GUILTY MA - Aaron Hernandez, New England Patriots player, charged with homicides #1

[tezi]

Your right Belichick made a huge mistake drafting him, but only a mistake in hindsight. Hernandez came out of college with some red flags, but tons of players that play every single Sunday came out the same way. Nothing in those read flags read potential multiple murderer, at worse he seemed like a guy that might snort,smoke, or inject his way out of the league. People seem to be forgetting Belichick drafted Hernandez in the 4th round. Which for non-football followers is extraordinarily late for someone of his talent level, the guy was arguably the best TE to come that year, and unarguably a first rounder based on his talent alone.

It's funny a few teams are falling over themselves to proclaim they took off their draft boards... like Cincinnati (like they have room to talk), and Miami (the team that signed Lawrence Phillips and Brandon Marshall at one time). But I remember this draft (I'm a bit of a draftnik) and rumor at the time was the Saints were poised to snap him up as well as many teams putting the 4th rd. as his floor. So if the Patriots hadn't taken him where (at the time of the draft mind you) his reward outweighed his risk, someone else would have within the next few picks without a doubt.

I know most of the hate is coming from Patriots haters, because there are a lot of them. But they are taking way to much heat, was that Milwaukee chocolate factory in any way responsible for Jeffrey Dahmer? Nope. Or the fertilizer sales place and Scott Peterson? How about was it Leslie Nielsen's fault O.J. did it?
And let's just not forget the Patriots cut Hernandez the minute he was arrested. The Raven held onto and backed Ray Lewis after he was arrested with the exact same charges (except it was two counts of murder instead of one).

RBBM: No where have I seen on this board where anyone has came across as a Patriot hater. Just an alleged murderer hater, and some of us have serious questions as to why he was able to go on and commit the three murders and no one thought anything was suspicious with him.

I think that there were a lot of red flags that were dismissed regarding AH. The assault was public record. Even if AH wasn't charged, (red flag, IMO), the phone call by his girlfriend to police in CA. AH broke the glass in the door and cut his hand (red flag, again). It seems to me, that AH pretty much did what he wanted to do, all the while he was throwing red flags up, but no one (or anyone that should have been) was paying attention.

I think BB knew a lot more about AH than he wants to admit. He wanted the another TE to play with Gronk, no matter what the cost, (thanks to Woofie, for wording this better than I could).

I thought that potential draftees were pretty well vetted by the NFL, I guess I was wrong.

JMO

 

[TexMex]

Arraignment today

Hernandez, 23, was arrested in June and pleaded not guilty to murder and weapons charges in district court. The indictment moves the case to superior court, where jury trials in murder cases are held.

The ex-athlete, who was cut from the Patriots within hours of his arrest, has been held without bail.

Prosecutors say Hernandez orchestrated Lloyd’s killing because he was upset at Lloyd for talking to some people with whom Hernandez had problems at a nightclub a few days earlier.

 

[TexMex]

Jenny Wilson of the Hartford Courant reports that "authorities have surveillance footage that shows Aaron Hernandez and two men killed in a drive-by shooting in Boston last summer at the same establishment hours before they died."

The two victims in question are Daniel Abreu, 29, and Safiro Furtado, 28, both from Dorchester, Mass. The two were killed by gunfire on their car on July 16, 2012 around 2 a.m. ET.

http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on...dez-at-nightclub-with-double-homicide-victims

 

[TexMex]

On Friday, two days before his former team, the New England Patriots, plays their NFL season opener in Buffalo, Aaron Hernandez is scheduled to be arraigned on murder and weapons charges in Massachusetts.

Much like Hernandez’s recent court appearances, this one is likely to be short on drama, but long on impact. It’s possible that a trial date is set, and Hernandez’s attorneys may ask again for bail, said Anne Bowen Poulin, a criminal law professor at Villanova University. But other than that, she said, “typically, this is a formality.’’

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/sto...gnment-not-guilty-plea-murder-trial-date-bail

 

[Cherry]

Anyone Hv the live feed for 2pm hearing today? I understand they r asking for bond??? Hon will air but I want live feed

 

[TexMex]

Anyone Hv the live feed for 2pm hearing today? I understand they r asking for bond??? Hon will air but I want live feed

I did just read he will remain jailed until a bond hearing in October. Story says bond seems unlikely since there is a double murder investigation involving Hernandez underway in addition to this murder

 

[PandaJ]

Judge orders men linked to Aaron Hernandez to testify

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/sto...grand-jury-ties-alexander-bradley-john-alcorn

From the link:
"Judge Joan Alexander issued a warrant to allow police to arrest Alexander Bradley of East Hartford and compel him to appear before a grand jury in Suffolk County, Mass., after Bradley failed to appear Tuesday at a hearing to show why he should not be required to testify. "

This is the guy who is suing AH for shooting him in the face. I wonder why he has to be FORCED to testify against him.

 

[tezi]

Judge orders men linked to Aaron Hernandez to testify

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/sto...grand-jury-ties-alexander-bradley-john-alcorn

From the link:
"Judge Joan Alexander issued a warrant to allow police to arrest Alexander Bradley of East Hartford and compel him to appear before a grand jury in Suffolk County, Mass., after Bradley failed to appear Tuesday at a hearing to show why he should not be required to testify. "

This is the guy who is suing AH for shooting him in the face. I wonder why he has to be FORCED to testify against him.

AH has already paid him a lot of money not to press criminal charges against him for the shooting in which Bradley lost his eye. He is probably afraid of being killed in a "motor vehicle" accident.

JMO

 

[TexMex]

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/sto...cquittal-first-degree-murder-prosecution-case


Meanwhile, it would be difficult to make a case for Ortiz’s claim to investigators that Wallace told him that Hernandez had done the shooting, since part of their case rests on all three being on the scene at the same time.

The defense, DelSignore said, would point out that such a claim “doesn’t make any sense.

“Would you rely on these guys as witnesses, and on the product of an illegal search?” he said.

The other critical part of the process for the defense, he said, would be jury selection – a challenge in any case, but more so in a high-profile case in which the defendant is a celebrity. The judge would be the biggest safeguard against a jury biased in either direction. Lawyers for both sides will submit questions for jury candidates and will have challenges for cause and peremptory challenges (without an explicit reason) at their disposal. But the judge will ask the questions and will have a lot of leeway in weeding out prejudices.

Still, the defense lawyers will have to be on guard – and expect Hernandez to spend his considerable resources on a jury consultant, DelSignore said. Their preference? “People with very smart, technological, scientific backgrounds,’’ he said, “because a big part of their case is a lack of evidence. They’ll want people who can understand that what they have might not be real, concrete evidence.”

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Conn. House Holds CLues

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/t/story/hernandez-case-conn-house-holds-clues-20265406

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Hernandez Associate Indicted as Accessory

http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/t/story/500k-bail-patriot-hernandezs-associate-20389461

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Fiancée Indicted For Perjury

http://www.tmz.com/2013/09/27/aaron...gleton-indicted-perjury-murder-investigation/

 

[geevee]

Aaron Hernandez Legal Case Grows Larger

A flurry of court activity surrounding the murder case of former NFL star Aaron Hernandez this past week provided a portrait of a man who was surrounded by guns and had a ruthless approach to friendship.

Full article:

http://abcnews.go.com/US/aaron-hernandez-legal-case-grows-larger/story?id=20393988

 

[Elley Mae]

Prosecutors say Singleton drove Hernandez pal Ernest Wallace, who is charged with being an accessory after the fact to Lloyd’s murder, to Georgia en route to Florida. Her car broke down in Georgia and she bought Wallace a bus ticket to get to Florida, prosecutors say.

http://bostonherald.com/news_opinio...hernandez_s_accused_accomplices_to_be_charged

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

Witness claims Aaron Hernandez pulled trigger in 2012 Boston double shooting

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/0...012-boston-double-shooting/?intcmp=latestnews

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

"Aaron Hernandez smartens up for pretrial hearing as prosecutors ask judge to remove herself from murder case"

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-NFL-star-appears-court-pretrial-hearing.html

 

[Blondie in Spokane]

"Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey served with grand jury subpoena in Aaron Hernandez murder case"


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...aron-Hernandez-murder-case.html#ixzz2j0hwHECQ

 

[Steely Dan]

"Miami Dolphins center Mike Pouncey served with grand jury subpoena in Aaron Hernandez murder case"


Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...aron-Hernandez-murder-case.html#ixzz2j0hwHECQ

Ahh, outside distractions for the Pets and Sushi, now we just need a good Jests scandal!! :thumb: :floorlaugh:

 

[Elley Mae]

Girlfriend of ex-Patriot Hernandez due in court

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2013-11-06-09-24-00

 

[fran]

Aaron Hernandez Could Go Free in Murder Case, Retired Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Says

For all the missteps Aaron Hernandez has committed, he may not have committed them in a way that will make an airtight case for the prosecution when he finally goes to trial on charges of murdering Odin Lloyd.

Read more at: http://nesn.com/2013/11/aaron-herna...ired-massachusetts-superior-court-judge-says/





Aaron Hernandez takes Fifth Amendment in Florida lawsuit

MIAMI (AP) — Lawyers for Aaron Hernandez say their client won't answer accusations in a federal lawsuit filed by a man who says the former star NFL tight end shot him in the face outside a Miami strip club.

In the response filed Wednesday to the complaint by 30-year-old Alexander Bradley, attorneys say Hernandez is invoking his Fifth Amendment right that protects people from incriminating themselves.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...iots-fifth-amendment-florida-lawsuit/3772855/