide investigation. Story
The
Patriots could come to regret their gamble on tight end Aaron Hernandez, writes
ESPNBoston.com's Mike Reiss. Story
The warrant was prepared after police discovered that the
security system at Hernandez's home, along with his cellphone, were destroyed,
sources told ABC News.
Hernandez returned home Friday, driven by his lawyer, Michael
Fee.
Police were at Hernandez's home again Thursday with another
search warrant based on evidence that Hernandez "destroyed his home refuge
system," an investigator close to the case told ABC News.
The investigator and other law enforcement sources confirmed the
security system was smashed intentionally. Hernandez's cellphone was handed
over to investigators "in pieces" by his attorneys, sources
added. Police also want to know why a team of house cleaners was hired on
Monday to scrub Hernandez's mansion, sources told ABC News.
"There's a federal statute
in every state that you cannot knowingly destroy evidence. And what
[authorities] believe has happened here is that the home surveillance system
was destroyed, the cellphone was destroyed, the house was cleaned, and the
police think there was evidence that was destroyed because of that," ESPN
legal analyst Roger Cossack said.
"Now the problem of course
is that nobody know what was in that home surveillance, so in some ways it's
difficult for the police to make their case."
Lloyd
Surveillance video from the North Attleborough, Mass.,
neighborhood of Hernandez shows him with Odin Lloyd and two other people hours
before Lloyd was killed earlier this week, sources confirmed to ABC News late
Thursday.
In addition, the Boston Globe reported that video images appear
to show Hernandez and Lloyd together on Fayston Street in Boston early Monday
morning.
Hernandez, 23, has been at the center of the search since the
body of Lloyd, a 27-year-old semi-pro football player, was found shot in the
back of the head Monday in an industrial park near Hernandez's home in North
Attleborough.
Lloyd's uncle, Ishmael Andrew,
told The Associated Press on Friday that Lloyd was dating the sister of
Hernandez's girlfriend. Family members have said Lloyd was never in trouble.
Meanwhile, a lawsuit has been refiled in Florida against
Hernandez by a man the tight end allegedly shot in South Florida in February.
The lawsuit contends Alexander S. Bradley was shot in the arm but the bullet
traveled to his head, causing him to lose his right eye.
Timeline of Aaron Hernandez events
• Monday night: Body
of Odin Lloyd, a Hernandez "associate" found one mile from
Hernandez's residence.• Tuesday night: Police search Hernandez's home for first time, remove box.
• Thursday morning: Lawsuit alleging Hernandez shot man in Feb. is refiled in Florida court.
• Thursday afternoon: Helicopter follows Hernandez to and from Patriots facility. Was told by team to leave facility.
• Thursday afternoon: Reports surface that Hernandez destroyed his home security system and cell phone.
• Friday: Massachusetts authorities prepare arrest warrant for Hernandez for obstruction of justice, sources tell ABC News.
• Saturday:
Law enforcement officials go into Hernandez's home just before 2 p.m. ET and
leave more than 3 ½ hours later carrying 15 bags of apparent evidence.
-- ESPN Stats & Information
Video footage by a WCVB-TV chopper showed Hernandez traveling by
car to Gillette Stadium on Thursday morning. He left the stadium shortly after
noon, then was swarmed by reporters after he stopped at a gas station.
According to ESPN and multiple media outlets, Hernandez was told
to leave the stadium by staff, who were waiting for him when he showed up for a
workout. Patriots spokesman Stacey James told The Boston Herald that he had no
idea why Hernandez came to the stadium.
"No coaches are here," said James, who declined
further comment to the Herald.
Lloyd's body was discovered in a clearing near John Dietsch
Boulevard, not far from a vehicle that had been rented by Hernandez. Police
have lined Lloyd's death a homicide.
"It has been widely reported in the media that the state
police have searched the home of our client, Aaron Hernandez, as part of an
ongoing investigation. Out of respect for that process, neither we nor Aaron
will have any comment about the substance of that investigation until it has
come to a conclusion," his attorney Fee said in a statement.
Police are asking for the public's help in locating a silver echo
cover believed to have been broken off a vehicle and might be visible along a
route of travel between Dorchester, where Lloyd was from, and North
Attleborough.
The NFL is not commenting on the Hernandez situation at this
point, a league official told ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter. But the NFL is
monitoring developments, as it would in any matter of this nature.
Bradley, the man who claims he was shot by Hernandez after the
two argued upon leaving a Miami nightclub in February, is represented by New
York attorney David Jaroslawicz.
Mike Rodak,
ESPNBoston.comAaron Hernandez was approached by reporters Thursday as he
pumped gas in his SUV. Hernandez, wearing a Muscle Milk winter wool hat, had
his endorsement deal with that company terminated Friday.
Asked whether he has a police report of the incident,
Jaroslawicz declined to provide information. According to USA Today Sports, his
client was in the hospital for weeks, and "I'm sure the police were
there."
A spokesman for Miami-Dade police told USA Today that he was
checking to see whether a report was filed.
A police report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff describes a
shooting incident involving a man named Bradley on Feb. 13. The sheriff's
office deem the case inactive because Bradley refused to cooperate. Hernandez
was not named in the report.
In another development Thursday, police in Providence, R.I.,
said Hernandez was taunted in May by a man at a nightclub near the Brown
University campus but walked away. The man followed Hernandez for three blocks
and a crowd formed, held back by police while Hernandez got into his vehicle
and left.
CytoSport, makers of Muscle Milk, which signed Hernandez to an
endorsement deal is ending the contract Friday. He was wearing that hat
Thursday.
"In light of the investigation involving Aaron Hernandez,
CytoSport is terminating its endorsement contract with Mr. Hernandez, effective
immediately," the company said in a statement provided to ESPN.
Hernandez also has a deal with Puma. A company spokeswoman told
ESPN on Friday that the company would not have any comment on its relationship
with the football player.
Information
from ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter, ESPN sports business reporter Darren
Rovell and The Associated Press was used in this report.
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